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In Reply to: RE: New Equipment-Initial Bliss posted by cawson@onetel.com on November 26, 2020 at 13:32:30
If there is a item in the audio chain in which the "new equipment bliss" almost never occurs for me, it's power amplifiers......I cannot count the power amplifiers that I've either auditioned or purchased, in which my initial reaction was lukewarm, and after a few weeks, I've asked the question, "What is it about this amplifier that people like so much?" ....... (I thought the White Audio Labs A100 and Robertson Audio Forty Ten were Gawd-awful, in retrospect..... I was never impressed with the few Pass/First Watt amplifiers I've had as well..... )
Although I once auditioned a power amplifier at a store, the Audio Matiere Equilibre, and thought it was maybe an end-all product...... I purchased the demo unit, put it in my system..... The amp was indeed superlative after being powered up, but then came to the reality that the amp became "soupy" and "boring" after it has been on for several hours. (It was maybe the hottest running amplifier I've ever owned.) As if some being from the sky came down, pointed to me, and laughingly shouted "Sucker!!!"..... .... ...........
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I remember when I purchased the Robertson 4010 brand new. Lots of fanfare for sure. I liked it in my system at the time.
But I got mixed results as I carted the amp around to various friends and dealers to see what the fuss about. Staggering opinions flip flopped depending on the set up. Sometimes we would hear no difference swapping back and forth LOL.
Really miss those days.
Cheers!
Jonesy
"I know just enough to get into trouble. But not enough to get out of it."
I had a Robertson Forty Ten on two different occasions...... All I remember was preferring the Amber Series 70 (silver and black rack mount faceplate) over it on the first occasion (I was hoping it would be an upgrade over the Amber, but not to be), the backup amp to the Symfonia Opus 10 amp on the second (several contenders, the BRB 200 won out).......
The amp was just dry and "boring"......
I did listen to a Forty Ten in a home seller's system (had a Michell Gyrodec turntable and British monitor speakers), and it did sound good in that system. It was what got me to try the amp in the first place. (I remember the magazine ad, with a young girl saying "I love my Robertson Forty Ten".... )
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