There wont be any "consenus" since way too few people will be able to compare both at home for excessive amounts of time.
Personally for me Aperio outresolved Immanis and Susvara comparing it to an Envy AE chain (with a subpair dac(!)) at the fair. More importantl, it had a stage and a tuning that was bit more to my liking. I dont think I would sell my Susvara chain or step back from the plan of getting Immanis one day, because of that. Aperio is way too expensive here in Europe and has bit too many problems with the current revsion (lose drivers, slight clipping in some recordings). Nevertheless its an damn f- great sounding system that left me very very impressed. More than Immanis. If there is a unit around 13-15k one day in Europe, I might grab it. Regarding "closed system" - its only the amp section. You still can use an external dac and from what I know a pre-amp to shape the sound to your liking / improve it. Some say Lampzator Baltic and Atlantic make Aperio a god tier experience.
Another interesting sidegrade e-stat all in one system was the new Hifiman Shangri La mini. It sounded better than Warwick Bravura to my ear, which was very impressive, considering the target price. Its supposed to come around 2.6k in a month or two.
Personally for me Aperio outresolved Immanis and Susvara comparing it to an Envy AE chain (with a subpair dac(!)) at the fair. More importantl, it had a stage and a tuning that was bit more to my liking. I dont think I would sell my Susvara chain or step back from the plan of getting Immanis one day, because of that. Aperio is way too expensive here in Europe and has bit too many problems with the current revsion (lose drivers, slight clipping in some recordings). Nevertheless its an damn f- great sounding system that left me very very impressed. More than Immanis. If there is a unit around 13-15k one day in Europe, I might grab it. Regarding "closed system" - its only the amp section. You still can use an external dac and from what I know a pre-amp to shape the sound to your liking / improve it. Some say Lampzator Baltic and Atlantic make Aperio a god tier experience.
Another interesting sidegrade e-stat all in one system was the new Hifiman Shangri La mini. It sounded better than Warwick Bravura to my ear, which was very impressive, considering the target price. Its supposed to come around 2.6k in a month or two.
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