Quote Originally Posted by E-Stat
That would be the ICK-150. I owned its decent sounding amp cousin, the D-150, about thirty years ago. The Crown dealer where I bought the amp mercifully talked me out of buying that preamp in favor of an H-K Citation 11. That was when I still believed in the value of total harmonic distortion specifications (where ironically it excelled) and the tooth fairy.


She wishes ! Michelle Kwan won that honor in the short program a little while ago. But, she and I both competed recreationally years ago. That's how we met.

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Yes, the IC-150! Ick... LOL! I remember the specs were perfect and the sound was perfectly awful. As for biases taking over, I had never heard of it and the guy that brought it over was (as a joke!) saying how awesome it was. I've only been involved in audio gear for about 15 years and Crown was not a name I recognized. To this day, I still have a picture he took of the look on my face as I was trying to figure out how to be polite! Picture yourself sucking a lemon and you'll have an idea. Suffice it to say that my system had never sounded so bad. That Crown was indeed the Magic Bullet, turning good sounding systems into PA's. A PA sound was how I described it to myself during audition.

Well, finishing behind Michelle Kwan is nothing to be ashamed of... people do it all the time! The point is your wife competed. Outstanding!