Should be interesting when they compare Evo sound to 30-80K space heater amps!
Jye,
BTW - I was just wondering something. At first I kind-a skimmed over your previous message because to be honest, I’m not really in the market for any new amps at this time. The ones I have at the moment together with the rest of my system are sounding so good that I no longer feel the urge to change anything, at least not for a good long while anyway. But something you wrote stuck in my head, so I went back and read your last posting a second time. You stated:
“The power supply delivers the power to the circuitry via high purity copper strips.”
Curious. Are those based on the laminated copper cables that Bob from TDSS uses in his NuForce/NuPrime Upgrades? You can read about them on his TDSS website.
The reason I’m asking is because a while back I had Bob upgrade my Ref-9s, and I know he used them as part of the upgrade then because of reading about them on the above web page (and because I opened the amps up to take a little peek inside after I got them back ☺ ) You can read my review on AC here:
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=148121.0 So it sounds to me like you guys must have been collaborating on the new Evo too? It only makes sense because you guys have been working together for a long time now, and if so, then COOL!!! That means then that the Evo is certain to be something truly special. So far my TDSS upgraded Ref-9s are the best amps I have ever heard (let alone owned), so I can’t imagine what the Evo is going to sound like if Bob’s upgrades are being used in it as well.
In fact, a while back I remember reading on the TDSS website that you guys were working together to come out with a new version of the Ref-20s? For whatever reason that info is gone now though, so is that project still in the works too?
Either way, if NuPrime is working with Bob Smith/TDSS on developing their new amps, then all I can say is that I may just have to reconsider and make it a point to check out the new Evo (and maybe the new Ref-20s?) after all. What Bob did to transform my Ref-9s was truly magic, so if he’s involved and there is better to be had, I’m thinking I’ll have to hear it for myself. Otherwise, I simply can’t imagine ANY amp sounding much better than my upgraded Ref-9s do, regardless of the price.
Speaking of which, will you be offering your 30-day trial period on the Evo as well? If so, then I’m really in trouble because I don’t think I can resist trying them out, and the problem is my wife already thinks I’m nuts. So right now I’m not sure yet how I would pull it off and get them into the house without her noticing!!!