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In Reply to: Don't shoot the messenger posted by E-Stat on August 9, 2015 at 10:33:38:
Hi-
I wasn't shooting the messenger; I noted it was a quote.
While dCS has been in the audio business a long time, IIRC, they started in pro audio, yet today, as far as I know, they are no longer in pro audio. And in any event, whatever their consumer audio business is, I have a hard time imagining that it compares to their defense business.
About the sound of Halcro's amps. I had one pair on review loan, and I was very impressed.
I wrote:
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Given that nothing exceeds like excess, who was I to turn down US importer Philip O'Hanlon's offer of the loan of a $25,000 pair of Halcro dm58 monoblock power amplifiers? In they went.
Wowee. Zowee. "Amazing" was what my wife said.
So that I could fully utilize the Halcros' commanding reserves of power, the Goldbergs had to give way to Mahler, or at least Jamiroquai. And there was more than just raw power on tap: the reprise of the flute solo in the last movement of Jerry Bruck's recording of the Mahler-Wheeler Symphony 10 brought tears to my eyes. But even on the Goldbergs, the Halcros' speed, phase coherence, and tonal trueness unearthed more information, primarily room ambience (footnote 3). The Halcro amps sound musically authoritative (in that regard, they are among the top three in my experience), are remarkably uncolored but very liquid, and excel at re-creating a three-dimensional space. They catapult to the top of the Class A list in my book.
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Read more at http://www.stereophile.com/content/fifth-element-7-page-2#blIc8clFwmLYw4VT.99
Before I researched that, I had forgotten that it was the Halcro amps that gave rise to the much-debated "Class A+" on RCL...
But in the last retrospective analysis, I think that while I respect the Halcro amps I heard, I do not quite love them like the darTZeel NHB-108 I heard in roughly the same time frame, or my most recent premium-priced amp fave rave, Luxman's M-700.
jm
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Follow Ups
- RE: Don't shoot the messenger - John Marks 12:53:49 08/09/15 (26)
- RE: Don't shoot the messenger - A.Wayne 14:19:40 08/09/15 (1)
- IIRC, Wilson Benesch Discovery nt - John Marks 08:10:54 08/10/15 (0)
- RE: Don't shoot the messenger - E-Stat 12:58:04 08/09/15 (23)
- This has now dredged up more memories IMPORTANT - John Marks 08:26:49 08/10/15 (1)
- RE: This has now dredged up more memories IMPORTANT - A.Wayne 09:27:10 08/10/15 (0)
- RE: Don't shoot the messenger, even at sea cliff - A.Wayne 14:16:47 08/09/15 (2)
- Interesting - E-Stat 14:25:05 08/09/15 (1)
- I'd bet he thought "Sea Cliff" was brand of speakers. - carcass93 13:04:04 08/10/15 (0)
- Imagine that, people expressing differences in opinion about their experiences with the same amp... - kuribo 13:16:28 08/09/15 (17)
- "What does that say about the supposed "sameness" of human perceptions? " - E-Stat 13:40:48 08/09/15 (16)
- Priorities differ? Is that a euphemism for tastes differ? - kuribo 13:59:33 08/09/15 (15)
- Sure - E-Stat 14:10:09 08/09/15 (14)
- But folks don't mutually agree on what they hear. And - kuribo 14:15:01 08/09/15 (13)
- You seem so isolated - E-Stat 14:20:02 08/09/15 (12)
- Only two? And you rarely disagreed? My condolences...nt - kuribo 14:38:06 08/09/15 (11)
- Those two were most influential - E-Stat 14:52:26 08/09/15 (10)
- Name calling, now name dropping....wow...nt - kuribo 16:12:29 08/09/15 (9)
- You continually forget - E-Stat 16:26:05 08/09/15 (8)
- No, but you seem to have trouble understanding the questions. - kuribo 21:56:18 08/09/15 (7)
- When the two - E-Stat 05:30:16 08/10/15 (6)
- Funny, I never needed anyone to tell me what I like...but then again, - kuribo 17:48:37 08/10/15 (5)
- Sorry - E-Stat 17:58:03 08/10/15 (4)
- RE: Sorry - A.Wayne 18:01:06 08/10/15 (0)
- Again, I never needed anyone to tell me what to like. I was able to find - kuribo 18:01:03 08/10/15 (2)
- Pathetic -nt - E-Stat 18:02:22 08/10/15 (1)
- Don't be so hard on yourself...everyone needs a friend sometimes..nt - kuribo 18:05:18 08/10/15 (0)
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