How can we know how it compares if the "review" has no comparisons?....no mention of what amp he replaced or what other amps he has heard in his system. All we know is that his sound has improved. Maybe a $2000 amp from another company would also improve his sound.
It seems that some audiophiles are very "delicate" people. They don’t want to upset anyone by saying anything negative about some product. I mean, this is all very, very serious, we don’t want to make anyone "feel bad".....do we? Are we really this wimpy?!? If you really care for people then you want them to know all the information they can get so they can make the best purchases. If they bought yesterdays toy and you tell them it is not todays toy.....well that is just the way it is (or at least what you hear, in the here and now). There has never been a product that has remained state of the art......except maybe the Ionovac tweeter. Reviews without comparisons are worthless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The $8000 a pair mono blocks from Nuprime would be a nice comparison......their latest generation of patented Class D with 700K switching and all discrete front end with 1meg input impedance.......for 36% of the price of the Merrill. He could have borrowed them from a dealer and we would know if these "GaN" amps are really better.....and if they are better, is it worth the money difference?
