Element 116 mono power amplifier

Music can give us the deepest experiences, moments that last forever.

Shostakovich’s 14th symphony begins. The bass sings? Los cien enamorados, the first line of Lorca’s shattering poem De Profundis, against a background of pure suspense. One can scarcely believe that such a sound can issue from the human body. The entire symphony is a devastating emotional event, but that first, simple brooding theme in the deep register, will never leave.

Benjamin Britten’s third string quartet. His last completed major work. After over twenty minutes of abstract, layered, difficult, and searching argument in the first four movements the last ? recitative and passacaglia, suddenly discovers a theme of such pathos and breathtaking simplicity that the sense of resolution, and homecoming leaves scarcely a dry eye in the house.

Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion is not exactly short of wonderful arias but Erbarme dich, mein Gott weaves a solo soprano voice with a solo violin in an expression of sweet, romantic devotion and surrender that, once heard, can never be forgotten.

Element 116 was engineered to a more accessible price point, but not to a compromise. Even so, with 300 watts into 8 ohms, 600 into 4 and 1200 into 2, it has enough headroom for Mahlerians and metalheads alike.

Perhaps you would like a solution that fits into the rest of your lifestyle, that doesn’t demand a dedicated listening room, that perhaps can occupy the business end of your home theater system ? in which case it will certainly surprise and engage!

Everything we learned developing the flagship Element 118 concept went into the 116, just with different parameters. In fact it is rather nice to design and develop with imposed constraints. A certain ‘sweet spot’ can emerge, like a concentration, or essence. If Element 118 was a painting it would be a huge painting! Element 116 is on a smaller scale, but the art is the same.

As audiophiles we talk about detail and transients, edge definition, spatial cues, ‘soundstage’ and all these kinds of sound specific things a lot. They are important but, if the system doesn’t connect you to the emotional core of music, something is not right.

We think of our amplifiers as musical instruments, with an emotional sinew that is analogous in every case to the art which flows through their meticulously crafted circuits. We make them to make you cry, or dance, or sing along ? break out the air guitar! To tell your friends about them, urgently. We make them to help you discover the heart and soul of music.

We design the Element 116 Power Monoblock Amplifiers to be beautiful.
We want you to welcome them into your home to enhance and complement your carefully considered living space.
The amplifiers are compact. Behemoths of musicality and power they may be, but they are discreet in their presence.

Materials and finishes are carefully chosen to provide beautiful, subtle contrasts and quiet visual power, On trend rose gold adorns the fascia, top and side features which are proportioned perfectly relative to the unit size. The bevelled rose gold fascia includes two vertical ‘V’ profile precision cut channels that frame a subtly outlined, engraved center space in which the artfully radiused, deeply recessed LCD display is framed.

The fascia is designed to express a quiet authority, hinting at the power within ? like a window into the dynamism and speed of the amplifiers’ internal thought.

The main body of the amplifier is finished in ultra high gloss nickel – a smart companion to the sultry copper-gold detailing elsewhere. We expose certain of our fixings, in the finest tradition of industrial aesthetic ? think race cars, or guilloche in which the design ‘confesses’ the means of its execution, and against this, further rose gold elements interpose and slightly soften. The side vented cooling panels include a gentle wave form innovation that gently balances prominent verticals, horizontals and precision edges elsewhere.

This unostentatious,? but commanding, piece sits on solid stainless steel outriggers, which are engineered to create an environment of balance and acoustic isolation for optimum performance of the instrument. These outriggers terminate in high performance footings that both isolate the piece from the ground plane and help to absorb unwanted low frequency vibrations which originate in the earth.

Needless to say componentry throughout is of the highest standard available, from binding posts to rhodium plated power connections. Rhodium is expensive, but extremely durable. This is what we require in our design. From circuit boards to our proprietary, copper rich heat distribution system everything is best in class, intended for a lifetime of pure listening pleasure.

We believe we have created a supremely musical instrument, that is life-enhancing, sonically and visually, integrating deep thinking about music and musicality, with a refined approach to aesthetics and presence, to delight you, fascinate your guests and provide unparalleled experiences of the true soul of music.

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