Recent content by Vi Hermens

Hypex. $300. 500wpc. In a nice fat case with VU meters (like the speaker switcher). XLR and RCA in. Maybe even.... HDMI ARC. Mmmmmmm.

In a constantly changing world, we've grown up using brands as a mark of quality and reassurance. Naturally, canny businesspeople clued into this quite early. I wanted to record a list of brands and owners, just for kicks, but also so people understand the giant octopus of interrelated entities...

It's interesting - the original tube co was Westrex, which was also the cinema sound division. It looks like the owner purchased Westrex from AT&T, with all the tube manufacturing machinery and IP, and eventually just vacuumed (lol) every bit of the remaining IP and branding from AT&T's...

It’s bizarre, but the V3 went WAY louder than the ZA3 on the pair of 1977 Klipsch Heresy that I had until recently! I do wonder if my ZA3 is faulty - but it sounds lovely on the Klipsch KPT8001s I use in the dining room, so it’s staying put. For what it’s worth, the V3 and the ZA3 are...

If it’s not too hard, use the same chassis as the amp switcher you just released - with the internals from 2 x ZX3 in monoblock mode feeding a channel each - major The industrial design of the Fosi Audio stuff is improving massively and it makes it a whole lot easier to take a chance on it...