Thank you, Phil.
Michael, I was very surprised by Chapman in the best way.
Charles, AG is still practicing audio electronic magic .
I witnessed/experienced the Blue Circle, DAR integrated amplifier “break in” the first week of March in a dramatic way. This is the Amp AG designed/made to be “as warm as possible without syrup”. The four upgrades were completed and then I received the gear back in the beginning of last August. Three external Capacitor Packs and the install of the new AG line stage-(w/500,000uF SP cap pack). The input stage, a single 6SN7 has a T1-400v Cap pack, the output stage has the FCF-1 power supply/cap pack. I also had Angela-Gilbert modify my Sonnet Morpheus DAC, with an 30amp bridge rectifier to handle the SP cap pack for it.
So after all that it sounded good, I could hear the clarity added by the new line stage (I think) but, not the awesome upgrade I was hoping for. Don’t get me wrong, it sounded good! I kept hearing about the break-in time, 150 hours, 300 hours, etc. yes those happened incrementally, still not what I hoped.. Then I had kinda stopped dwelling on it and SIX Months later ish. All at once. Everything changed!!! Wow. So yeah, I agree “His mods are really something”!
