Manley Stingray Integrated amp.


Hi, I read the review from Stereophile, but, sad to say, I did not learn anything out of it. THe punch lines were very poor as well. So now I ask how’d you folks characterize the Manley Stingray integrated amp?
I will be driving it with my 6-ohm small standing speakers Sonus Faber G.P Home series.
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What is the warranty provided?

They are unbelievably geeky looking. They have a high school AV Club down market aesthetics thing going. I know sound is 99 percent of the equation, but they've got to have a low WAF and even lower GFAF thing going.
Mst,
I can't pin point down who you were asking, me or the others? Jeff Rowland or Manley?
Do not underestimate what you have with your amp/preamp combo. The Pathos might be the better option of the two integrated amps you mentioned, but I don't think either will make you forget about the Rowland combo. Think VAC Avatar SE if your goal is replacement, or as Pubul57 mentioned, get a tube amp instead to try with the Capri. I used a Capri with VAC Auricle Musicblocs and the sound was very good (my VAC had balanced inputs, not all do). If you want to try a tubed preamp with the Rowland I might suggest the Atma-sphere MP-3, again to take advantage of the balanced connections.
Was just asking the question rhetorically, given how many customer service complaints anecdotally have been raised through this colloquy.
I owned it, and it was fantastic, especially with NOS EL84's, which of course were not cheap. Wonderful amp. Sold it because the the "search for better" monkey was riding my back.