With the SP33 and A30.7 duo Primare offers a surround pre/power amp duo with an almost classical appearance, a perfect, massive workmanship and a pleasantly puristic no-frills design. Here the sound and build quality were absolutely put into focus, and not marketing promoting lists of features. But: all essentials are there, from a superb video signal processing, the straightforward audio signal processing with all decoders and maximum sampling rates of 192 kilohertz to serial interfaces and trigger signals for remote controlling. As opposed to many competitors the slim remote is a boon. Soundwise the combo presents a muscular body and a steady imaging that is virtually palpable and intimately close at the highest stage.   Raphael Vogt