Finally received my SimAudio Titan back!

Hello All,

Some of you may remember I posted a few months back as to whether or not to send my Simaudio Titan HT200 5 channel amp to Sim for the recommended "cleaning and calibrating". After so much back and forth I decided to do it. The wife and I drove to the distributor in Lake Champlain and dropped it off on 14 May (Canada was and still is closed-absolutely ridiculous but that's another topic altogether:). Much as I was so distraught without her, I finally received her back last Thursday, 8 July. They said it would be about 3 weeks. Had I known it would have been almost 2 months I probably wouldn't have done it. But she's back and truly better than EVER! Disconnecting, lifting, packing I have to say wasn't nearly as bad as I had anticipated thanks to my wife who was truly a Godsend (she had everything labeled with little slip on tie labels that were absolutely ingenious) with the whole project...

This unit is about ~110 lbs. So whilst it wasn't easy it was SO worth it. Here's the thing, I was able to get my hands on a Monoprice Monolith 5x200 watt amp to hold me over the last 3 weeks. Whilst that unit is good for performance/cost it isn't nearly ANYWHERE near the class of the Simaudio. Nor should it be I guess at about 1/9th the price. That said the difference is truly astounding. So not only did it give some perspective and make me appreciate how good the Sim really is, it really drove home how different amps can sound (affect sound). I honestly can't even describe the difference. Everything truly came alive! I don't know how else to describe it but alive comes as close anything I can think of. To be honest I was even contemplating switching my Dyn Evoke's out during this time probably because I was going through detachment and abandonment anxiety (LOL). However since reuniting the Evoke's with the Sim they won't be going anywhere! Yes the Sim brought back the magic the Dyn's seemed to be missing a bit. I can only say WOW! For anyone wondering, YES amplification truly makes all the difference in the world. I have not been able to stop listening since. I HATE that I have to be here at work and can't be home listening to the magic of the Dynaudio/Simaudio combo. And even though the Sim Tech said the unit "was really in excellent shape to begin with" he gave it a "little TLC and a full clean bill of health"-that alone was worth it as she is 20 years old. Nice to know she was taken care of the previous 19 years before coming to me :)

I want to thank you all again for taking the time to weigh in. It was worth every penny ($435.00 including shipping which was almost 1/2 the bill) and the time without her. I gained perspective and a whole new appreciation for the Evokes and the Sim and how much of a difference an amplifier can make on overall sound...