Spectral Owners, Are you staying Spectral Loyal or leaving the brand behind?

I am not up on Spectral so help me out here. Is the "Mythical" phono stage you mention something that Spectral claims to be in the pipeline but has somehow never seen the light of day or is it a hoped for audio pipe dream? Also, do you still have any Spectral gear to partner it with? It seems that the whole basis for the special "Spectral sound" revolves around having a pure bred Spectral system, so what might have once been mythic could be reduced to also ran if the pedigree of the partnering gear is diluted, which in your case, I understand it now is.

acresverde,

Yes, The " Mythical" Stand alone phono stage Has been promised both on the Spectral Website (infrequently)  and the few active U.S. dealers left. Just talked with Alan Goodwin 2 weeks ago about this very "Mythical" phono stage.  His response was that; He had just talked with Prof. Johnston the night before and that Prof. Johnston was Tweaking the coming phono stage as they spoke. Conversation ended with Alan saying that the phono stage would be completed soon and introduced by the end of 2019. Gee; He bought himself another year and Spectral too. Goodwin's High End, is the longest carrying Spectral dealer in the U.S.

Yes, I still have my complete Spectral System and MIT  ICs, SCs, PCs and power conditioners. My Spectral System would not be diluted. In fact, I upgraded my ICs and SCs to MIT Oracle and PCs to ZIII and AC I before I received the 30SV. System was Magical for 7 days. Then it decided that it did not like playing with both the Manley Steelhead and then the Pass XOno. Alan, told me that I needed to upgrade to Balanced ICs.  Alan's solution to Everything is that another 15-30 K will probably solve your problem. Well, It took me a little over a year to find the needed MIT Oracle Balanced ICs at descent prices and have them in my possession.

That is why I called Alan. He told me in 2017; that the phono stage would be ready in early 2018. ack, the founder of the What's Best Forum, ( an avid Spectral Owner ) echoed the same thing on this very forum.

I am Still waiting. If it is EVER completed And given the "SV" designation, it would be a Fabulous piece of equipment.  I still miss the 30SV preamp. For one week, nothing like it.

acresverde,

In fact, take a look at the banter the WBF website about Spectral. I am Not alone.

Greetings nkonor
What a shame about your 30SV. When you say that it didn't play well with other equipment, could you explain a bit more? 
I have a Specral system , 30SS and DMA360's with mostly all MIT Spectral cables. Bought system in 2009. I have been using MIT cables since 1985. 
I also have been waiting for the Phono Pre-Amp. I have not thought about it in a long time. Not sure if it will come out in my lifetime? would consider buying it when it is released?
I have considered buying a different system once I move to the lower 48. I  live in Alaska. 
I have not noticed that the Spectral gear doesn't play well with others. I have hooked up a ML390 cd, JC3, Parasound Tuner, ModSquad Phono Drive and Aesthetix Io Mk II (not hooked up yet).
My hearing might not be what it was yrs ago, so if you would explain a little bit more what you heard when you said doesn't play well. I would appreciate it very much. 
Joenies