Organic, relaxed, and spacious are not words that really cut it in audio reviewing circles, but I genuinely do not know how else to describe what adding this unit into our existing setup brought other table. It was a case of it just sounding “right”…or more right.
Yes, everything was there with our reference SUT, but the VINIUS VAS 1 just added an extra dimension to the music I played through it. I’ve given detractors plenty of scope for ridiculing this review given the words I’ve used, but sometimes it’s nigh on impossible to put your finger on why or how something sounds as it does, but, for me, the sensation was that I felt more connected and part of the listening experience. More relaxed but without losing any definition or detail. The same bus attack and bite but somehow “enhanced”.
I do hope that VINIUS bring the VAS 1 to market as it deserves to be heard and appreciated by a wider audience than the handful of folk that it’s been passed around so far. If you are well invested in your vinyl playback system already and you want to add that last last bit “je ne sais quoi”, then I urge you to get a home review of this SUT in your system!
Stuart Smith HIFI PIG FULL REVIEW
The Phono pre setting for the Vinius VAS-1 is set in the same way as for a regular MM cartridge.
Phono pre MM setting: 70dB, 5mV
Input resistance: 47KInput capacitance: 47pF, 100pF, 150pF, 220pF depends on the cartridge.
Phono pre
Input/output impedance 100K/600 ohms.
Dimensions
Height 140mm
Width 354mm
Depth 223mm
Weight 22kg
Housing made of 3mm thick steel sheet. Cups in which the transformers are enclosed are made of 3mm steel sheet.
Transformer type EI 105mm with 6 outputs.
Copper CMC outputs
Price -5500 Eur