ASR Emitter ii Exclusive

so the power supplies aer external and thus we are dealing w the amp, battery supply for line stage, 2 external power supplies and thus 4 boxes?

Yes you are right . Total of four boxes. The Emitter has three cables each about 5/8 thick leading from the rear of the unit to each one of the boxes. These cables cannot be disconnected. Then each of the 3 boxes gets plugged in to your ac line, ASR provides two of the ac mains lead but you need provide your own for the battery.

the darTZeel preamp and amp are configured similarly to the ASR Emitter II Exclusive. the dart pre is battery powered, includes a phono stage, uses a propritary connection system (50 ohm BNC cables) between pre and amp, and then has an AC powered amp.

there is a separate small charging box for the pre; then the pre and amp(s) are in similarly sized chassis. i am using 2 dart stereo amps in vertical bi-amp configuration.

i am listening to a pre-production version of the dart pre in battery mode; and am blown away. it will be interesting if/when someone is able to compare the ASR and darTZeel 'systems'.

IF the ASR is similar or maybe even better than the darTZeel i can understand what all the fuss is about.

Mike, I don't expect that will ever happen do you? Certainly once HP has spoken, TAS is not going to do any comparison. Maybe a European journal will do it.

i would certainly be 'game' for it if anyone has a spare 'ASR Emitter II Exclusive' sitting around they want to ship me.

;^)

since the dart is Swiss and the ASR is German i would expect these similarly focused products to cross paths soon.