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  1. 9suns

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    Love the green chassis with the yellow/gold letters. Imagine have 2 of those in the living room ;)
     
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    Quite possibly worst WAF I have ever seen.
     
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    It's quite beautiful in it's own way, like a good poem about chaos and destruction. If anything, it has a very high WRF (Wife Replacement Factor) :rolleyes:
     
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    On the upside, any lady that'll accept this monster is the one :D
     
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    Nicely put.
     
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    Big toob with twin nipples?

    Excuse me while I ..... .... .... Ahhh.
     
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    Dim the lights, add some figurines and fog effects, and this is totally a background skyscape from a dystopian sci fi movie.
     
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    Camera phones in darkness aren’t slouches these days and this Balancing Act eats ZDTs for lunch.

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    You lads are welcome to look at amp porn until you go blind. As for me, I'm engaged to this petite A/B beauty. A man can still look at what he's missing out on, though. Can't he?

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    Indeed they aren't and that's a great shot :)
     
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    No gryphon?!? Time to remedy that. [​IMG]
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    My HD800s saw that and are now angry. They get driven by the headphone-out of a solid-state integrated amplifier!

    In fact, that amp is under repair, so they currently plugged straight into my MOTU M4.

    Very un-porn!

    o_O
     
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    This be a monster rather than an amp. Just saying out loud what we're all thinking :D
     
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    Gato clearly has a focus on aesthetics.

    Gato PWR-222 mono amp:

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    Gato AMP-150 integrated:

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    They even offer bespoke covers so you can match the paint of your fancy car:

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    There's a dealer close to me in NH that carries the line. Their amps are all Class D so I've shied away, but know they are recommended by Michael Kelly for use with his Aerial Acoustics speakers.

    EDIT: @Metro pointed out below that some are Class D and others Class A/B.
     
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    Amazing post, thanks for sharing!
    Can you please share your impressions about the Monolith NanoX transformers? Do you like them more than the others?
     
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    I recall reading reviews that said the Gato amps run warm. Looking into it, they actually have a mix of class AB and class D amps. The two that you posted (PWR-222 mono and AMP-150 integrated) are class AB. Many of their other products (multi-channel or with integrated streamer or DAC) have class D amps.
     
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