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Yeah I was going to say. The F1 Really?? Come on man... lol
BTW, I came very close to owning an Audia Flight Strumento No 1 MKII.
Now you are talking turkey. That is a killer amp. I love their gear.
Came very close to pulling the trigger one. My buddy Paul is or was the USD. I live in MA and he is like a 1/2 from me. I bought my Pass 160.8 from a guy that Paul set me up with who sold them because he prefers the Strumento No 1 over them who actually I am selling them back to. Thats another story...lol
Paul offered to bring the AF No1 to my house and the only reason I didn't demo it was because its like a 170 pounds and just too much to lug around.
Over a 130 I am just asking to blow out my back but that is prob the only reason one is not in my room.
They have awesome driver control like Soulution. I prefer that with a Magico driver. They like juice and to be controlled IMO or maybe that is just my taste. I think that is part of the reason I chose Solution over the Pass and why the guy who sold them to me prefer the AF Strumento. Got to grab hold of them their drivers and show em the way I say...
The Purist Dominus is an excellent cable and right there with Stage III no doubt. Those are dam good. I prob should have tried the No 4 but was stuck on the No1.
I have owned a lot of electronics. I would take Audia Flight over Esoteric any day. I have not tried all their gear of course but owned the very C03 preamp and their very nice A03 but I liked the Pass Labs better. I liked the Simaudio Moon Evolution P-8 way better than the C03 and my Pass X350.5 and the X250.8 better than the A03 but I liked the A03. I found the Pass Labs XA-160.8 monoblocks and the Soulution to be on a total other level then the Esoteric gear and Audio Flight No 1 as well.
Now I did not hear the AF in my system but I was awed by how awesome it was. You can just tell when something is really good and when something is great. Greatness just separates itself. I am not good enough at describing what I mean other then to say that you know it when you hear it. Audio Flight did it, Pass Labs did it and so did Soulution.
I mentioned earlier not sure if you saw it but my local dealer is also the Yipsilon dealer and I am on the list to demo the Phaethon. If it is as good as they say maybe the Soulution will be with me for only a short time but man right now it is the very best amp I have ever owned and calling it an amp I don't think is fair because it is the best preamp/amp combo I have ever owned and it has a legit reference phono stage. A lot of people take shots at this amp because its expensive and ugly and doesn't make many watts but man it is one dam good amp. The best I have ever owned but there needs to be an asterisk with that statement because it only became this great when I added the Stage III Concept Kraken Power cable. That part can not be left out. That cable transformed this amp. Perfect synergy IMO. That is why I am wondering what the Phaethon will sound like with the Kraken.
Yeah I was going to say. The F1 Really?? Come on man... lol
BTW, I came very close to owning an Audia Flight Strumento No 1 MKII.
Now you are talking turkey. That is a killer amp. I love their gear.
Came very close to pulling the trigger one. My buddy Paul is or was the USD. I live in MA and he is like a 1/2 from me. I bought my Pass 160.8 from a guy that Paul set me up with who sold them because he prefers the Strumento No 1 over them who actually I am selling them back to. Thats another story...lol
Paul offered to bring the AF No1 to my house and the only reason I didn't demo it was because its like a 170 pounds and just too much to lug around.
Over a 130 I am just asking to blow out my back but that is prob the only reason one is not in my room.
They have awesome driver control like Soulution. I prefer that with a Magico driver. They like juice and to be controlled IMO or maybe that is just my taste. I think that is part of the reason I chose Solution over the Pass and why the guy who sold them to me prefer the AF Strumento. Got to grab hold of them their drivers and show em the way I say...
The Purist Dominus is an excellent cable and right there with Stage III no doubt. Those are dam good. I prob should have tried the No 4 but was stuck on the No1.
I have owned a lot of electronics. I would take Audia Flight over Esoteric any day. I have not tried all their gear of course but owned the very C03 preamp and their very nice A03 but I liked the Pass Labs better. I liked the Simaudio Moon Evolution P-8 way better than the C03 and my Pass X350.5 and the X250.8 better than the A03 but I liked the A03. I found the Pass Labs XA-160.8 monoblocks and the Soulution to be on a total other level then the Esoteric gear and Audio Flight No 1 as well.
Now I did not hear the AF in my system but I was awed by how awesome it was. You can just tell when something is really good and when something is great. Greatness just separates itself. I am not good enough at describing what I mean other then to say that you know it when you hear it. Audio Flight did it, Pass Labs did it and so did Soulution.
I mentioned earlier not sure if you saw it but my local dealer is also the Yipsilon dealer and I am on the list to demo the Phaethon. If it is as good as they say maybe the Soulution will be with me for only a short time but man right now it is the very best amp I have ever owned and calling it an amp I don't think is fair because it is the best preamp/amp combo I have ever owned and it has a legit reference phono stage. A lot of people take shots at this amp because its expensive and ugly and doesn't make many watts but man it is one dam good amp. The best I have ever owned but there needs to be an asterisk with that statement because it only became this great when I added the Stage III Concept Kraken Power cable. That part can not be left out. That cable transformed this amp. Perfect synergy IMO. That is why I am wondering what the Phaethon will sound like with the Kraken.