This year our Grande Fromage / The Big Cheese award goes to the winning combo of Bryston (BHA-1 Balanced Headphone Amplifier) and Aedle (for the VK-1 Valkrye).
Together they're sort of the system Prince Charles (good ears) would buy.
We would of bought the Bryston, as it looks like something, and it would look important in a review, but it is terribly performing and isn't in fact balanced.
Now the Cardas are a great cable.
Headphone enthusiasts would love it. They care about getting value. Getting a Hi Fi Bryston for $1,395.00 USD (or $2,000.00 CDN) is important to them. They would consider it a pre-amp and very good value.
George Cardas is a very good guy.
We would of bought it, but didn't, because the salesman told us about the power supply option. We were utterly bored. Had never been so in our life. And we love to shop. Earlier he had tried to sell us a Cardas power cable ( ) or a Reference Headphone Cable for our Stax. We told him we already had one. There's no surer way to turn of a customer who has come in to buy than to try to sell them an add-on. He's a fan of Nordst.
Now Nordst is fantastic. A very flat cable, perfect for installers. It could go under the carpet. Even out, it looks great.
But what about those wooden boxes? They cheapen the product but are there to make it look expensive.
It's different with speakers. Earlier we had told our friend to add a Gold Box on the back of his Fidelity Acoustics speakers. Enthusiasts like that. For the model number and serial number in nice black print. Nice, tidy in bold. Like Tannoy.
We had went to Headphone Bar and wanted to finally pick up two Aedle VK-1 Valkrye's (in Black and Tan) but the owner hadn't yet sold us his Furman Power Bars (as agreed).
In business, it's good to serve the customer.
JP 2015/12/15
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