Dan, I have one SS1 and two SS2s (one working) in my studio. For my purposes of verity to the source, I've not heard anything close.
Jay, thanks for the Classe lead. I hope to identify and develop a solid
electronics repair solution for EQs, SmartSubs, etc. that fall beyond Rob's
grasp. Please keep that in mind for all of us.
Indeed, I came of age in the mid 60s and identified with the counter-culture and the folk resurgence, but from an unusual perspective. I avoided the drug thing and much of the dismissal of tradition. After high school I became a Brother in a teaching-social justice oriented religious order and continued studies in philosophy / social justice / human development until 1974 when I exited a PhD program to open my Conceptions Studio enterprise. My anti Vietnam War work and orientation underlay that time.
I formed a commune of sorts and bought land in the Cumberland Plateau of Kentucky to go "back to the land" and live outside the norms of mainstream society. Thiel Audio was one of our community-cohesive work ideas that took root and "made it" to the exclusion of everything else. Have you ever ridden a wild horse?