Bricasti Design M15 Stereo Amplifier
The M15 combines rock-solid imaging, expansive spatial cues and concert-level drive in a composed, fully differential powerhouse. Positive Feedback found its homogeneous timbre and musical preservation especially compelling, while its 125W output doubles into 4 ohms for assured command of demanding loudspeakers. A serious amplifier for systems seeking scale, stability and emotional authority.
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Nicely Roasted
Sound Quality
87/100
Build Quality
91/100
Value for Money
85/100
Pros
Rock-solid center imaging, homogeneous timbre and enhanced spatial information create a larger, more stable soundstage.
Drives demanding 4-ohm, four-way speakers with dual 10-inch woofers to concert-like levels while remaining cool-running.
Preserves musical expression convincingly, with exceptionally low perceived distortion and broad bandwidth.
Cons
One review found bass definition less than ideal and treble extension subdued, producing a darker tonal balance that makes system matching important.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 87/100
Reviewers describe a spacious, stable presentation with convincing musical preservation and substantial drive. One listening report also found its balance notably dark, with softened bass definition and top-end extension, so system matching appears important.
Transparency Resolution
85/100
Positive Feedback heard the amplifier preserving both the music and its expressive meaning, while Audiophilepure noted fine shifts in vocal weight and color. That same review felt that these details did not fully shine through, describing a dimmer overall presentation.
Tonal Balance Musicality
82/100
The M15 was credited with homogeneous timbre and an emotionally convincing rendering of music. Audiophilepure, however, repeatedly heard a darker palette, toned-down treble extension, and less-than-ideal bass, which could reduce the sense of brilliance on some recordings.
Dynamics
91/100
The M15 drove demanding four-way, 4-ohm loudspeakers with dual 10-inch woofers to concert-like levels without apparent thermal strain. Its 125W/8-ohm rating doubles through 4 and 2 ohms, supporting the report of ample current delivery and control.
Soundstage Imaging
91/100
Positive Feedback reports a rock-solid center image, homogeneous timbre, and enhanced spatial information that makes the stage seem larger. No other supplied review directly evaluates imaging or stage depth.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
91/100
The M15 uses a fully differential, dual-mono-derived supply arrangement with three isolated power supplies intended to keep supply noise out of the signal. It also provides balanced and single-ended inputs, selectable input attenuation, and a trigger connection; the review notes cool-running behavior even under demanding playback.
Value for Money
85/100
At the stated $15,000 price, Positive Feedback gives the M15 its highest recommendation and notes that it costs the same as Bricasti's more utilitarian M25. The supplied reviews do not otherwise directly compare its value with competing power amplifiers at this price.
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Specifications
- Total Harmonic Distortion
- THD+N less than 0.005% 20hz-20kHz at full rated power into 8 and 4 ohms.
- Power
- 125W into 8 ohms, 250W into 4 ohms, 500W into 2 ohms.
- Frequency response
- 10hz-150kHz, within 0.5db.
- Signal to Noise
- greater than 85db at full rated power.
- Power Topology
- Fully Differential.
- Balanced Input
- XLR connector 200k ohm impedance.
- Unbalanced Input
- RCA connector 100k ohm impedance.
- Weight
- 90 lbs.
- Shipping Weight
- 110 lbs.
- Finish
- Anodized Aluminum.
- Mains Voltage set at factory
- 100, 120, 220, 230, 240 VAC, 50 Hz - 60 Hz.
- Trigger In
- TRS connector for 5V external trigger.
- Input Trim
- 0db, -6db, -12db, -18db of attenuation.
- Power consumption
- 60W standby, 2W idle.
- Warranty parts and labor
- 5 yrs limited.
Manufacturer's Description — Bricasti Design
The Bricasti Design
Model 15 Stereo Power Amplifier
The Bricasti M15 stereo amplifier is the beating heart of any system and in particular, a Bricasti Design system. Like its bigger mono-block brother the M28, the M15 delivers heaps of power at critical stages, forging a sonic path of least resistance all the way from source to the speaker. This can be heard and felt and is in part thanks to its fully differential / balanced architecture.
Precise control
The power amplifier is a very critical part of the audio chain. It has to take the incoming signal and amplify it and most importantly, deal with the load of the loudspeaker and control its back EMF with precision. The sound of the M15 is intended to be transparent and revealing with low distortion, and fully dynamic with no sense of limits and compression in the reproduction, on any loudspeaker.
Balanced power
The M15 stereo power amplifier is a true reference design in analog power amplification, an uncompromising design offering extremely low distortion with moderate power and a unique truly balanced topology rarely seen in the industry. When combined with our M1 DAC or M12 Source Controller driving the M15 one can achieve a fully differential signal path, from the converter to the loudspeaker.
Modern application
The intention of the M15 is to integrate seamlessly into your existing system while allowing for a more compact form factor. A unique feature like trim control lets you properly gain stage the M15, critical with todays digital sources driving the amplifier directly. You also enjoy the same sonic benefits of the M28 monoblock with the stillpoints isolation designed directly into the feet.
Handcrafted in the USA
All of our products are crafted in the old world tradition, in a classic brick mill building in Massachusetts USA by a team of individuals dedicated to excellence.
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