VinnieRossi (HiFi): Reviews, Used Pricing, and Dealers

VinnieRossi

Amplifiers

Preamplifiers

Website

vinnierossi.com

Best Known For

Amplifiers

Used Products

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Average Price

$40,001-$75,000

Brand Popularity

346

of 900+

Products Listed

Review Count

Founding Year

2005

Headquarters

United States

VinnieRossi

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What's unique about the brand

VinnieRossi is an American amplifier maker in Worcester, Massachusetts, named for its founder and designer. The Brama Series linestage uses Western Electric WE300B triodes. The Brama Integrated adds 400 watts per channel into 4 ohms, so one box can drive demanding loudspeakers. For separates, the Brama Monoblock Power Amplifier delivers 600 watts into 4 ohms from a custom switch-mode power supply. The newer CANTA Series includes an integrated that pairs a Class A 6SN7 triode linestage with a high-current MOSFET output stage.

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Every Brama model links through Brama Link, so the preamplifier and amplifiers work as one system. The Brama Preamplifier is the entry point and puts a WE300B triode linestage in front of any amplifier. The Brama Integrated adds 400 watts per channel into 4 ohms, so one box drives demanding loudspeakers. The Brama Monoblock Power Amplifier delivers 600 watts into 4 ohms and 1200 into 2 ohms, enough current for the hardest speakers.

Start here. A listener who already owns a power amplifier and wants a new front end takes the Brama Preamplifier, which remembers gain and balance for each source.
Sweet spot. The Brama Integrated suits a buyer who wants one box with a preamp stage and 400 watts per channel into 4 ohms, stable into 2 ohm loads, without buying a separate amplifier.
All in. The Brama Monoblock Power Amplifier is priced well above the Integrated and extends its MOSFET design to three devices per rail, so hard to drive speakers keep control at higher levels with 600 watts into 4 ohms.

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Release timeline

2021

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Brama Monoblock Power Amplifier

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