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Arbiter Electronics
by Matthias Böde The truth, and nothing but the truth - that is the company motto of Danish manufacturer Dynaudio. The ultimate expression of this is the Arbiter line of amplifiers. The price is equally hard to top: $200,000 dollars for the matched system (preamp and two monoblock amps). Objects like Dynaudio's Arbiter amps, awesome in any respect you might think of, take some coming to terms with. For some - and I count myself among this number - they are a landmark of high end culture. For others, they are a nuisance. Too expensive, unnecessarily sophisticated; in one word, superfluous gimmicks which nobody can afford and which ultimately nobody needs, anyway. During the last few years, that was the tone of some of the comments I heard about these designs, which seem to have been taken beyond the level of what some think is reasonable. Some of the blame might be laid at Dynaudio's door for their simple, but not unprepossessing contention that the Arbiter products are the best amplifiers in the world. Statements like that never fail to elicit opposition, negative feelings and polemics. But the voice of the critics has gotten quiet. The general development of the high end is slowly approaching the position which had been marked by the Arbiter products. The landmark they formed by their very existence brought about a paradigm shift, changing forever the notions of what does and what doesn't make sense in the high end scene. |
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