Audiozen, sorry to burst your bubble but JWM did own the Playback Design for a few months and I heard it on numerous occasions. He's exactly right; not only was it lean and quite two dimensional, it also sounded rather closed in and dry.
You on the other hand base your opinion on two brief auditions in someone else's system and a couple reviews by nimrods who rarely give bad reviews for fear of losing advertising dollars in their rags.
JWM owns VAC amps and preamp plus a 3-box Aestetix phono stage. The sound is quite exceptional; that is, as long as you don't insert the Playback Design.
Finally, your initial post was quite rediculous and really ended up making you look like a phool instead of a phile. Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!
You on the other hand base your opinion on two brief auditions in someone else's system and a couple reviews by nimrods who rarely give bad reviews for fear of losing advertising dollars in their rags.
JWM owns VAC amps and preamp plus a 3-box Aestetix phono stage. The sound is quite exceptional; that is, as long as you don't insert the Playback Design.
Finally, your initial post was quite rediculous and really ended up making you look like a phool instead of a phile. Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!