Wait a minute! I didn't say that! Marbles said "...how 'bout Poimas?" and I said "...you're not wormy." and I have no idea what I meant. Spell Poiema! three times correctly Rob and if you'd prefer the Poiema!s, I send those along instead.
Rob and his wife are wonderful and gracious hosts. Steve and I really enjoyed ourselves and felt welcome and at home. Thank You Rob for a great afternoon of hangin' and music. And BTW, I showed Steve...I learned him to never play pool with me again! I was down like 5 balls, changed my "strategy" and promptly put him away right Rob.
I'd never seen the Symphonic Line Kraft 400s before. Don't know how I could have missed them. These Freakin' things are the size of Steve's Neon (car)! Rob popped the hood on one and the real estate is laid out simply with lots of room to easily work in if you wanted to. Dip stick and all is right there. I was a little surprised by the quality of some of the critical parts in these amps. Nevertheless, these amps were very enjoyable but I wonder how much more could be rung out of them with some fairly simple mods...like deer urine and stuff.
The system with it's analog and digital front end (we played both of course) allowed us to forget the gear and enjoy the music. I was especially impressed by how close the analog and digital sounded in terms of musical satisfaction...both were good but where perhaps the digital was more technically accurate, I felt the analog was more musically involving.
When we switched cables, the differences were not subtle. An immediate comment made when we installed the MSE Gen.II speaker cables was "and some people think cables don't make any difference." (it was an expression, not an attack so don't nobody get your jockeys in a tight.)
I'm not a big fan of larger floor standing speakers for various reasons but my hat goes off to Mr. Chaney for the seemingly incredible job he's done designing a speaker of this complexity and making it sound like music. Between the drivers, crossover and cabinet and at their price point, this is a tough act to pull off but it seems Brian's years of experience has taught him a few things and he's pulled it off very nicely.
Anyway, Rob has done a nice job assembling a system that meets his goals and making it so that others can enjoy his labors as well. Couldn't have enjoyed a Saturday afternoon any better than today. Thanks again Rob! You're the Best!
