Hi folks,
I'm not sure what all the hoopla is about the Rhea. I had an early one and thought the thing sounded mechanical and not much like real music. I had a Thor on hand at the time and it trounced it. Too bad because I loved all the features. I'm currently using an odd piece I bought from another G'oner. The Electron Images. I wish I could tell you more, it's made in Canada by a designer that supposedly does work with Audio Note Japan. It does have all Audio Note caps in it. To me it was better than the Rhea, Thor, Joule, ARC and a couple of others I can't recall right now. I replaced the tubes with some NOS and the power cord and this will sing nicely until I can get my IO.
I'm not sure what all the hoopla is about the Rhea. I had an early one and thought the thing sounded mechanical and not much like real music. I had a Thor on hand at the time and it trounced it. Too bad because I loved all the features. I'm currently using an odd piece I bought from another G'oner. The Electron Images. I wish I could tell you more, it's made in Canada by a designer that supposedly does work with Audio Note Japan. It does have all Audio Note caps in it. To me it was better than the Rhea, Thor, Joule, ARC and a couple of others I can't recall right now. I replaced the tubes with some NOS and the power cord and this will sing nicely until I can get my IO.