Quote:That was a completely honest answer Stone. I'm sorry, I'm not into his ramped up writing.
It makes it seem like hype even if it isn't, and I'm not much of a fan of hype.
So REALLY Stone. I've even been downplaying how much I dislike it, and it HAS made me less interested in the amp than I would otherwise.
I would like to address one of the sub themes in this thread, which is about how I write. I respect Lon for having the balls to be honest. I actually feel the same way to some extent, in that I know my writing is going to sound like just a lot more BS of which the industry is certainly plenty full of already. That knowledge makes me uncomfortable for the same reasons that Lon pointed out.
Problem is when your gear sounds this good, it's hard to be honest about it's sound without sounding like you're full of shit. I get that. In fact, I would love nothing more than to take the position, well, we've been around for 17 years now, most everyone probably knows about Decware, the reviews are everywhere, all I should have to do is present the product, price it, support it and leave everyone else to decide what it sounds like and write about it.
The reason I don't is because I want to sell amps and the more information you can offer about them, the easier it is to sell them. Despite appearances everything I say is true and I have the room and everything we make to prove it to anyone who cares enough to put me to that test. I plead guilty to writing with extra enthusiasm, but it's actually genuine which is why it's there.
Really, I don't know how to write any other way - to retain the enthusiasm without Puffing. I'd have to hire a professional writer to pull that off. I've been told to hire someone to do the web site too, but being the control geek I am, I choose to continue doing it myself. So, it's the raw real deal here, misspelled words and all - for better or worse, I'm probably not going to change.
With specific regard to the Power Regeneration Lon is correct that in most cases the Torii will sound better with one, despite using voltage regulation tubes to filter the power. If the Torii didn't use VR tubes, the sentence would read "sound a lot better with one". With respect to the Mystery amp, and it's comparatively huge DC resevour, I have found the difference to be even less to the point of being hard to hear in some cases. My guess is spending 5 grand on a power regenerator with a Mystery Amp may not be the place where 5 grand can make the biggest difference in the system. I could be wrong, time will tell, but taking the same 5 grand and buying a better source may be far more obvious.
With that, I don't think this post needs any further comments because doing so derails this thread about the Mystery Amp.
I'll be starting to build the first ones soon and working on the web page so I'll post any news or updates here first.
I just wanted to point out that Lon has a valid argument about the way I write.
Thanks!
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