No Frap, you are definitely not from Mars, or if you are, you now got company. The D-150 was a classic if there ever was one and with the Quads a bit of heaven on earth indeed. On another thread by the way, I told the story of my Threshold Stasis from the seventies, which now and again I insert into my system, when one of my amps is defunct or ailing. Again and again I am flabberghasted at how good this ancient piece of gear indeed is! The mags need to elect new kings of the hill frequently, otherwise they would bore us soon to tears, have hence less readers and soon no more advertising. They have to be read to stay informed about what is going on, but always with a very critical mind. Easy for us old birds, who have been burnt a couple of times, hard for newbees though. Thanks for starting this post.
Changing Amps?? Are you Sure??
All frustrated audiophiles out there,should heed this warning: stay with your amplifier if it sounds right to you.
I have wasted more money in the last 30 years, listening to the advice of the alternative press. You read "This amp is great, it does everything right". Then a year later, its not on the recommended component lists anymore. Listen people, if an amp is great, its great!! The fact is there are not that many good ones around. It has to be that many of the amps they recommended as great, really were not. They did not survive the test of time, not even a year.The Audio Research SP-11 preamp was just such a product.
Funny , when I sold my Audio Research D-150 amp(1976),to upgrade to the newer models, it was never quite right again. On and on went the upgrades into the hybrids, to the all fet input stages, only to finally return to my D-150 22 years later...mated to my quads. 22 years of wasted money. Anyone else go through this sort of thing? or am I from MARS
I have wasted more money in the last 30 years, listening to the advice of the alternative press. You read "This amp is great, it does everything right". Then a year later, its not on the recommended component lists anymore. Listen people, if an amp is great, its great!! The fact is there are not that many good ones around. It has to be that many of the amps they recommended as great, really were not. They did not survive the test of time, not even a year.The Audio Research SP-11 preamp was just such a product.
Funny , when I sold my Audio Research D-150 amp(1976),to upgrade to the newer models, it was never quite right again. On and on went the upgrades into the hybrids, to the all fet input stages, only to finally return to my D-150 22 years later...mated to my quads. 22 years of wasted money. Anyone else go through this sort of thing? or am I from MARS