Vincent SV-500
The Vincent SV-500 blends tube-infused warmth with solid-state grip, delivering a spacious soundstage, tactile vocals and surprisingly authoritative bass. HiFi Choice found its fast, involving character exceptionally musical, while its DAC, six inputs and pre-out make this a remarkably versatile hybrid integrated for listeners who value scale, colour and rhythmic energy.
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Deliciously Crispy
Sound Quality
92/100
Build Quality
87/100
Features Connectivity
95/100
Value for Money
92/100
Pros
Expansive, precisely focused imaging creates an unusually three-dimensional soundstage.
Warm, engaging tonality combines with quick transients, detailed vocals and strong bass authority.
Versatile connectivity includes four RCA inputs, optical and coaxial digital inputs, a DAC, headphone output and pre-out.
Cons
Upper-midrange and treble liveliness can sound edgy with some recordings, requiring tone-control adjustment.
Modest power and slightly limited depth perspective may be less suitable for large rooms or inefficient speakers.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 92/100
The SV-500 is widely described as an engaging, spacious hybrid amplifier with a slightly warm, full-bodied presentation and unusually vivid imaging. It combines strong bass authority and quick rhythmic drive with detailed, tactile vocals, though one listener heard some upper-midrange edge and moderate intermodulation distortion on demanding material.
Transparency Resolution
91/100
Reviewers found plenty of detail and texture, particularly in vocals, percussion, and layered recordings. SoundStage praised the SV-500's tactile, highly detailed rendering of Bill Withers' voice, while Hi-Fi Choice heard an enveloping presentation with considerable detail.
Tonal Balance Musicality
91/100
The Vincent's character is consistently portrayed as involving, warm-leaning, and musically communicative. Hi-Fi Choice heard subtly warm bass and sweet, soft treble that avoided harshness, while SoundStage found timbre and tonality highly convincing; however, it also noted occasional upper-midrange and treble edginess.
Dynamics
89/100
Despite its modest power rating, the SV-500 surprised SoundStage with exceptional bass authority and a large-scale sense of weight. Hi-Fi Choice also heard fast transients and a peppy, nimble rhythmic manner, although SoundStage detected moderate intermodulation distortion with some material.
Soundstage Imaging
95/100
Spatial performance is a clear highlight. SoundStage called the soundstaging and imaging "ridiculous," describing precisely located images and striking three-dimensional effects, while Hi-Fi Choice heard an impressively broad, spacious left-to-right presentation.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
87/100
Hi-Fi Choice found the amplifier well built and singled out the supplied aluminium remote for its satisfying feel. SoundStage also noted careful protective packaging and an elegant, cleanly arranged fascia, though it found the obscured tubes less appealing from an ownership perspective.
Features Connectivity
95/100
The SV-500 is unusually versatile for a compact hybrid integrated, offering four RCA line inputs, optical and coaxial digital inputs, a Burr-Brown DAC, headphone output, tone controls, record output, pre-out, remote control, and two sets of speaker terminals. Its variable output also allows it to serve as a valve preamplifier in a larger system.
Value for Money
92/100
At roughly $1,300 in the US and under £1,000 in the UK, reviewers considered the SV-500 a notably refined and entertaining offering for its market position. Hi-Fi Choice said it was less flawed than many rivals, while SoundStage highlighted that it cost less than half as much as Vincent's more powerful SV-227MK.
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Specifications
- Frequency Response
- 20 Hz – 20 kHz +/- 0.5 dB; 20 Hz - 50 kHz +/- 2 dB
- Nominal Output Power RMS/8 Ohm
- 2 x 50 Watt
- Nominal Output Power RMS/4 Ohm
- 2 x 80 Watt
- Input Sensitivity
- 420 mV
- T.H.D.
- < 0.1% (1 kHz, 1 Watt)
- Signal-Noise Ratio
- >90dB
- Input Impedance
- 47 kOhm
- Inputs
- 4 x Stereo RCA, 1 x Optical, 1 x Coax
- Outputs
- 1 x Stereo RCA Rec Out, 1 x Stereo RCA Pre Out, 2 x Power Control, 2 x 2 Speaker Terminal
- Playable Digital Formats
- WAV, FLAC, APE, LPCM, MP3, ACC, AC3, WMA
- Tubes
- 1 x 12AX7, 2 x 6N1
- Colour
- Black or Silver
- Weight
- 10kg
- Dimensions (W x H x D)
- 430 x 118 x 375 mm
Manufacturer's Description — Vincent
Our access into the "Hybridworld" of Vincent. On the basis of the established SV-227, we have developed this amplifier. With a little less output power, but with a similar timeless design and with the typical Vincent sound characteristics the SV-500 is presented.
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