Sean,
I have always wanted a lightstar amp; I heard one years ago and never forgot it. I ended up buying an a760x which is a poor man's version of the lightstar, but reduced in its power and control. I never seem to have the money or I am always a little late on the rare occasions when one come up for sale. I wonder if I should break down an buy a sunfire. Except for its "voiceing" I think it is essentially the same design as the lightstar. Any thoughts? By the way in my opinion Bob Carver is a genius. The reason he is reviled by many audiophiles, is that he has no problems putting his name on junk. The thing is even his junk is still a pretty good deal for the price, just not up to audiophile standards. He doesn't have aproblem making compromises to design and manufacture to a price point. If you understand that, and appreciate his goals, you can realize tha he has brought good sound to many people who would have spent the same money for bad sound. If it isn't great sound, its still better then they likely would have attained form other components in the sam price range.
I have always wanted a lightstar amp; I heard one years ago and never forgot it. I ended up buying an a760x which is a poor man's version of the lightstar, but reduced in its power and control. I never seem to have the money or I am always a little late on the rare occasions when one come up for sale. I wonder if I should break down an buy a sunfire. Except for its "voiceing" I think it is essentially the same design as the lightstar. Any thoughts? By the way in my opinion Bob Carver is a genius. The reason he is reviled by many audiophiles, is that he has no problems putting his name on junk. The thing is even his junk is still a pretty good deal for the price, just not up to audiophile standards. He doesn't have aproblem making compromises to design and manufacture to a price point. If you understand that, and appreciate his goals, you can realize tha he has brought good sound to many people who would have spent the same money for bad sound. If it isn't great sound, its still better then they likely would have attained form other components in the sam price range.