Pathos Logos MKII
The Pathos Lògos MKII marries organic tube warmth with muscular MOSFET control, delivering richly textured vocals, tuneful bass slam and precise, three-dimensional imaging. HomeTheaterHifi admired its natural musicality and authority, while Oliver Amnuayphol found its fluid, refined presentation unusually convincing. Elegant Italian craftsmanship and serious speaker-driving capability complete a distinctive high-end hybrid.
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Nicely Roasted
Sound Quality
91/100
Build Quality
94/100
Features Connectivity
85/100
Value for Money
88/100
Pros
Rich, smooth and natural tonal balance with especially expressive, transparent vocal reproduction.
Authoritative yet controlled bass, with strong woofer control and convincing slam.
Wide, deep staging and precise, solid image placement with excellent instrumental separation.
Exceptional Italian styling and excellent build quality, plus ample power for demanding loudspeakers.
Cons
Transient attack and large-scale dynamics are somewhat less incisive and forceful than the Marantz comparator.
Digital USB and coaxial inputs require the optional HiDAC module.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 91/100
The Lògos MKII is consistently described as an organic, musically absorbing hybrid amplifier, combining a smooth, textured midrange with substantial bass authority and clean spatial presentation. It has ample real-world drive, though one reviewer found its transient attack and large-scale dynamic expression less incisive than a Marantz comparator.
Transparency Resolution
91/100
SoundStage heard notable clarity and openness, along with convincing instrumental separation and natural textural detail. HomeTheaterHifi likewise praised the transparency and naturalness of vocal reproduction, particularly its ability to convey the character and soulfulness of voices.
Tonal Balance Musicality
94/100
Musicality is a major strength: reviewers describe a continuous, organic flow, accurate pitch, stable rhythm, and harmonically complete tone without glare or hardness. Its smooth midrange, subtle tube warmth, rich textures, and full yet controlled bass make it especially appealing for vocals, jazz, and acoustic music.
Dynamics
88/100
The amplifier can play loudly without audible stress and was reported to control woofers with more authority than its output specification suggests. Bass slam, pace, and rhythmic drive earned strong praise, but SoundStage found its dynamics slightly blunted and its macrodynamic impact less forceful than the compared Marantz.
Soundstage Imaging
92/100
Reviewers heard a wide, deep, and musically realistic stage with precise solo images, convincing spatial cues, and notably solid in-room presence. One comparison found the Michi X3 capable of projecting a slightly wider and deeper stage, but the Pathos remained strong for image focus and orchestral scale.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
94/100
Both publications explicitly praise the amplifier's construction, calling its build excellent and of the highest audiophile standard. Reviewers also found its Italian industrial design unusually compelling, describing the finished product as more like a delicate art object than a conventional integrated amplifier.
Features Connectivity
85/100
The Lògos MKII provides five RCA line inputs, two balanced XLR inputs, a stereo pre-out, and a mono subwoofer output, giving it useful flexibility for analogue-focused systems. Its USB and coaxial digital inputs require the optional HiDAC Mk2 module, although the amplifier also offers convenient per-input volume memory.
Value for Money
88/100
At roughly $5,200-$6,300 depending on market and configuration, the Pathos is a premium-priced integrated amplifier, and SoundStage notes that part of the outlay reflects its distinctive styling and build. HomeTheaterHifi nevertheless considers the price manageable for its class and says the sonic performance readily justifies admission.
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Specifications
- Type
- Integrated stereo amplifier, Hybrid technology. Preamplifier stage Tube (2×6922 ECC88), class A Final stage; Mosfet, class AB
- Output Power
- 2×110 W RMS@8Ohm (Both channel driven)
- Frequency response
- 5Hz – 140KHz ± 0,5dB
- Max input voltage
- 6V RMS
- Input sensitivity
- 500mV RMS (39dB Gain)
- Input impedance
- 32KOhm unbalanced, 20KOhm balanced
- Output polarity
- Non- inverting. Balanced pin 2 +
- Volume regulator
- Burr Brown PGA2310 (100 steps)
- Damping Factor
- 360@8Ohm
- THD
- 0,02% @ 1W; 0,2% @ 110W
- S/N Ratio
- >90dB
- Power requirements
- 200W @ 100WPC / 130W @ zero volume < 0,5W@standby
- Analogue inputs
- 2 balanced XRL line, 5 unbalanced RCA line
- Digital inputs
- Installation of (optional) HiDac Mk2 board is required to enable these inputs1 USB port type “B” for PC, 2 SPDIF coaxial
- Driver
- Disponibili per Windows; sistemi Mac e Linux non necessitano di Driver
- Outputs
- 1 Pre out stereo line, 1 sub out mono line
- Amplifier
- 420mm (D) x 430mm (W) x 170mm (H)
- Packed
- 600mm (D) x 600mm (W) x 350mm (H)
- Weight (net / packed)
- 28Kg / 30Kg
Manufacturer's Description — Pathos
Close to the spirit that has animated since its origin has always been involved in the search for new solutions and improvement of its machines for Music.
E with this approach that Pathos after more than ten years after the introduction of the integrated Pathos Logos presents its evolution MKII.
Pathos is not usual to introduce updated versions of its models except in the presence of substantial and meaningful new ideas to offer its loyal customers and in general to all lovers of good music.
Indeed behind the usual original design the new Logos MKII hide the introduction of a series of new solutions some thinked in order to further enhance the sound of the amplifier and others to meet the demand for versatility and practicality that a demanding clientele pretends that is also present in a high-end device.
Care for details
As regards the first kind of solutions adopted in the new Logos we find an increased voltage of anodic polarization of the valves in order to optimize the working point of the same and obtain greater linearity and thus a general improvement of the sound in particular an increase of the consistency and definition.
Stabilized power supply for preamp valve and a more accurate collocation of electrolytic capacitors throughout the signal path (and in particular close to each mosfet) allow to have a valuable reserve of “quick energy” that while listening they mean better dynamics, detail and sense of rhythm.
A comfortable listening
Numerous innovations also regarding the practicality of use that they assist pleasantly the owner in the use of the amplifier, we find: volume levels can be stored for each input, the gain differentiation between digital and analog inputs so as to ensure homogeneity of the a level between the different sources used, standby function from the remote control respectful of energy consumption limits imposed by the latest EEC regulations,
Digital music
The ability to have an optional high quality DAC 32bit-384Khz integrated into the device enriches the set of connections with the addition of 2 SPIDF digital inputs and 1 USB type B for computers input, which allow a really meaningful versatility in the management of digital sources and let Logos MkII stand as an ideal amplifier for the use of digital Music.
Expected snags!
A new protection has also been implemented against short circuits and overloads by a “Hall” effect sensor that allows the device to protect itself against shorts caused by speakers and by internal malfunctions, preserving in this case also the speakers and at the same time without diminishing the quality of the musical signal.
Prose
Logos is a hybrid amplifier of 110W per channel into 8 ohms and 220W into 4 ohms with ECC88 preamp valves, end-stage class A / B Mosfet strongly polarized, fully balanced signal until the valve that allows you to take full advantage of a balanced source as Pathos Digit and Pathos Endorphin, volume control purely resistive analog circuitry with digital control and input and output impedance constant, lamellar transformer resin and encapsulated to zero dispersions, brightness display adjustable and all functions remote controlled.
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