I am not a manufacturer,just a Starsound dealer..Before I became a dealer I had a buddy who was looking for a new amp to replace his Conrad Johnson that was driving his Thiels. I lent him a Sistrum Sp1 to put under his Conrad,he thanked me and told me the improvement was so great it was like having a new amp..It's been 3 years since he purchased the Sistrum Sp1 and he still has the Conrad amp..Oh he later bought a pair of Sistrum Sp004's to put under his Thiel's. Tom