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Denafrips HYPERION POWERAMP

Name: Denafrips HYPERION POWERAMP
Brand: Denafrips
SKU: hyperion-poweramp
Rating: 90 (5 reviews)

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XLR Input

Balanced Output

Package Content : HYPERION 12TH POWERAMP only.

Technical Highlights

Class-AB, True Balanced, Fully Discrete Power Amp

Input

Output

4mm Speaker Binding Post

Gain: 26dB

Output Power: 80w RMS per channel into 8ohms

Frequency Response: 10-80kHz（-2.2dB）

THD+N: 0.00078%

S/N Ratio: 125dB

Dynamic Range: >121dB

Stereo Crosstalk: -110dB

AC Power Requirement: 100-240VAC, 50/60Hz (Worldwide Voltage)

Power Consumption: 35W (Idle), 234W (Operational)

Dimension: 320W x 380D x 100H mm (Feet +18mm)

Weight: 16.5 Kg

Color: Black/Silver

Warranty: 12 Months

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Professional Reviews 90/100

Deliciously Crispy

Sound Quality

90/100

Build Quality

94/100

Value for Money

88/100

The Denafrips Hyperion pairs rich microdetail with full, controlled bass and a refined, low-coloration voice. Its 80W Class A/B output delivers confident current into demanding speakers, while the substantial balanced design feels built for the long term. Audiophilia found its warmer mids and silky treble especially rewarding in a carefully matched high-end system.

What Reviewers Are Saying

"Day to day it’s all class and charm but when opening the throttle, the Hyperion unleashes current with confidence and control."

— Audiophilia

"This is an amp meant to play with big league speakers."

— Audiophilepure

Pros

Refined, low-coloration presentation with strong microdetail, sweetness, and tonal richness.

Weighty low end remains controlled and detailed, with confident current delivery under demanding material.

Exceptional overbuilt, heirloom-quality chassis and balanced circuit implementation.

Cons

XLR-only inputs limit compatibility with RCA-only preamps, and speaker-level subwoofer integration is not straightforward.

Its warm, smooth voicing can occasionally sacrifice some soundstage dimensionality.

Performs best with higher-end speakers featuring clean, responsive bass, rather than loose or overly warm pairings.

SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 90/100

Reviewers portray the Hyperion as a refined, low-coloration Class A/B amplifier with notably strong microdetail, a full yet controlled low end, and confident delivery when the music demands it. Its warmer, silkier presentation can trade a little spatial dimensionality for smoothness, although well-matched speakers retain a convincingly three-dimensional presentation.

Transparency Resolution

92/100

The amplifier is repeatedly described as unobtrusive and free from obvious sonic fingerprints at ordinary levels. Both reviews highlight its ability to uncover rich and micro-level detail beyond the older Parasound comparison, while retaining a composed, dignified character.

Tonal Balance Musicality

91/100

Reviewers hear a refined, agreeable balance marked by a touch of sweetness and roundness rather than hard-edged speed. At higher levels it becomes warmer in the bass, smoother through the midrange, and silkier in the treble, with substantial weight that avoids becoming sloppy.

Dynamics

91/100

Despite its 80W rating, the Hyperion handled the Focal's difficult impedance curve without apparent strain and matched a much more powerful Cambridge at low and moderate levels. When pushed, it is said to unleash current with confidence and control, although the reviewer notes that it is not the fastest or leanest-sounding amplifier.

Soundstage Imaging

86/100

There is useful evidence of stable three-dimensional staging with the Focal Aria K2 936, where the amplifier's tight bass was also a good match. However, reviewers explicitly note that its warmer, smoother voicing can occasionally reduce soundstage dimensionality.

Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.

Build Quality

94/100

Audiophilia calls the Hyperion overbuilt, streamlined, and heirloom-quality, saying it feels hewn from a solid slab of aluminium. Its fully balanced implementation uses XLR inputs only, while automatic worldwide-voltage sensing and substantial 16.5kg construction reinforce the sense of carefully executed engineering.

Value for Money

88/100

At approximately $1,388, reviewers consider the Hyperion a serious amplifier rather than one to judge merely by its modest sticker price. Audiophilepure says it deserves higher-end partnering equipment, while Audiophilia praises its sound, power delivery, and build quality against competitors; neither review presents it as a bargain-priced product.

Reviews

Online Reviews & Mentions

Denafrips Hyperion Power Amplifier

Denafrips Hyperion Power Amplifier Review

4/21/2022

YouTube Reviews

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Jay's Iyagi

WOW... Denafrips Hestia & Hyperion is a high-achieving pre-amp/amp combo

6/5/2021

Thumbnail of the video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw1K76Ki69A

Zero Fidelity

The Denafrips Hestia and Hyperion Review! A HIGH VALUE pre-amp / amplifier combo!

9/16/2019

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Audeos — online and in-store — Żywiec, Województwo śląskie (website)
Audio essence — online and in-store — Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland (website)
Audio Extreme — in-store — Kowloon, China (website)
Audio Magic - EU — online and in-store — Wola, Województwo mazowieckie, Poland (website)
AUDIOPHONICS — in-store — Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (website)
Headphone Zone — online and in-store — Laxmi Industrial Estate, Maharashtra, India (website)
Lyric Audio — online and in-store — Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain (website)
Magic Sound — online and in-store — Italy (website)
Mister Hifi — online and in-store — Raamsdonksveer, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (website)
Musicraft — in-store — Derby, England, United Kingdom (website)

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