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Good SS Designers and their lesser known designs
Dave Gore for the Quatre Gain Cell amplifier. When The Audio Critic's first issue came out - they had a amplifier show down.Yamaha B2 V-Fet amp, Audio Research, Threshold, and others. The Gain Cell was their choice over the others. So Mr. Gore def... 
PS Audio's new "Gain Cell" Amplifiers . . .
If you used the Quatre Gain Cell on an 8ohm load - you're likely to not see any issues. It didn't like going lower that 4 ohms. I tried one fairly recently - and on air suspension speakers (I didn't have anything ported to try it) it still sounds ... 
Amp overload,! NAD 2600 & maggies 3.5
There is indeed an NAD 2600. Also - when you say you turn it up to 4 - I'm not sure of the gain of that preamp - but a lot of receiver or integrated amps have a preamp section which will hit full power on the amp well before you go halfway. This i... 
Retro Hi End Trivia Question
When I worked at Quatre, we would often receive the better gear of the day for comparison. I remember the Rappaport preamp was the best thing out there. (I strongly disagree with an early post). The Rappaport wasn't built that well, but if it didn... 
PS Audio's new "Gain Cell" Amplifiers . . .
Whatever happened to Dave Gore? I used to work for Quatre. The Gain Cell amp we made had terrific bass - and was highly regard in it's day. I wouldn't call it rough. In a showdown (Audio Critic) against Audio Research, Threshold, GAS and quite a f... 
Retro Hi End Trivia Question
I use to work at the factory! I was the sales manager for about a year - selling amps direct, advertising in the classified section of the LA Times. When I was selling amps - which was highly rated and cutted edge and inexpensive (and gorgeous) - ...