Verastarr amplifiers? Anyone ? Owners or Opinions

Hi Joe, I couldn't keep these amps in hand if I tried. I have a waiting list of people ready to buy used SSA amps. Lets just say nobody buys these for resale value. Chances are if you can find one used, you will be paying under $5K which is an amazing price considering these are $12K amps. I dont build anything Joe, I run the company and hatch our design concepts, then oversee the projects. This amplifier was built by my employees under my project management. This is not even close to a "rebadge" of another companies amp, and when I say an "iteration" of this amp was sold to Lucas, I mean I was the guy flying to ILM in SF. In other words, I'm not associating some other company that sold to Lucas that also makes our amp type connection. In fact we made amps for 3 other companies at that time. When I decided to steer the company away from Home Theater, the amp factory was sold by me, and all the IP from this amplifier was retained by Verastarr. We have in our possession the only remaining PCB's from this amp, as well as the only remaining special filter capacitors we made for it. I hope this helps to understand the history a little more.

Thx for info. How much are you paying to buy back amps? And just because most people are probably wondering why would someone pay 12,000$ for an amp that you oversee production of ? What is your qualifications when it comes to amp building? Or what makes these amps particularly the ssa-64 so special? Why should someone buy one of these amps when there seems to be no resale value , for 12000$ they can get a well known brand . I am asking this because I would like to know not because I don't believe you that they're worth it. I would just like to know why?

Most amps we buy back are in the $4K range. We sold them for $6500, as we are the manufacturer. We do not retail. My guess is nobody paid $12K even though it was the retail price. Same thing that's done with most every brand.

Evidently you did not Google me or you might understand why people buy from Verastarr. Its a history of making some of the best products in the industry. It has nothing to do with resale, as resale is not why people buy from us. I do not recommend anybody buy because of resale. Buy for performance and quality. Commonly the smaller, handmade audio products outperform the "well known" brands.. Its been happening for years..

Do you attend audio shows Joe ?

The SSA-64 is special because of a massive dual differential Class A input stage, with very high quality film and foil capacitors. Besides this it has a massively overbuilt power supply. These both mean extremely low noise and very clean, dynamic presentation. "Well known" brands will not use parts like these as they are cost prohibitive and not available in large quantity.

This is common knowledge in the Hi-Fi arena. Hope this helps.

Holy smokes......this is even current! I have a SSA 64 that I have just taken out of the box for pics......I had it configured to run 220, and have the Verastarr power cord as well......

I had an outlet put in specifically for this amp, but the wife put the kibosh on its being in the living room.....so it sat......

I have never turned it on.......I've got a Cinepro monster still driving the bus......and while I was hoping to upgrade to the Verastarr, I only have 110 in my listening room.......

I hate the idea of selling something I've never hooked up.......so I thought about having it re-reconfigured back to 110.......!

I fell in love with the Cinepro.....as mentioned, these smaller market amps often out perform the 'bigger' names.......and even if the Verastarr was its equal.......that leaves it in awfully good company......the best I've ever heard

Can't imagine buying such an expensive amp and never using it