AESTHETIX MIMAS Integrated Amplifier DAC Module > TAS review

“I’ve been singing the praises of the Aesthetix Mimas ever since its debut a few years ago,” writes The Absolute Sound’s Neil Gader. “Twice awarded a Golden Ear by me, it is one of the top integrated amps on the market today and remains absurdly good value, to boot.” Now, the Aesthetix team has added a modular dual-input MM/MC phono board and DAC card.

“In terms of sonics, [the] Mimas DAC module couldn’t have been more satisfying,” writes Gader. “This DAC nails instrumental texture and timbre with a realism that touches the romantic heart and the clinical ear in equal measures. Fingernails fanning across the strings of a flamenco guitar or the reedy nasality of a solo oboe, the weight of a bass violin bow digging into the low E string, the mingling of horsehair and rosin catching the strings.”

“The Aesthetix Mimas gives the lie to the notion that only dedicated separate components can offer stellar levels of transparency and resolution. From Day One, Mimas became one of the high-end’s top integrated amps. And then it got better. And now, better still.”
- Neil Gader, Sept 2022

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