is the Montille a real Shindo?

Forums as this,used properly are wonderful for information, insight and experiences.Every now and then someone like FrankK comes aboard and makes negative statements that he has no first hand knowledge of.He states he has read that.......
I have had first hand dealings with Shindo's representatives
namely Jonathan Halpern and all the great people at In Living Stereo.I have found them all to be most helpful before and after the sale.
I owned the Auriges-L and in many ways found it to be the best preamp I have owned and I have been listening for about 40 years.If my budget allowed it I would own a complete SHINDO SYSTEM.
Mr Shindo's products are ULTRA reliable and his representatives are as well

I think I made it clear that it was something I read that others had written in the past (also was trying to remember to the best of my ability) and from that one should accept it as such. Do we have to have owned the equipment to write anything about it? People share information here all the time.
Having said that I stand corrected as it is the the el34 Montrachet not the el84 based Montille that is available in P/P and single ended form and if others have information that counters the other things mentioned I would be interested in any clarifications.
As mentioned I did consider the Montille amp contacting Jonathon a few months ago so Shindo was on my radar but recently I became a low powered DHT SET convert. If I had had the money and they were monoblock designs maybe I would give consideration to a Shindo DHT SET as many seem to swear by them for its musicality, which is something I greatly value.

Dear Shindo fan,

Living in Europe and being a Shindo owner (Monbrison serie 1), I would like to clarify what was mentionned to be an "Electrical Issue" in Europe. There is NO issue (electrically speaking). The problem is that a Lead ban in all electronics was voted a long time ago and is now in place for all electronic stuff imports.
Very unfortunately Shindo Lab's gear still contains this heavy metal (Lead). So, importing a new Shindo amp or preamp is not longer possible as this would 'break the law'.

I hope this helps.
ps: Shindo preamp are really fantastic (so Musical with perfect respect of timing!)

Laurenta: this is the first time I've heard about this lead issue. Where is this lead, in the paint?

The lead is in the solder. It is 37% lead. This is a HUGE issue in electronics and the new no-lead global initiative is called RoHS. You can do a search for it if you want more info. I have to deal with this issue everyday. Europe has become very serious about it.

To be honest, many amps made today still use SnPb solder. I do too in all the electronics I build. The current RoHS solders aren't fully tested yet and in my experience, they don't flow nearly as well and wet with difficulty. But eventually, everyone will have to switch over.

Arthur