@mac48025 - Thanks for the kind words. Eric picked the color and finish because I asked him to after being an indecisive pain in his ass for 2 weeks, LOL! I forget the Pantone number for the color. I tried to find it on Pantone's website to see if I could jog my memory, but they have so many colors so it's very hard. I think it's Pantone 180c, but that's a guess. Regarding the Diavolo, I know right! An absolute gorgeous amplifier just to stare at while listening to. It's actually my 2nd Diavolo amplifier from Art Audio.
I couldn't find one used when I was in the market a year ago so I bought a discounted demo Diavolo unit from Tom Willis directly at Art Audio for about what I could get for a kidney.
They can be found for around $4k-$5k used if you see one on Audiogon/Audiomart/HifiShark. They are totally worth the money. They are reliable workhorses that check all the boxes for me sonically and it ended my search for "something better".
@sbayne - Thanks, I already had the Big Silver Oval cables from a previous system and figured 10awg of overkill speaker cables dedicated for the highs and 10awg dedicated for the lows would lower the resistance just enough to make me sleep better knowing that I'm getting every ounce of wattage out of the SET amp as humanly possible. LOL Seriously, it's for peace of mind. I don't worry about cables anymore. I just think they are pretty cables, add some bling, and unlike many expensive cables that act as a tone control, they are very neutral sounding. Bigger is better, right? LOL, I don't belief in bi-wire cables for audible reasons based on anything I've perceived in listening tests, but doubling the amount of cable going to the speaker can't hurt and only reduces resistance, even if it's just a rounding error. LOL, I realize a SET amplifier doesn't need 2x 10awg cables to carry 8w-13w of power so your question is not lost on me. LOL
@sbayne - Thanks, I already had the Big Silver Oval cables from a previous system and figured 10awg of overkill speaker cables dedicated for the highs and 10awg dedicated for the lows would lower the resistance just enough to make me sleep better knowing that I'm getting every ounce of wattage out of the SET amp as humanly possible. LOL Seriously, it's for peace of mind. I don't worry about cables anymore. I just think they are pretty cables, add some bling, and unlike many expensive cables that act as a tone control, they are very neutral sounding. Bigger is better, right? LOL, I don't belief in bi-wire cables for audible reasons based on anything I've perceived in listening tests, but doubling the amount of cable going to the speaker can't hurt and only reduces resistance, even if it's just a rounding error. LOL, I realize a SET amplifier doesn't need 2x 10awg cables to carry 8w-13w of power so your question is not lost on me. LOL