Whose sorry now? Sellers remorse from selling amp.

Hi Jaybo,

Actually, Signature IS Nobis- only the name has changed. As I heard it: The company did not 'split', it lost one of their original founders- who offered mainly financial support. His widow would not allow the remaining owners to DBA "Nobis", so they changed the name as a work-around. It caused them to lose momentum, but they are the same people with the same products.

The Cantable's original designer (Brian Bienfang) lives and solders on, and the SRa8 is the exact same amp as the Cantable. I actually have an in-between model that looks like the old Cantable, but has the Signature name badge. Everything is the same- the output transformers, schematic, FET rectifier board, etc.

Since day 1, Brian has made each amp by hand and he continues doing so to this day. The SRa8 is the real deal and represents one of the greatest amps for the money of all time, IMO. I have heard my share of amps in my many years in this hobby... The Cantable/SRa8 is a gem!

If anyone wishes to hear this from the man himself, Brian is very easy to get in contact with and takes pleasure in talking audio.

Signature Technologies, Inc.

2500 W. Silver Spring Dr.

Milwaukee, WI 53209 USA

Voice : (414) 438-1849

Fax : (414) 438-1821

email: fang@signaturetech.com

Hey just had to let everyone know that this ***hol* tube_lvr who posted right above me stole 1200.00 from me. He put an ad up for a cart and I sent him the money. He cashed the check and never sent me the cart and won't respond to phone calls or emails for 2 months now. Sorry just pissed me off when I read this thread and noticed he had contributed. Just wanted everyone on here to know what a piece of !@#$ this guy is.

Tube lvr
Do you care to offer an explanation to the buyer and rest of us?This is a serious accusation!

Ejlif,
Why have you waited this long to file a complaint against this person and wouldn't the complaint have been more appropriate in the Dispute forum?

I did, and he has been removed from Audiogon. He was verified too. I just happened to notice he had posted on here and it just pissed me off when I read them, acting like he is a fine upstanding member of the audiophile community. Sorry I know I shouldn't have done this, but I just couldn't help it, like anyone reads the disputes forum!

What gets at me the most is that 2 of the 3 positive feedbacks really shouldn't have been postive at all. After talking with each of those members who left the positive feedback they said that Michael Matthews AKA Tube_lvr was horrible to deal with, however feedback being the way it is just decided to leave positive feedback rather than being honest about the deal. No feedback is better than false positive for sure. Had he not had those glowing feedbacks and not been verified he would have never gotten my money.

This sucks because I've only had wonderful experiences on Audiogon in the last 7 years. I'll never send anyone money again without some sort of safety net to protect myself.

I hope Michael Matthews reads some of this stuff and at least feels like the piece of crap that he is.

Sorry to hijack this thread!