Up for sale is my Squale 50ATM "Super" Squale. This is a very limited model that Squale originally did in partnership with Amsterdam Watch Co. Mine was purchased as "new old stock" from a Squale AD in Cyprus. The inside of the box a…
Continue readingSan Martin Throws Down The Gauntlet With SN0144-GX
With San Martin’s continued slow and steady push upmarket past the $300 mark, and their increasing output of original (more or less) designs, I’ve been curious when they would finally go after brands like Traska, Tuseno, or Dryden – the $500-700 class where the 9015 replaces the NH35, and you get a significant jump in quality over the likes of Phoibos or Spinnaker (or other Ali-X stuff).
Continue readingWell, they’ve done that. They know they can make cases and dials as good as those $500-700 micros, they…
Just bought my endgame power amplifier
For as silly as the amount of money I’ve spent on watches is, my audio system far outweighs it (literally and figuratively). I’ve been agonizing for quite awhile after my former Electrocompaniet amp failed with a bad left channel, going back and forth between Ayre, Accuphase, AVM, Burson, Classe, Chord, Krell, Naim, Rowland, and Pass.
Continue readingAfter ruling out Ayre and Pass for too high idle power consumption (I leave my amps turned on 24/7, and would prefer they not sit there drawing 400W from the…
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