Spectron Musician III SE Mk.2? What Changed?

"Simon is both an engineer and audiophile, so that makes his position a bit unique among the regular Audiogon forum participators :)"

Really? Don't you think it's likely that other designers of high-end electronics are cut from the same "engineer and audiophile" cloth? I'm sure he is a very talented engineer and from all accounts the current Spectron amps are truly excellent. I'm interested in one myself.

Indulging the pedestrian questions of "tire kickers" is probably not the favorite activity of many engineers. Maybe that's part of the reason relatively few of them participate in online forums. For those designers/engineers who do choose to participate in online discussions of their products I have usually found it to be interesting and informative. A review of Spectron participation history in this forum has show them to be likewise interesting and informative. In this context, perhaps their dismissive response to a perfectly reasonable question was an aberration.

What was interesting to me (or amazing as Audphile 1 stated) was that each poster speaking for on in defense of Spectron seemed to take a more condescending tone than the one before. Rather than answer the original question they dismissed its relevance and echoed the Spectron mantra. Even the original poster of this perfectly reasonable question resorted to an unnecessary apology.

That Spectron mojo must be some strong stuff. :-)

My response was not ment to be condescending (overtly or covertly)
and I am sorry if it was taken in the wrong way.

I cannot answer the original question, but I have asked it too,(per my post above)!

Thus, I echo the relevance of the query, and don't dismiss it.

To paraphrase Marvin Gaye "Why can't we get along together?"

Simons' response on 05/16/08 just convinced me not to go Spectron.

Kabir, You would be missing out on a good amp over a quick response on a forum. I love my amp, a Spectron. Try listening to one before dismissing the company.

Kabir, I feel that "tire kickers" should drop out. Your comment "Simons' response on 05/16/08 just convinced me not to go Spectron." smells with you know what! Its very clear you never ever heard Musician III nor ever in tented to "go Spectron"

If we will start to over analyze every word that every manufacturer ever stated on this forum then nobody will participate. Similarly, many manufacturers dropped out from AA, most notably for me - people from R&D labs of Philips and Sony.

Interesting question was posted: "What kind of amplifier you are looking for" Kabir?

One correction also: Simon is NOT audiophile, he is professional musician AND, as he says, music lover.

All The Best
Rafael (biased owner of Spectron amplifier)