Hi Pete,
It looks every bit as good in person, IMO. I've only about 3-4 days experience with it, but chassis build quality is excellent. The body itself has a warranty voiding seal
so I wasn't able to look inside the unit. So far it has mated very well with my UcD amps, obviously still breaking in, but only a Mod Wright SE and my Django TX-102 tranny pre stand out as being tonally superior! The MW at 3X the cost and the Django is a stepped attenuator (PITA) and manual
One minor irritant for me is the selector indicator lights, which are overly bright (IMO) and flash while in auto mute when switching inputs. Vlad didn't have the least objection to toning down the brightness level for me! It's been returned to have that mod done...
The shipping box/container is adequate I suppose, but not up to the better ones I've seen. This leads me up the one issue I had, presumably during shipment a motor drive ground(?) was loosened and resulted in the drive being discernable in the right channel when vol. was adjusted. Not so much when playing music, but quite noticable when switching inputs or at power up when vol. resets to a pre-detemined low level. I really think this a fluke, but felt I had to mention it for honesty's sake! Other than the right channel, it was/is silent in operation.
I was given a 5 day trial when I asked for a 'grace period'... but it's a keeper so far! PM me if you'd like any clarifications etc!!!
