perhaps posting is not the best way to communicate. I am always available at my place of business and I answer my phone. Saturdays are not the best time however. I have explained this in my videos as well.
Elliot, you never know what is going on down the road. I deal with type A people for a living, and I will say the same things to your face that I’ll type here. Please know that.
The next time you are in Central Florida, feel free to reach out. I am in Apopka. I am working on a pair of Epiphany Audio 20/21 line arrays that Danny Richie designed, and I own the pair of Wilson Audio Duette that he did a video for and is posted to YouTube. Since the Duette speaker has an external crossover, you can hear directly what Wilson did, and what Danny did… and why “flat measuring speakers are boring (or not)”.
We will have to get by with my gear. If you don’t mind suffering with a pair of First Watt SIT-5 amps, maybe my Sony Anniversary VFETs that Nelson setup will do? Or, maybe we will have to use the XA200.5 monos? Maybe you don’t want SS and we can break out my Joule Electra VZN-80 OTL amp along with with LAP150 all tube preamp? If you want something transparent, I’ll snag the Ayre VX-5 Twenty from the back bedroom we’ll run it with the Ayre KX-5 Twenty and QX-5 Twenty. I’ve already moved along the Billet Ayre KX-R Twenty and MX-R Twenty monoblocks… so I won’t have much “BLING!!!!” for ya. Yep, lost my Street Cred. Oh, I almost forgot… next week I am heading to Port St Lucie to pickup a pair of XA160.8… maybe we wait for those? Dang… I almost forget about the Ayre V-1xe… I love that amp too.
Notwithstanding any of that, and yes… I still am busting your balls because you deserve it - maybe my ECM espresso machine will make us some coffee?
Do you like coffee, Elliot?
My room is ~35’ x 40’ with tall ceilings…it blooms... and if you haven’t heard VFET amps with a Danny Richie speaker with some treatment… I don’t care "how long you’ve been doing it", or what you’ve heard - it will enhance perspective about “rightness”.
Is “High End” only about money… or about how serious someone is about the hobby? For instance, I know a lot of
@Porsche car owners who don’t have a clue about how to drive the car - I coach them on racetracks on the weekends.
Bring a DAC and a Streamer for me to hear that you think is better than my QX-5 Twenty. Coach me up, please.
I’ve got a mess going on with parts for the line arrays and a bounty of fun; although, some would call the mess a pile of passion.
Indeed, I’m sure you are much better in person than on a computer screen.
