Shop in Pittsburgh? Want to listen to 845 amp.

Sophia Electric makes a very nice 845 amp sophia.electric.com and they offer a 30 day trial period. The 6sn7 driven 845s sound great with 845B, 22wpc but very quiet, do not run extremely hot like some other ones (I use them year round in a/c room). Banana connector only for speakers but monster cable spade adapter works just fine. Four and 8 ohm outputs.

Things just haven't been the same since "Opus One" closed :)

I remember Opus One and bought a preamp and turntable from them back in the late 70s. What was the name of the place down on Smithfield St. in the city? They had a row of movie theater seats, and the guy who owned the place was quite eccentric. Back then they had some esoteric stuff such as Hill Plasmatronics. Anybody remember Audio Excellence, in an old house? The guy had Audionics, the Acoustat X's, and other stuff.

Quartet, I think you mean Michael Kline, I do believe Howard Swimmer bought that shop... Michael now owns Lets Make Music... I also remember that small upstairs shop on Forbes, sort of a little clandestine operation, He carried EAD at the time... Don't know if either shop is still in business...

Oops, Opus One was the place on Smithfield St. I was thinking of Ovation Audio. Interesting times.