Hi Joe, Zephyr by far gives the best advice. One phone call and I could give you a history of that Amp along with our company history, which, by the way, does not include a "money laundering scheme" LOL. Sorry to disappoint the dramatic fantasy.
This amplifier was quoted by the Positive feedback Online Reviewer John Beavers as being the "best Solid State Amplifier I have ever heard". It was our attempt at crossing Home Theater with the High End, and we did it in spades. Problem was Verastarrs heart is in 2 channel, not Home Theater. So we probably made a dozen or so of these amps and they were gobbled up by a cult following, including professional recording studios which used them to tri amp a stereo setup. In fact we sold an iteration of this amplifier which was much more pro oriented to George Lucas for the new (at the time) Industrial Light and Magic installation in the Presidio location of S.F. He used 9 of them for one theater which was their in house screening room the size of a small public movie house. So, you are correct. The people that have them hold on to them like Gold. The people that buy them give us right of first refusal upon the desire to sell, so we have bought back roughly 5 of them and re sold. Do you have one of these Joe ??
As far as Hot Rod Audio, this is what was left of the start of our career. Verastarr started making cables and modifying gear, as well as selling other companies products. We became good enough at it and understood the design of components well enough to make our own designs that were already "hot rodded" from the factory. So we renamed the mod / dealer portion Hot Rod Audio, and relegated Verastarr to making only U.S.A handbuilt exotic Hi-Fi gear. Meanwhile Hot Rod Audio kept selling Chinese and Japanese made modded products. There was one transitional year in between where Verastarr commissioned the manufacture of Chinese tube amps, but we dropped it after 1 year in favor of sticking to our passion which was making exotic handbuilt hi-fi in the USA, rather than designing and selling "profit widgets" from China. Maybe not the best business idea, but its where our passion lies.
Now, we go to RMAF, AXPONA and CES every year and are associated with some of the best names in the industry. Some of our favorites being GRYPHON and MBL.
My relationships run deep in the industry, but we are a company that keeps ourselves low key. We meet dealers through word of mouth contacts. They all come to us, we do not go outbound. Most of our product is sold overseas where 2 channel is strong, and exclusive USA products are highly sought after.
Please feel free to email me: verastarr@gmail.com with any questions..
All the best !
Mike
This amplifier was quoted by the Positive feedback Online Reviewer John Beavers as being the "best Solid State Amplifier I have ever heard". It was our attempt at crossing Home Theater with the High End, and we did it in spades. Problem was Verastarrs heart is in 2 channel, not Home Theater. So we probably made a dozen or so of these amps and they were gobbled up by a cult following, including professional recording studios which used them to tri amp a stereo setup. In fact we sold an iteration of this amplifier which was much more pro oriented to George Lucas for the new (at the time) Industrial Light and Magic installation in the Presidio location of S.F. He used 9 of them for one theater which was their in house screening room the size of a small public movie house. So, you are correct. The people that have them hold on to them like Gold. The people that buy them give us right of first refusal upon the desire to sell, so we have bought back roughly 5 of them and re sold. Do you have one of these Joe ??
As far as Hot Rod Audio, this is what was left of the start of our career. Verastarr started making cables and modifying gear, as well as selling other companies products. We became good enough at it and understood the design of components well enough to make our own designs that were already "hot rodded" from the factory. So we renamed the mod / dealer portion Hot Rod Audio, and relegated Verastarr to making only U.S.A handbuilt exotic Hi-Fi gear. Meanwhile Hot Rod Audio kept selling Chinese and Japanese made modded products. There was one transitional year in between where Verastarr commissioned the manufacture of Chinese tube amps, but we dropped it after 1 year in favor of sticking to our passion which was making exotic handbuilt hi-fi in the USA, rather than designing and selling "profit widgets" from China. Maybe not the best business idea, but its where our passion lies.
Now, we go to RMAF, AXPONA and CES every year and are associated with some of the best names in the industry. Some of our favorites being GRYPHON and MBL.
My relationships run deep in the industry, but we are a company that keeps ourselves low key. We meet dealers through word of mouth contacts. They all come to us, we do not go outbound. Most of our product is sold overseas where 2 channel is strong, and exclusive USA products are highly sought after.
Please feel free to email me: verastarr@gmail.com with any questions..
All the best !
Mike