best preamp ever - cost is no object

I´ve just inserted an Ayre K-1xe into my system and I must say - that you´ll have to spend very crazy money to top its performance significantly (so from a respective price point this might be the best value in solid state pre-amplification). Better but much more expensive was the phantastic Ayon Spheris tube pre-amp for € 20 grand which according to the dealer is the best tube pre he has ever heard (and he carries a lot of tube pre´s as Nagra, CAT, VTL, Audio Research, Einstein, Brinkmann, T+A and Kondo).

AND: coming back to tennis: McÉnroe was for sure the player with the best "touch and talent" in professional tennis and with 156 titles the most successful ;)

Mrtennis, I would say also that your carrying on about this subject makes no sense and proves nothing. I see no reason also to continue.

hi frankpiet:

assessing talent in tennis is as subjective as assessing the merits of components and stereo systems. you are entitled to your opinion.

for the nth time, it is more useful to state the qualities of an amplifier that you consider laudable rather than to suugest that one will have to spend more money than the cost of an ayre to get a better amp. to my ears, i might be able to achieve what is in my opinion more favorable sound than i would get from having an ayre amp drive my mg 1.6 speakers, by spending less money than the cost of an ayre amp.

Huh? I don't understand this.

>>assessing talent in tennis is as subjective as assessing the merits of components and stereo systems<<

Really? I KNOW that Anna Kournikova is not as good a tennis player as Martina Navratilova because I KNOW that Anna has won no grand slam titles and I KNOW that Martina has won 59 (singles, doubles, mixed doubles) grand slam titles. That is not subjective.

The same can be said for audio components if you KNOW enough about them.

You should try it.