Dude gives Russians a bad name.. Can't believe how many head fiers blindly gave SP their money when we had a huge, wheres my amp thread. Paying someone upfront for a amp you won't get for a yr or two raises all sorts of red flags.

Who wrote the first review of single power amps. God? What was it about this amp that facinated and possesed people. What motivates people to shell out that kind of money sight unseen.

mikhail and SP came onto the HF scene in 2003 and reviews of his amps were very positive.

If there actually exists an amp, maybe a nearby head-fier could go to the SP store and demand it for the OP (that would demand some trustworthy head-fier though considering the value of the amp)?

(If you do that, don't forget to video tape the event to share it here later...)

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A search of thread titles for "Singlepower" in the full-size headphone amp forum shows threads from 2003, where people mentioned being impressed with one of his ~$500 offerings. Taking a guess from what I read of those threads, it looks like the customisation side of things got way out of control as the years went by.

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What is the whole story? Did your Supra break, or did you want to upgrade?

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This is the first time I'll raise my hand in support of Fox news sensational news.

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Do you still promote SinglePower or like some other SP owners, give a fair warning before telling a new Head-Fier about SP?

I don't even recommend SP amps anymore, which is a shame, because I like the two I own a lot. But my advise to people is buy one ONLY from the used/FS forums here, and even then it's best only to do so if you live somewhere that has a decent tube tech around, in the event of a problem.

Essentially, my advise is avoid actually doing ANY business with the company Singlepower. Such a shame, because the amps are terrific.

But if someone wants a USA made tube headphone amp from a company that actually provides support - then look to Decware, Eddie Current, Ray Samuels Audio, or Woo Audio.

In response to being such incredible, I recommend checking out some of Gilmore's posts about how some of the Amps were designed to fail. Gilmore has gone through a few SP amps and found some alarming design problems, that can lead to Amp self destruction. I don't know enough, so recommend reading some of his observations and decide for yourself.

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Call Drew at Moon audio, He said he knows someone who can work on Singlepower amps!

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Cary audio is well respected and has a new Heasdphone amp out as well.

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I have read all that "stuff" I'd recommend you not go there.

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Indeed! Wish I had heard some, and that I could afford them They sure look like they are great.

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Can you elaborate?

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I don't mean to speak for Skylab by saying this, so be clear that what I say is my own opinion:

The poster in question has made similar observations about a number of different vendors. That's fine, he's entitled to his opinion. He's not an MOT per se, and as such not subject to the rules governing MOT's as interested parties commenting on competitive products.

Having said all that, he IS a designer of the open source circuits used by a competing vendor. While he apparently gets no compensation for this venture, it's probably not unreasonable for a casual reader to question whether he's got some personal skin (which is not to say money, so much as personal pride) in this game. I'm not saying that is or isn't the case, but it might make one wonder whether his is the opinion of a completely disinterested party.

It also generally foreshadows a complete thread meltdown, with competing factions of fanboys weighing in with their own "unbiased" opinions. Ultimately, it serves little purpose.

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Having seen photos posted in the epic Singplepower thread of opened units people received as high dollar, high end amplifiers, I can say unequivocally that I don't need a tech to determine there is something seriously wrong with some of Singlepowers "designs".

This is not a commentary on all of them, but you need only look into the pathetic mess of wall wart power supplies and craptastic wiring to see there is truth in the idea that his designs fail to inspire confidence and are potentially dangerous.

Can't comment as to the status of the person you specifically mention - I know nothing of him. But he likely has a point, IMO.

He may well have a point in this case. I just wanted to make the point that when he shows up, complete thread meltdown often follows...and point out that he's not just any old expert in circuit design.