My own perspective is that while both Plinius and Perreaux often build some very good sounding products, I have personally witnessed reliability problems with each of them of late.
This always takes me back to when Perreaux pulled the plug on the US market in their last go 'round here. While I didn't get stung, I am sure a lot of folks can jump in here to share war stories of trying to ship a massive power amp halfway around the world for service. It wasn't that the company didn't support their customers, it is that it costs a tremendous amount of money to ship something on the order of 75 - 100 - 150 pounds to New Zealand. Expensive to the point where so many simply said the heck with it and just bought something else.
While I can be daring at times, my motto for both companies is currently, buy them at your own risk. Again, nothing against the sonics of either, although sometimes the Plinius gear can be a bit cool for my tastes if paired with the wrong speakers. Just one man's opinion...
This always takes me back to when Perreaux pulled the plug on the US market in their last go 'round here. While I didn't get stung, I am sure a lot of folks can jump in here to share war stories of trying to ship a massive power amp halfway around the world for service. It wasn't that the company didn't support their customers, it is that it costs a tremendous amount of money to ship something on the order of 75 - 100 - 150 pounds to New Zealand. Expensive to the point where so many simply said the heck with it and just bought something else.
While I can be daring at times, my motto for both companies is currently, buy them at your own risk. Again, nothing against the sonics of either, although sometimes the Plinius gear can be a bit cool for my tastes if paired with the wrong speakers. Just one man's opinion...