Swiss amps

even swiss miss is overrated

I've got a Girard Perregaux that is beautiful and works flawlessly. That is, until you drop it on a carpeted floor, and the mechanism gets knocked out of place and needs a $450 adjustment. I've worn the watch maybe 6 months total and have had in the shop twice. Which of course, in the US, there is only one, and the wait for repair is usually a month. Luxury items... nice problems to have...

i've demo-ed several of the amps you've listed (Dartzeel, FM Acoustics, & Goldmund). each employ unique circuitry (not the typical class A, class A/B, &/or class D) which makes them rather unique fm other stuff out there.

The more complicated the watch the more likely to break on impact. If you want a watch that should be able to withstand anything look at Wyler. It has extensive protection from impact built in. Not cheap though and only a chronograph movement or Turbillon.

As or amps it is kind of the same but in a different way. The better the sound, often the less protection built in. Hence more likely to have problems. I still am itching for a cheap amplifier as a backup for my tubes. Often the more unique an item is the more of a burden it is to maintain. The same is true for cars.

Jaybo, I had swiss chocolate hot cocoa packets and about 4 years later started getting maggots growing out of them. You know, the tiny white things that look like worms that eat people when they're dead.