S888Wheel wrote:
From: "Dennis Moore"
Date: 7/6/2004 8:55 AM Pacific Standard Time
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Got to say amen goFab,
Stereophile would have had one notable review if I had been
writing one on the most expensive amp. If it were an inexpensive
product, I would simply say it broken. If it had been this one
for $350K and it was apparent they meant it to be this way,
the review would have redefined the term scathing.
That is your POV. I find it interesting that you would take such a POV without
actually listening to the product.
I don't think an amp that clips at 2W is worth listening, too. Of
course, some may like the clipped sound, I guess.
I believe I recall some part of the review mentioned, "a listening
experience like no other, a way of hearing the music different
than any other".
It went on to say that it was like no other in that it sounded so much more
like live unamplified music. Some people like that.
Yeah, but the fact that someone may like it does not mean that it is not
necessarily bad. There's no accounting for taste.
I should think so, considering the broken
manner it was operating most of the time.
Broken? It was not operating as it was designed to operate? to me, broken means
it doesn't work as it is supposed to work or not at all.
If as goFab says, the rated power is 150W/ch and it clips at 2W, it's
broken. It certainly is not working as it's supposed to.
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