Rarest Brands for Sale on 'Gon

Yr44 and Albertporter,
Lest you think that those speakers from the link I posted above are mine...They are not. That is a picture off the internet somewhere. I did not intend to mislead you all.

Frankly, the Avalons are not full range enough for my taste. Beautiful midrange and highs, though.

Wavestream Kinetics V-8 Power Amplifier...Made by Scott Frankland of Moore-Frankland Associates (MFA) as mentioned in the first reply above. These were made by him subsequent to the demise of MFA. They come as either mono blocks or stereo and are still made to order. Mine is #30. I believe that less than 50 have been made--maybe just a few more than 30.

The power tubes are driven in a manner described by Scott in a patent he has. The originals sound beautiful but Scott has thought of further upgrades in the intervening years.

For me, it's a treasure.

Albertporter,
If you are in Northern California some time just drop me an email and come by for a listen.

Yr44,
Here is a link to a picture showing a pair of Wavestream Kinetics V-8 monoblocks:

http://pic4.videogon.com/i/he2003/f/1055025976.jpg

Glide3,
Would love to hear the MFA 200d's.

I got the first production model of the Wavestream phonoamp almost a year ago last Thanksgiving Day. Arrived at the Analog Room at 3p and Brian and Scott met me beaming like proud parents. After admiring it for about an hour (the shop was of course closed) I drove away with it. Looking back over my shoulder they looked like they had just given up their first born.

It is brilliant design which competes with the best. I, as you surely, have done the side-by-side comparisons with the Wavestream and the Aesthetix Io.

P.S. The line for Scott's new Linestage forms behind me. That will give me a complete Wavestream Kinetics system.

AlbertPorter,
Did you just use the concept of "cost effectiveness" in an audiophile post?

I am at a loss for words!!!