In Europe we know the ASR's for long time the bigger emitter costs here around 8000 euros. The BIG question is what happened and suddenly we had all this rave. Even in Germany no one said that this is the best killer amp there is. Of course ASR makes excellent products but Dartzeel and Lamm killers I think not.
Have in mind that ASR need days of current to full their batteries and the 800.000~ mF capacitors the had. After a week of "charging" you can hear them at their best.
For years German magazines put them under Mark Levinson 383, Gryphon big integrated, Symphonic lines integrated (hmm), Accuphase 530 and others....(random ranking).
I respect HP's view, but something does not fit, unless all those years we had gold (in Europe) and finally we discover it through the US import.
With all these I don't want to underestimate ASR Emitter's powers and capabilities...I like it very very much....but maybe we overreact ??
IMHO.
Have in mind that ASR need days of current to full their batteries and the 800.000~ mF capacitors the had. After a week of "charging" you can hear them at their best.
For years German magazines put them under Mark Levinson 383, Gryphon big integrated, Symphonic lines integrated (hmm), Accuphase 530 and others....(random ranking).
I respect HP's view, but something does not fit, unless all those years we had gold (in Europe) and finally we discover it through the US import.
With all these I don't want to underestimate ASR Emitter's powers and capabilities...I like it very very much....but maybe we overreact ??
IMHO.