This might be of interest to some here. Old things are new again. Notice the Rel-Caps?
http://www.sutherlandengineering.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Sutherland-Argentum-OwnersManual.pdf
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I've shared cups of espresso and Egyptian cigarettes (goldplated filter at 10 bucks each, is cooler) with royalty from Qatar, to name one ornate example.
I seriously doubt any made in Thailand amplifier over 10 grand will sell in Europe and/or North America.
A Chinese wonnabee who drives a Geely fake RR may take one.
Over a million bucks and a real car, and he will settle for no less than Made in the wild and wilder West. (not even Japan...or certainly not)
Your (U)HNWI mileage may vary.
Sadly though its a pendulum. Front engined, unlike the mid engined aston martins so its always trying to understeer and requires a bucket of CPUs to actually get it round a corner. What's artful about a fundamentally compromised weight distribution?
I have a 1966 valve power amp. One day will get some ESL-57s to go with it to go in the study, if I ever get a study again...
Clearly you would not find Nicky Minaj hot then?
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=nicki+minaj+backside&imgrc=2kBQNdDA1CWPkM:
Recently I saw mint double Quads in beautiful wooden frames locally for only $3k.
It broke my heart to not get them.
Clearly you would not find Nicky Minaj hot then?
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=nicki+minaj+backside&imgrc=2kBQNdDA1CWPkM:
Someday I'll introduce you to the wife
. She's on youtube too, but don't want to brag. Oh and she's slightly younger than nicky menage.
Bonsai,
You could buy two of the Corvettes for the cost of one of any of the others unless you demand the Z07. I don't think you have driven one of the newer ones, they are definitely not a 1970 piece of junk anymore, those days are long gone. That is a first class car that will stand up to any other car in the world, don't discount American made and designed cars today, that is a mistake.
You could buy two of the Corvettes for the cost of one of any of the others unless you demand the Z07. I don't think you have driven one of the newer ones, they are definitely not a 1970 piece of junk anymore, those days are long gone. That is a first class car that will stand up to any other car in the world, don't discount American made and designed cars today, that is a mistake.
Yet takes up lots of space, won't go loud, won't go deep, causes high end amps to oscillate and will arc and die if overdriven. But so many of us secretly want them!
A fully loaded ZO6 plus performance package does as much as a F...g California here.
(main ++ of the Vette are the 2-stiff trunk and the roof panel)
Jacco,
I guess it is the same here, I could have 6 Corvettes in different colors for the price of one nice Ferrari and I wouldn't need the mechanic to go with it. So I guess the sales price of a Corvette in Europe is just stupid, how much is the VAT I don't know but they are everywhere around here today. It is a very nice looking car, it could even be confused with an Italian designed car!
I guess it is the same here, I could have 6 Corvettes in different colors for the price of one nice Ferrari and I wouldn't need the mechanic to go with it. So I guess the sales price of a Corvette in Europe is just stupid, how much is the VAT I don't know but they are everywhere around here today. It is a very nice looking car, it could even be confused with an Italian designed car!
I had the class A Genesis Stealth (and central air to compensate).
Now I have the same wattage in AB , bit more headroom (no A/C needed).
Same "silky" sound , but minus 1KVA of toroid getting turned into a
room heater.
Turn-on thumps , DC offsets , heat - all things of the past. I'm not impressed
with some of the so call "hi-end" ... selling anything short of cool , quiet ,
PPM amplification.
As far as making the "hordes" appreciate what we do here , every THx
buff out there is quite blown away by my system ... but they want
to spend <300$ to make it happen.
I'm building my 12" 3-ways soon - just my 250W stereo amp and a pair
of speakers that can handle ALL of it. 1K$$ to build it ... most want all
this for that Walmart price and will tolerate 60% of my SQ and dynamics.
So far , the best by far I have ever heard is my amp with paradigm tower speakers.
Nothing else has even come close (except reality).
OS
Speaking of Ferraris, was chatting with a client today who has worked on cars a lot. He told me the story of setting timing with the hood up, noting the advance with a strobe under the car. Then he closed the hood. The setting changed a lot! So it would pass emissions (barely) with the hood up. Not so with the hood down.
So they have been cheating for years.
Mine is from 1963.
My point was more about keeping sota and the masses separate (they very rarely go together) and putting things in the perspective of today.
Audio equipment isn't like a VCR, where it sits by the TV and does the same function for everyone. There is a greater variety in the utilization and personalization, even among the audiophile subgroup only. IOW, a difficult market.
Hey, c'mon - I mentioned them along with the Italian jobs and I even threw in a German one for good measure!
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I am likely to be part of an audio venture, initially just as a consultant. But the guy behind it apparently commands some respect, as he was already contacted by one of aforementioned BORG.
Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated
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