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    It's just bizarre...how is it that people like elephas and blubiss who are customers and trying to contact him and have left messages not able to reach him and yet 3rd parties like Al can?

    Fortunately Mikhail did call me yesterday and one of my items had already been shipped and the other goes out today. I told him he gets no money until the tracking shows the item being picked up by FedEx to avoid the false tracking number game.

    So this completes my business with SP. Since he had already shipped the main item he had been stalling on, i decided not to back out completely. R10s go out today. BTW, he recabled to balanced all the way to the driver on this pair, since it was a later model and he deemed it safe.

    Future dealings with Mikhail are definitely not on my agenda. Too many headaches.

  2. I'll leave the technical explanation to someone far better suited but based on my limited understanding it sounds like both Tom's ES1 and the other gent's ES2 might be suffering from issues with trying to make that amp work with tubes that it was not originally design for, which causes biasing problems.

    At least in my case (the other gent) the only tubes I have tried are ones that Mikhail approved and told me would work.

    As to the comment in the thread at HF that Mikhail has pledged to change his ways, all I can say is I will believe it when i see it. He has said this same thing to me on the phone at least 3-4 times when I told him he can't continue to run his business in this fashion. He is a very convincing talker, but actions speak louder than words.

    I really hope he means it this time. I still have no reply to two emails i sent on Fr. & Sat. about resolving our outstanding issues.

  3. Seems to me that many factors led to this; which is in the forefront one may never know.

    I am sure all these things play a part:

    -fanboyism/shilling

    -atrocious business practices

    -poor reliability

    -Mikhail's incessant need to be creative (guzziguy stated this perfectly)

    -erroneous delivery dates

    While i am saddened by this downfall of SP, I am real glad it is out in the open now.

    My amps do sound very good, but there are some minor issues i would like checked out. Maybe this debacle will help Mikhail change, but my hopes are low at present.

    And, Tyrion, I want to hear these other amps because my experience is so limited. I have heard nothing but SP stuff so my mind is open. I will bring my stuff to the next Int'l meet and maybe you can help me out.

  4. At CanJam, Mikhail told me that he no longer gives delivery dates, that the boss (Galina) now does that. I hope that it's the case and that it is a big step towards fixing the problems. Rather than Mikhail talking about these issues here and on HF, I think that it would be better if Galina did.

    Unfortunately this is not the case. Galina answered the phone once when I called and had nothing to say. Mikhail has given me at least 3 "this weeks" since Can Jam.

  5. OMG, JenaLabs replied again at HF and the BS is getting deeper. Now they blame Mikhail for pushing and pulling on wires, thereby damaging the voice coil. He told me that he does not even attempt to remove the R10 drivers when they have been glued in a certain way, which he says is not done on all pairs. He has had about 60 through his shop.

    He learned the hard way about the gluing issue with one of his own pairs. He messed it up bad.

    Seems like JL just doesn't want to admit they messed up. Weak

  6. The owner of the R10s just replied at Head-fi. Makes things quite clear. I would certainly be interested to hear what JenaLabs has to say. My tendency is to believe the customer since i have run into these types of situations with audio dealers myself. Excuses, confabulation, deceit, etc., etc. I guess it's hard for some just to say, sorry, i messed up.

  7. I know, I just have a problem buying a CDP that will be used as a DAC all the time. I'm strange :sadcat:

    The thing that pushed me over the edge for the NWO is the new WiFi module alex can add now. It is a modded squeezebox board. He describes it more at his forum. So, i'll be able to do all formats. Granted i am sure i will use the network 95% of the time. But it's nice to have the disc drive as a back-up.

    His stand-alone dac will not have the same dac as the NWO, not as many chips i guess. I think they want the NWO to stand apart.

  8. Been a fan awhile now. My dad's had season seats for 20+ years, from the Fabulous Forum to Staples (been selling his tx this season for him since he lives in Rome now). It's a bit hard to get back on the Kobe bus, but i think i am beginning to forget. Now he has someone to support him with Gasol. But will Gasol be able to muscle up with the beefier centers?

    I'm thinking about going to the New Orleans game in April to see Gasol live. I was not interested in going to any games this year until he came.

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