I bought a Zen SE84CS kit some years ago to run with the Klipsch floorstanders I had at the time. Excellent experience building the kit, learning from my mistakes and fixing them. Amp works great, very quiet, soundstaging galore and king tone. No one area is exagerated. I have lusted after the ToriIII and am planning to sell my ARC SP-11 and get the Decware pre-amp and phono set up. I have never talked to Steve but every dealing with the company for tube sets and ordering the kit has been excellent. I personally am tired of the audio merry-go-round with gear and am moving to a Decware system to get back to listening to the music (not the gear!!) Highly recommended!
Decware - any substance here?
With such a nice and extensively detailed website, I've long been curious about Decware. But with little in the way of genuine reviews, and not much in the way of discussion here, I always wonder if they are nothing more than that, a great website. They clearly have a dedicated fanbase, but my problem with the fanbase is this: most of them (not all of course) seem to have limited experience with products besides Decware, as if they stumbled upon Decware and never bothered with other brands. Maybe this is positive, that once experienced they don't have the typical audiophile itch to try other amps. I'm specifically struck by the new Torii MKIII push-pull amp, which in description and looks is just beautiful. So does it interest anyone here? Has anyone actually heard it, or it's previous incarnations? If so how does it rate amongst the other quality tube amps, whether Blue Circle, Cary, Vac, Almarro, Atma-Sphere, etc...?
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