Thanks, Tom. Yeah, that is one of my beloved 801(s), I bought them a few years back from a guy who rebuilt/recapped, etc the crossovers. They were disconnected, and unceremoniously shoved back to the wall last summer. I cannot bring myself to sell them, they just sound so frigging good. In fact, they were how I was introduced to AVA. Was looking around for an amplifier to drive them and heard about Frank's stuff. So, I ended up getting a Vision SET 400 for them. An excellent pairing. Was kind of sad last night as I was disconnecting the 400 and pulling it out of the system. It is such an excellent sound that it helps produce.
I had a chance, last August, to get a killer pair of speakers from a reseller who didn't want to get caught holding 6 sets of the ( soon-to-be discontinued ) Revel Ultima Salon2. It was an agonizing decision to buy them; I went back and forth with it for days. Do it, no, you know you want to, no, okay, I'm gonna do it, no, and then finally I won, and bought them. Heavily marked down, but still, it was by far the most expensive audio purchase I've ever made. And Frank's 400 made them sing beautifully. But I knew they could handle and "crave" some massive power. Hence the decision to get the M750(s). Speaking of heavy, the Salons probably have 30 lbs on the 801s. I'll be moving a lotta heavy stuff today, making room for the amps, switching racks, etc. I need to move the 801s entirely out of that room.
