I've been lurking here for 3 months or so and It's time to come clean . I called Seth on his cell a few weeks ago because I saw he was local and upon speaking to him about my interest in his products he was kind and personable
enough to suggest it would be fine if we met in person . I was very anxious
and wanted to hear and buy an one.2 for nearfield monitors in my home studio.
Well the more I read on these forums the more I realized I would prefer the
Sensation 451 decked out with full cap upgrades and Dodd buffer . So I
placed the order and told Seth I was coming to meet him . When I got to
his place I was surprised he was so young and he even took me out to buy
me lunch . I was pleased at the sound of the one.2 he had hooked up to
the Ascend cbm 170's and after waisting more of his tme he graciously gave me a new one.2 and 130 watt PS to break in and borrow while I waited for my Sensation. He also sent me away with some other freebies I did not expect at all , Thanks Seth.
Well my Sensation has over 100 hours logged on it and it exceeds my
expectations by far , I come from mainly a pro audio background and have
alot of Manley tube gear and listen to mostly pure sources I track myself.
That being said this new amp brings new life to my dads 40 year old
speaker collections and reel to reel . I'm even archiving my CD collection
favs and some mp3's (jack Johnson) to DVD Audio with Cirlinka software
upsampling to 2496 and can't believe the results as I listen back through
Sensation ,I'm shocked at the detail and depth even mp3 audio upsampled
can give through this setup . Of course my sacd decks sound better but
the DVD audio discs save alot of hard drive space and those upsampled
2496 discs are no slouch in their own right . If you have not tried it you
should give it a whirl especially with these Virtue amps . I truly am having
fun listening to my dads old hifi gear now that Sensation has brought new
life to the party to say the least .
