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Any experience with the Aspen Soraya Amplifier?

I have been reading about the Aspen Soraya CB105 amplifier on Audio Circle. The Aussies have some extremely positive things to say about this amplifier. My question is do any of you in the US have experience with this or any previous iteration of the amp? By experience I mean with the amplifier's performance (does it really walk on water like the Aussies say it does) as well as any issues with shipping the amp from Australia and and any repair or performance issues.

Thanks for the information.
crozbo
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kclone
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Sorry to dig up this old thread, but which version of the Soraya have you heard? Is it the earlier version or the 2009 version? I guess the 2009 version has some improvements. Not sure if those include a better treble extension or detail retrieval.
gaetan8888
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Hello

I know Hugh and the Soraya 2009 do have very different topology and give a real improvement over the previous Soraya amps.

Hugh explain it a bit there;
http://www.aksaonline.com/products/products_Soraya.html

Here is the link to the Soraya 2009 listening impression by various buyers;

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=71387.0

Bye

Gaetan
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That may be, but what we still don't know, is which Soraya Amfibius compared to his Cary's.
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Okay, the version that Amfibus heard was the old version. On top of that, Aspen has has a new flagship model coming out, the Maya.
amfibius
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Sorry guys, didn't know if there was an old or a new version of the Soraya. All I know is that Hugh Dean brought it over himself, so I presume it was the latest iteration at the time.
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