The BEST system you've ever built !!!!

Here's a tip,when you go to a show almost everything is new out of the box.There has never been a room in 15 years that sounds impressive in my opinion.I also sell Aerial and their rooms have always been dark and unresolving.So the next time you go to a show take it with a grain of salt,If a system sounds good to you at a show it may not sound that good after break-in.As for a dealer that likes his own product this is true, but I had a long road to get there you see, I tried many brands to try to compete with the Gryphon gear(Balanced Audio,Threshold,Rowland,Audio Research,L.A. audio from Denmark,Jolida,Audio Inovations,McCormack,Simaudio,YBA,Naim,Melos)and came up with some wonderful sounds,all I am saying is I believe if you live with a piece of Gryphon,you'll never want anything else.I stand behind everything I sell if your not happy I will take it back.Gryphon dose not come back.It is the most tonealy correct gear out there today.

Albert, I am curious and interested in auditioning the Aesthetix Callisto, which is difficult to find in the NYC area. Can you speak a little about it, how it sounds, and what the effect of the dual power supply upgrade is over the standard unit? I am assuming that you have heard the Callisto with and without the power supply upgrades. Also, what tubes are you using in the Callisto. By the way, your Telefunken 6922's are still doing the job in my CAT. Thanks very much. Ray.

Sound_decisions I would be the first person to agree that show sounds aren't the best. I guess my point on you was missed. You are to have us believe based on your vast experience that you hold the answer to what is best in reproduced audio. I guarantee that you don't. If you don't believe it then ask yourself this question, Why are there so many products out there? And please don't tell me it is because no one has heard Gryphon amps and Martin Loagan Statement loudspeakers. Reproduced audio is an ILLUSION it is not real. So far as I'm concerned the two are completely different. So to you I say I'm happy for you. I still believe tubes get me to real better than any solid state I have heard to date. But then again that is just my tastes. You really don't hold the key to anything except what you personally believe in. I'm happy for you.

Hi sound_decisions. If I were to own a ss amp it would be Gryphon. I also think there CD player is the best I have heard with the exception of the Goldmun top of the line. Venture and Gryphon combination is hard to beat but I still think the best tube stuff is the way to go.

Sorry,I guess my point was also missed.What I was trying to ask is have you ever heard it in a properly set up room at home?You see,in your caliber of equipment(and what I mean by that is Price,price meaning you have to work within a bugget)You can not acheive the same caliber of sound.Now wait a minute everybody, I am not saying that at home most can not acheive sound better then stores.But what I am trying to say is that given the same peramitors of tweekability I do not believe that today as we know it Gryphon can be beat.Brulee:Ok if you want to talk tubes I would have to say without much reservation the Wavestream V8's.So how is Mike's sound these days?I have not been to his store in quite some time.