Some of these brands rarely appear here. Maybe the customers are satisfied for life? - Boulder (I only saw at most 5 times) - Rockport (saw a Sirius TT once, the gigantic speakers once) - Walker - Spectral (okay, maybe this is not so rare...)
I think in the case of some of these brands (at least the first 3 in the original post) they simply do not produce a lot of gear. They are big ticket, built to order, once in a lifetime purchases.
I don't mean to shanghi this thread, but in regard to the Klyne, is it because there is no market for these units or are they really that rare? I watch out of curiosity since I own the Klyne newest version of the pre-amp. I have not seen any for sale in a long time, just wondering why...
Maybe I should start one of those annoying "Why so few _____ for sale?" posts!?!
Stan Klyne lives in the Seattle area, so local audiophiles are perhaps more aware of his designs than other parts of the country. Tim Ratcliffe, owner of Experience Audio here in Seattle, carries Klyne products, and he recently told me that Klyne hasn't built many units recently. Stan is, however, still in the business.
Wavestream Kinetics V-8 Power Amplifier...Made by Scott Frankland of Moore-Frankland Associates (MFA) as mentioned in the first reply above. These were made by him subsequent to the demise of MFA. They come as either mono blocks or stereo and are still made to order. Mine is #30. I believe that less than 50 have been made--maybe just a few more than 30.
The power tubes are driven in a manner described by Scott in a patent he has. The originals sound beautiful but Scott has thought of further upgrades in the intervening years.
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