Tell me it ain't so!!!

[amirm]

From the add in the latest issue of TAS:

OK, please tell me someone is not sitting there curling each one of those wires just so!!! Ok, so the the thing costs $37K. I supposed they think their customers want the wires nice and neat!

 

[RBFC]

That appeals to my sense of symmetry and order.

Lee

 

[ack]

If you get a chance, check out a spectral preamplifier too...

 

[JackD201]

You should see Vladimir inspect CDs and LPs before playing. Borderline OCD.

 

[amirm]

Presumably this guy doesn't work at LAMM:

Oh wait, he does have some tubes!!!

 

[amirm]

If you get a chance, check out a spectral preamplifier too...

I guess that makes it two places I could not work!

 

[amirm]

Whoever built this need not apply either!

 

[amirm]

They will probably get a restraining order against this guy if even tried to apply for a job at Spectral or Lamm:

 

[amirm]

The last guy went to school with this dude:

 

[fas42]

Didn't you realise that the precise method of curling in such a fashion is a tweak? ...

Frank

 

[amirm]

So you know out of chaos good things can come, this is from the workbench of a designer in Garmin's marine group (guys who make GPS navigation and such):

 

[amirm]

This guy is trying to see how fast Vladimir can run from him!

 

[amirm]

Question: why does anyone give these people a camera and a computer to post these pictures???

 

[garylkoh]

Ha! JA took a picture of the insides of my amp here:

http://www.stereophile.com/ces2006/010706genesis/index.html

This one's made in China though..... unfortunately, Amir's seen what a mess MY desk is

 

[mullard88]

You're right, Amir, I prefer the wires nice and neat.

 

[JackD201]

Just built for me by Rene Rivo

 

[mullard88]

A messy work area is not representative of the final product.

 

[mep]

Amir-Have you ever taken a look inside a really old amp or preamp made by Marantz, Leak, Quad, etc.? If you did, you would see the same type of fastidious work in all those products. They almost look like a work of art. They also look like components that were built to military specifications. In fact, in the early days of audio after the war, many of these companies were started or employed veterans with electronic backgrounds so it should be no surprise they built their audio products to near military specifications. Full mil spec gear is quite something to see. The workmanship is beautiful, but it’s done that way for a reason. Give me a product any day that looks like it was built by a craftsman who understood the importance of how wires should be run and how components should be laid out.

 

[NorthStar]

Whoever built this need not apply either!

Looks like four crib boards at the bottom!

 

[NorthStar]

Very true too!

This is the complex process from what the Emotiva UMC-1 pre/pro has to go through: