Comments on: Advance Paris A10 Classic Review: A French Hybrid Amplifier With More Bordeaux Than Bubbles

By: Ian White

Ian White — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 02:01:03 +0000

Stuart,

The Audiomat Arpege was definitely more in the new approach. Bass was more linear sounding. Those were some excellent sounding amplifiers. When they lost their distributor in Canada, it was hard to recommend them anymore.

By: Stuart Gazes

Stuart Gazes — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:10:17 +0000

Hi Ian,

Many thanks for your insightful review of the Advance Paris A10 Classic.

Your comment that “There was a time when French hi-fi had a fairly recognizable personality” reminded me that you had once reviewed the Audiomat Arpege integrated amplifier. In which camp would you place it: with Jadis and YBA, or the newer approach of Devialet and Advance Paris?

Regards,
Stuart

By: Ian White

Ian White — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:09:58 +0000

In reply to Michael Little.

Michael,

Appreciate that and apologise for taking so long. It’s a really cool amplifier. I looked forward to turning it on every day. I was conservative with the LRS but it did work just fine in my den which is 16 x 13 x 9. I’m not supposed to use the amplifier outside of the stock tubes for review purposes. Not kosher.

The NOVA will be coming in Q4; propably in November now that Dynaudio has bailed on two planned reviews as they are leaving the market. Very dumb move. The Legend would have been a huge seller.

By: Michael Little

Michael Little — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:45:23 +0000

Great review Ian,
I have been looking forward to this as I have now lived with my A10 for about a year.
Being able to manage the LRS+ really surprised me, quite a revelation.
Tube rolling has been interesting it’s a shame that Advance Paris has not made tube access very user friendly for tube swaps. I currently have NOS Brimars installed that really have added an interesting “flavour”.

Hopefully you can get a Nova in for review, I am very interested in the DSP capabilities.