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RE: REVIEW: SAR Labs MOS 400 Amplifier (SS)

Posted by info@audiofyle.com (A) on February 23, 2010 at 23:42:09

In Reply to: REVIEW: SAR Labs MOS 400 Amplifier (SS) posted by JoeGarelli on February 23, 2010 at 08:49:34:

Hi Joe:

Just some info to clear up some of the smell revolving around this thread.

I too am a new member of Audio Asylum and my reason for joining the asylum and logging on

is to correct some mistakes on Joe’s part and address some mean spirited replys to this thread.

First to Joe’s review!! I think Joe pretty much nailed it, to my ears it’s the best sounding amp

I've heard. You could say I’m biased because, I used to sell them on the internet @ My main

interest however in this thread is related to the bad publicity being generated by some replys to

this thread. for example the review being a publicity stunt in order to generate sales for S.A.R. Labs.
However Joe did made 2 mistakes 1st. the price from Walter is less than $5000 for a Mos 400

you will have to negotiate with Walter about that.(read the last 2 sentences in Joe’s review)

2nd. was the statement which drew out the bottom feeders, that the Mos 400 doubles down to

one ohm. It emphatically does not!! Nor does it double down to four ohms. It was designed

specifically for high efficiency loudspeakers with min.recomended impedence of 6 ohms.

Walter voices his amps using highly modified 15” Tannoy Reds.

By the way the Mos 450 does handle 4 ohms quite handily. Typical onset of clipping for the

Mos 450 is 312 watts per channel, onset of clipping for the Mos 400 is around 300 wpc.

As I said before I used to market S.A.R. Labs amps on the net. go to my website and scroll down

to the bottom of Fred’s Page. you’ll see some pics of the current line up as well as some custom

one off amps Walter has built (www.audiofyle.com). The Mos 450 is out of production there are

enough parts for 1 maybe 2 Mos 450's. The Mos 400 is the culmination of 40 plus years

experience in the hi fi world!!

For those of you shooting barbs at Joe!!! S.A.R. Labs is headquartered in Winnipeg it's factory is

located in a 700 square foot shop in Walters garage. Aha it's a conspiracy Joe lives in Toronto!

I checked the profiles of some of the more extreme replys they claim to be business men,

medical professionals. Joe they sound to me more like guys that never get out of their dressing

gowns watching reruns of CSI MIAMI & putting the detective skills they learned there to bad use.

!! I think I hear their elevator !! On the bright side Joe this thread has stimulated several calls to

Walter from people who have bought used S.A.R. Labs amps bth 400's & 450's

E=mail me Joe @ info@audiofyle.com

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