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New H20 Signature S250

After reaading a lot of reviews about these amps, i emailed Henry to build me (2) S250 to biamp my speakers, I have an immediate response from him and this is what he say:

Hi Patrick,

The Amps are the Signature Stereo which has an addional Big Toroidal
transfomrer which makes it a true dual mono design, for $300 more which
makes the amp now $2800. Of course, The amp is improved over the
regular stereo across the whole Audio Spectrum. If you want the regular
version stereo, let me know.

Thanks for the number and I'll try to give you a call sometime today.

Henry

Does anyone yet owned this amp?
rneclps
1953
140 posts
 
Actually, I do get a bit of compression using the P600 after a certain volume level is reached. But then I don't listen real loud and my room has concrete walls, floor and ceiling so it's very "efficient". However, the P600 does indeed clean things up a lot and so do the ultimate outlets. When I get the scratch up, I'll start trolling for another P600 to dedicate to the amps.

Jeff
kana813
956 posts
 
1953/Jeff- first, does your TCS have an upgraded power supply? Next do your 2150s have any modifications? Three get rid of the the PS Audio power conditioner. Four use good quality AES digital cables to connect the TCS to the
2150s.

If the the answer to the first two questions is no, look at
at :
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?accstwek&1123985987

He can also help you with power conditioning that works properly with digital amps, and cables.
grk
223 posts
 
Hi all,

I just finished a very satisfying audition of the H20 Signature Stereo. It is a wonderful sounding amp and Henry is a true gentleman to deal with! I could easily live with this amp and may yet, but... there is at least one more amp that I would like to audition. The Butler 2250 has me very intrigued and I was wondering if anyone has had any experiences with that amp. I realize that it is a completely different animal and that it sucks up a lot more household power (from the specs) than the ultra efficient ICE power amps. I do environmental work and I live in California, so reducing my energy bills does matter... up to a point. Thanks.
muralman1
1,527 posts
 
How long have you had the H2O? After break in, there are system changes you can look at to bring the very best out the H2O. I have heard the Butler, but never the two in the same room. The Butler is a fine amp. I'm in California too. The H2O is a green machine, and so is my theater projector.
grk
223 posts
 
According to Harry, the unit was fully broken in. I only had for it for about 5 days which was long enough for me to get a good feel for the sound. And a very fine sound it was! There was some transformer hum though that Harry attributed to either loose transformers from all the shipping and/or DC from my power line. I was wondering if the PS Audio "Humbuster" would cure that problem?
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