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In Reply to: We all believe that we bought 'the best' we could and I woudn't want it any other way... posted by Chris Garrett on January 10, 2005 at 19:55:34:
my comment about the DarTZeel pre-amp should be considered shilling, even remotely. It is a prototype not due for production till at least this summer, which I've not purchased or even ordered. Perhaps there are other definitions of shilling I'm unaware of. The comment certainly wasn't intended to be a shill, it was in response to John Marks query. I think the amps are fabulous, but given I've owned them for a year and haven't commented on them here before, I believe the shilling statute of limitations is up. As far as my response to David Shapiro above, this was an inside joke to David, we spent a considerable amount of time at the show together. I spent 3 days of listening at the show and there were many phenomenal sounding systems I heard. Some highlights: The Audiopax room was beautiful, Kevin Hayes VAC room with Mike Maloneys prototype speakers was also beautiful, I could listen to those systems forever. The Gryphon room was great , not my cup of tea over the long haul, and egregiously costly, but great listening nonetheless. The soundlabs powered by the JC 1's in Crumps room were also very good, pristine sounding and very lifelike. The incredibly inexpensive (relatively) Almarro system was another I could listen to forever, relaxed with beautiful mids, if somewhat lacking at the extremes. The VSA VR-4 jr and Sr's sounded better than they should at the cost, the db 99's were OK but IMO not set up properly to bring out their potential. TAD room detailed to a fault and slightly etched, but may tickle some listeners fancy. Rockports were great, but I owned them also, so I best not comment :^) Alex's modded Denon was spectaular, making the ESP's sound better than I've heard them before. I spoke with Alex at length about his mods, and am very impressed with what he is doing/ going to do, and his knowlwdge. I may do some business with him in the future, so maybe I'm covertly shilling? Sorry Alex:^) Best of the show? Budget: Almarro. Mid-high priced: Tie:VR-4Sr's( VAC amp again!) and Audiopax, beeeutifully finished and sounding speakers. Ludicrous level:EMM/DarTZeel/VR-9's. Disclaimer: "I have this same rig and still feel it sounds best". Regards, Mark
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