The Galion Audio TS A75 amplifier: Great amplifier for very little money

@grislybutter

Although "inexpensive" is indeed a relative term, you have to factor in the context. In this neighborhood, 1495.00 can truly be considered such.

If you were talking to your buddies at the bar on a Saturday night, a fifteen hundred dollar amp would probably not be considered inexpensive. Know your audience.

Although we appreciate your advice on when (never, it seems?) and when not to use the word, we are all adults here and can figure out how to apply it’s relevancy.

@shtinkydog amp actually shipped from within the US ... Newport News, VA. No customs duties involved. Not sure if Galion has domestic warehouse. My unit was "open box", so got a little discount. Just go on the Galion Audio website and contact Thomas directly. He's very responsive, easy to work with, and will answer any questions you might have.

@ozzy62 it's not like I will change anybody's approach to using these terms: I am not losing any sleep over it. But it's pretty obvious and reasonable to expect from sensible people that they understand the basics about quantifying these numbers (while knowing the audience).

There are words that describe that it's the lower end of audiophile amplifiers other than inexpensive. "Inexpensive" is just meaningless and silly to me. The writer can do better. 

But again, this is not a court, inexpensive, bargain, affordable, whatever... I am excited to read about audio and the price will suffice. What matters more if it's a good value for the price. 

@strateahed thanks for the info.

I’ve had it a week. Very very impressive. It merits the hype. And I’m a very show me kind of person. And at this price point for an audiophile for whom $1,500 is not a whole lot of money it’s a steal. I just had a known amp in from a major brand. So far I can tell that the Galion comes short only in terms of depth of sound stage but it is just as musical and sweet and there is space around voices and instruments. Still have a couple of weeks for it to be fully broken in. If the Galion still stays as is that deeper soundstage was not worth the 9k more which that amp is. It effortlessly matches those in the 5-6K range. So if that is what you are budgeting for definitely listen to this as well.

And it’s not a beast! Thank goodness. You can easily handle it by yourself. If you're under 80.