My first encounter with James Bongiorno was a SAE amp I bought new around 1975. In 1978 or 79 (memory failing), I bought a GAS Son of Ampzilla and the sound was a revelation. It was stupid good, especially for the 500.00? that it sold for. (guessing on the price). The only reason I didn’t buy his newest amp was because I despised the looks of it and that it didn’t come in silver. I called Spread Spectrum and begged James to make me one in silver, but was told they weren’t tooled up to do it. He was truly one of the great designers and was also an accomplished Jazz or was it Classical pianist.
