got the chance to drop by phasetron earlier this evening to drool over their amps. first up was the el34 integrated (ss-rectified) driving the celestions (87db) playing stacey kent. volume was only at 9 o'clock but the music was already way loud. no harshness whatsoever; just pure playful stacey kent.
next up was the kt-88 integrated driving the same speakers and playing the same song. though i noticed that the volume was at somewhere like 10 o'clock to achieve the same level as the el34.
last was an integrated set amp driving a pair of all-black mid-height floorstanders. stacey kent never sounded more lush and alive!
i am by no means an audio techie...but i loved what i heard! wish i could have stayed longer to hear the other amps (i counted around 10 integrateds, 2 powers and 2 preamps).
had the pleasure of meeting and chatting a bit with the man himself, mr. andrew sevilla.
hope to drop by again soon and stay a bit longer (and bring my cds). thank you sir!