I bought my ASR power amp from the late Zed Hussain at Musical Sounds in Connecticut. I called him about an arcane tube preamp from some Slavic country and after talking with him for at least a half an hour, I purchased the amplifier. The ASR Emitter II Exclusive is the best piece I own.
Have you ever bought something you've never heard of?
And liked it?
I've gambled on a number of used cables with mixed success. I recently ordered a used Graham Slee CuSat50 interconnect. I needed a longer interconnect for my sacd player. I run it into my dac for cds, but that doesn't work for sacds.
Anyway, this cable is pretty darn good. I didn't get a smoking deal. I paid $175 delivered. I see them on ebay for around $240 with shipping and tax (from the UK).
A nice surprise for sure. I have a box of cables that didn't turn out as well. Lol.