The price hasn't really increased, the amplifier still costs 1299$. It's just that now there is no option without a mono input, which had a slightly lower price.

I saw that one of the Mentor users on the FB Flux page left a review that Mentor even surpassed his V550Pro "I have my new Mentor burned-in at 150 hrs and it just sounds sublime. Outstages my V550 Pro and is more natural in tone. I’ve owned so many SS and tube HPs and I feel this outclasses...

Perhaps their answers end up in your spam. I had a similar situation. Then I found three replies from them) Another workable solution was to contact them via Facebook

Ah, clearly, you apparently bought two amplifiers at different times. Indeed, on the website the adapter option is only available when ordering a stack at once. Perhaps this cable can be purchased separately from them for Mentor owners.

Flux's adapter costs 120USD and is based on UP-OCC multi-strand cable produced from Ohno cryo-treated monocrystalline copper. I think your adapter is not at the same level as Flux offers; they offer all cables at almost cost.

Very interesting article. It states that "For performance reasons, this connector is not driven with a voltage-balanced signal. Instead, it provides isolated left and right ground returns that are individually connected to the ground reference points in the left and right amplifiers." It looks...

In my opinion, this would be an unnecessary increase in the audio path stages and would reduce transparency. Plus adding another volume control to the circuit. In MJ3 it is not very high-level and is based on a simple Alps potentiometer, which is bound to introduce some more turbidity...

Perhaps I wasn't quite clear. This is indicated in the Mentor section and is about improving the operating algorithm of the relay controller relative to the previous FA-series.

Most likely the control algorithm is different. According to the website: "In this amplifier model, we have enhanced the volume control program for better system response and improved overall usability. This volume control eliminates the problem of volume imbalance between channels and enables...

You know, I wondered about this question recently too, but the response from the guys on Facebook didn't seem all that unequivocal to me. Here is part of a quote from their response "The Volot and Mentor amplifiers are similar in many ways. But their signature is slightly different. The Volot...

Well, as far as I know, CDE capacitors of this series are used in high-end, for example, by Mark Levinson. I am sure that the choice here was not made for the beautiful cover)

Just for your reference. Distortion of tube amplifier could be even more 1% and that unit will be at high-end league. In fact high-end that is philosophy of getting natural sounding but not only the digits after comma)

How far you can turn the volume knob will also depend on the output level of the DAC. And this level is different for everyone, some have more, some have less.

There is one nuance in your setup. Rotel DAC does not use chassis ground. Therefore, if the DAC has no ground, then the ground on the amplifier must be turned on.

Guys, I think if the amplifier designed to operate without a fan, then it is better not to use it, as this will prevent the amplifier from entering the operating mode. That is, by installing a fan, you will not improve the sound, but only worsen it.