I received a pleasant and unexpected phone call from Sue Kraft (the TAS reviewer who evaluated our equiment published last spring). I had not hear from her in a long time, and she told me it was because she is just now recovering from some very serious surgery. We had a chat comparing notes on the trial and tribulations of the aftermath of surgery and how very much better it feels to be recovering.
Anyway, she wanted to know if she could purchase the Ultra DAC and Ultra SL preamp she reviewed, and I said of course.
I also did a good pitch, I hope, to get her to look at Jim's web site and hopefully review a set of HT-3s for The Absolute Sound. I informed her that they were simply better musically than the B&W 800Ds she now has and reviewed so favorably, and in cabinet work quality and design, just no comparision at all. Since the price is about one quarter of the DM800D price, she sounded very interested. I told her she would not miss the B&W 800Ds at all when they go back if they were replaced by the HT-3s.
I hope she contacts you soon Jim, she really is a nice lady, even if the bass shy 800Ds did give her the wrong impression about the bass performance of our Fet Valve Ultra 550 amplifier (they need an amp with a fat boomy bass response).
Regards,
Frank Van Alstine