[avahifi]

Our Transcendence 9 vacuum tube preamplifier, Ultravalve vacuum tube power amplifier, and Fet Valve 600R 300w/ch hybrid power amplifier all received The Absolute Sound Editors' Choice Awards in the new March, 2014 issue.

Each of these three are at the bottom end in pricing, but obviously top values in performance.

Frank Van Alstine

[I.Greyhound Fan]

Congratulations Frank! 

[mresseguie]

Congratulations! I hope I can experience either of the amps someday.

Have you ever considered relocating to the Pacific Northwest? 

[dlparker]

Congratulations! I hope I can experience either of the amps someday.

Have you ever considered relocating to the Pacific Northwest? 

If I ever win the lottery I think I'll just buy up some land as close as I can get to Frank's store, have an earth contact house built with full solar/wind power support (can you sell back to the grid in MN?) and a huge walk in pantry/food storage bunker. Well designed listening room, of course, and I imagine I'll want somewhere to go to the bathroom and sleep (each on opposite ends of the .facility).

Of course I'll never WIN anything, but it's still a worthy pipe dream and deserves to be on any self respecting geezer's bucket list.

[mark funk]

                                                                                                                       




                                                                                                                       

[benguin]

Congratulations, Frank.  I know I couldn't agree more.  Especially on the 600r-  We love ours!
  - Ben

[tonyptony]

Congratulations, Frank.  I know I couldn't agree more.  Especially on the 600r-  We love ours!
  - Ben

+10. I've lived with the evolution of the FetValve since the EXR5. IMO the 600R is a crowning achievement. I can't imagine how it could be made better.

[resonance]

I could not live without my 600Rs either. Is there a 400R/3 in the future rather than having to buy another Synergy 240/3 Double?
David

[coldfogey]

I just received my March issue of TAS and noticed that the write up for the Transcendence 9 is the old write up for the T8+.  Whats up with that?

[Devil Doc]

I just received my March issue of TAS and noticed that the write up for the Transcendence 9 is the old write up for the T8+.  Whats up with that?

Really? I'm not surprised. TAS is the least credible of all, besides I don't need them to tell me that AVA makes good stuff.

Doc

[charmerci]

.... besides I don't need them to tell me that AVA makes good stuff.

Doc

Yeah, but Frank can use them so that he can stay in business.