I was astonished at the performance when I bought my desktop Maraschino Kings a couple of years back, and last year I followed it up with the stereo version, the STM, for another system. I bought it new from DAC 7 months ago.
I was happy with the results when I replaced my very nice dual mono N-Core NC-400 with it.
In my opinion Tommy's amps are revolutionary advances in high end performance and value. They get out of the way, and you can relax deeply into the music.
This amp has the same amplifier modules as the regular Maraschino monoblocks, but in one 7" square chassis and one 48V. power supply. It can be upgraded to the King version with 400 WPC by getting a 60 V power supply from Tommy.
This can be used as a simple one input integrated amp with a volume control, or wide open as a power amp (as I used it).
Another pair of 60V King monoblock desktops fell into my hands ("They followed me home, dear. Honest!"). Anyway, this mint STM is up for grabs. Sonically they are VERY similar to the mono Kings. Used with the 60V King supply they are nearly indistinguishable.
This STM has the standard 48 V. PS, which makes for a very compact 125 WPC powerhouse that is as clean and transparent as you might want. I know of no amp near the price that will match it for sonic purity or sheer grunt. In my opinion it does everything a great amp should do, period.
It is in mint condition, will ship in the original very good packaging, and includes the nice quality RCA to XLR adapters.
New price is $1200, and I will sell mine for $675 shipped to the cont. US.
Info here:
https://www.cherryamp.com/stereo-maraschino-stm Thanks for having a look!
