On 13 Feb 2009, at 06:43, Rick Faaberg wrote:


>
> I don't know what those amps cost, but it must be $$$$$ eh?
>
> All that for 27 watts per channel? I currently run 125 watts per
> channel
> iirc.

Ah, but mere power or 'specmanship' or anything else to do with
conventional notions of 'hifi' isn't what it's about... what it's
about is perhaps better expressed here:

<http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/livingvoice/definitive.html>
or here:

<http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/kondo/m77.html>

>
>
> Maybe your speakers are REALLY efficient and can live on 27 watts?

Actually <http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/livingvoice3/obxrw.html>


I've been a customer for almost 5 years. In the interests of full
disclosure, I should probably say Definitive/Living Voice are also
clients of mine. It's been a joy. Kevin and Lynn are two of the nicest
people I've ever met in any walk of life, a sentiment echoed by anyone
else I've come across who knows them. The enthusiasm which pervades
the whole company is infectious, and certainly makes my life a hell of
a lot easier.

My interest in music, and hifi, stretches back the best part of 35
years and includes working in retail and for the UK hifi press, albeit
a very long time ago.

I've come across the work of a lot of audio designers. Some of them
are very talented.

But it seems to me Kondo-san and Kevin Scott operate on a completely
different level again.


I read a fantastic quote by bass player Marcus Miller on Miles Davis
somewhere recently, are you familiar with that?

Roughly along the lines of how listening to a lot of top class
musicians made him think 'wow, you must really put in a hell of a lot
of practice to be that good.'

But the first time he heard Miles Davis, his first thought was 'yeah,
I had a girlfriend like that too...'



> Ps. I've been through a bunch of family medical stuff this last
> year. I know
> how it feels. Best wishes for you, your brother, and all your family.

Cheers, Rick, thanks.


--
regards

Miles A Cruickshank
Flying Solo

Something new(ish) this way comes...
<http://www.flyingsolo.co.uk>



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