Our eloquence 250i Integrated Amplifier has won 'Product of the Year 2012' award from Audio & Cinema em Casa magazine and even manages to grace the cover of their awards issue.

During his time with the 250i reviewer Jorqe Gonçalves uses Quad ESL-63 and B&W 802 Diamond speakers and "really liked this amplifier from Perreaux". He had this to say about the 250i's sonic performance:

“vivacity manages to combine beauty with timbre and, at the other extreme, an almost monstrous energy capacity.”

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In their latest review, Hi-Fi News & Record Review test our eloquence 250i integrated amplifier and dish out a Highly Commended award.

Reviewed by experienced and well-respected reviewer Ken Kessler, the eloquence 250i delivered "convincingly natural and real" treble attack and decay when used with his Wilson Audio Sophia 3 loudspeakers.

The Sophia's "big-bass-from-a-compact-enclosure was as well defined and palpable as if the Perreaux had been designed for and with them," Ken continued.

Rated at 250W the integrated amplifier was measured by Paul Miller and his lab report shows the 250i, in fact, delivered closer to "2x420W/8ohm and 2x670W/4ohm with a thundering 545W and 1kW, respectively, under dynamic conditions."

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Our éloquence 250i integrated amplifier has been recently reviewed in Taiwan by hi fi magazine Audio Art.

Read Lin Yihong's review of the éloquence 250i as it appeared in Audio Art, or read the review in English courtesy of Google Translate.

Thank you to our distributor in Taiwan, Sheng-Kai, for providing the review sample.

Chinese hi fi magazine HiFi Asia recently reviewed our éloquence 250i integrated amplifier and was featured in the Recommended section of the magazine.

The reviewer thoroughly enjoyed their time with the 250i. Unfortunately we do not have a copy of the review translated into English, but feel free to read the review in Chinese.

Many thanks to our distributor in China, Kinetic Audio, for supplying the review sample.

Malaysia's premier audio visual show, The KL International AV Show, takes place on 29-31 July 2011 at The JW Marriot Hotel in Kuala Lumpur.

Our Audiant 80i & éloquence 150i integrated amplifiers, as well as our Silhouette SXH2 headphone amp and SXV2 phono preamplifier, will be available for demonstration throughout the show courtesy of Electrades Audio, the exclusive Perreaux distributor for Malaysia.

The Audiant 80i and éloquence 150i amplifiers will be demonstrated with various loudspeakers from UK company Spendor.

Head along to room 7037 and say 'Hi' to Shashi from Electrades Audio.  He'll be more than happy to demonstrate the capabilities of the Audiant 80i and éloquence 150i and their on-board DACs and phono stages.

Unfortunately we're not able to attend the show, but we'd love to hear from anybody who does attend and their impressions of it.

In association with Harvey Norman, we're holding Dunedin’s biggest ever audio event. We will be in-store this weekend (Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th May) from 9am to 5:30pm with demonstrations available on our Silhouette, éloquence, Prisma and Audiant lines.

We'll be available to answer any questions you may have and to show you through our range – from the new Audiant 80i integrated amplifier to the mighty Prisma SM6 MkII preamp & 350 power amp combo.

Christchurch based loudspeaker manufacturer Theophany will also be demonstrating their exquisite loudspeaker range over the weekend. Garth will be doing his legendary home theatre demonstration – this is one demo you do not want to miss.

So drop by over the weekend, say g'day and experience world-class audio systems designed and built right here in New Zealand.

The Consumer Electronics & Photo Expo was recently held in Moscow.  It is Russia's equivalent of CES and covers premium hi-fi as well as mobile & digital, photography, digital TV and audio/video.

Audiomania was in attendance representing Perreaux alongside some of their other lines, such as Waterfall and Penaudio loudspeakers, Nordost cables and Cold Ray vibration control.

On display was our Silhouette SXCD CD player, éloquence CDt transport with 250i integrated amplifier and Prisma 350 power amp.  The setup was mostly static with a lot of the gear not available for demonstration – in any case, it's still excellent exposure in Russia for the brands Audiomania represented at the show.

Audiomania have posted photos of Consumer Electronics & Photo Expo 2011 on Facebook, where you can see photos of their stand as well as coverage of other aspects of the show.

Congratulations Audiomania on what looked like a popular stand at a busy show.

The April issue of French hi-fi audio magazine Haute Fidélité features a review of our éloquence 250i integrated amplifier.

Reviewer Laurent Thorin was so enamoured with the 250i he was compelled to rate it 5-stars across the board. I can't recall any time where we've scored full marks for every category. We've come close on a number of occasions, but never 100%. Understandably, we were very excited about his findings.

"The Eloquence Perreaux 250i appropriates personality perfectly" comments Laurent regarding the timbre of the 250i, "the adjective "realistic" fits like a glove", he continues.

With respect to soundstage, Laurent found "The listener is immersed in music, but it extends to the back of the room, offering a perspective that is a pleasure to enjoy, even when the song becomes more complex".

"Precise in the way he has to bring out micro-data with a perfect "appropriateness". Exhaustive as to the amount of items it manages to highlight" is what he discovered when appraising transparency.

We're very pleased that Laurent enjoyed his time with the éloquence 250i and would like to thank him for taking the time to review it. We would also like to thank Haute Fidélité magazine and our distributor in France, DEA International, for supplying the review sample.

For those who can read French, please feel free to read Laurent's review of the éloquence 250i integrated amplifier.

It looked nice and well set up, carefully arranged and sounding good.  After the carrying, plugging, unplugging and pointing had given way to smiles, closed eyes and head nodding, it was obvious all the hard work had been well worth it.

At 5.30pm on Monday 13th of December at the Wellesley Boutique Hotel in Wellington, Hugo Van Son, Audio Visual Manager of Harvey Norman Tory Street, and I, were looking at each other wondering if an evening of hi-fi demos in 2010 was actually a good idea.  Was hi-fi still a thing that could capture the public’s attention?  Or were we living in the past, some of the last men on the ramparts championing good sound over convenience?

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Taiwanese magazine Audio Art recently featured a review of our éloquence 150i integrated amplifier.

Many thanks to our distributor Jeff Lin of Sheng-Kai Co., Ltd. for arranging the review.

Read the review in it's entirety, although you better sharpen up on your Chinese.