An elitest's viewpoint.

[Rmac58]

Stereopile is a high end rag, so to them, yeah $4000 is not expensive.

Having said that. I spent $3000 on my Bryston in 2002.

As someone mentioned, amortize that over the number of years it'll last, a bargain. BTW, it has a 20 year transferable warranty.

[E-Stat]

Having said that. I spent $3000 on my Bryston in 2002.

As another point of reference, I spent $2000 on my Threshold in 1981.

As someone mentioned, amortize that over the number of years it'll last, a bargain.

It still runs strong having been trouble-free all these years. The only added expense has been proactively replacing the Mallory electrolytics with new ones of the same computer grade series. The closest match ended up beefing up the power supply a bit to 105 joules.

[Hyfi]

Stereopile is a high end rag, so to them, yeah $4000 is not expensive.

Having said that. I spent $3000 on my Bryston in 2002.

As someone mentioned, amortize that over the number of years it'll last, a bargain. BTW, it has a 20 year transferable warranty.

That was me and you did buy one of the amps I would have imagined.

My Counterpoint is about 17 y/o now and still kicks ass so the fact that it listed for $4500 means it cost about $265 a year for great sound. Like I said, most people spend more than that on ciggies, phone plans, and status cars and watches.