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@bigkidz Again, you did not answer what piece of GroverHuffman equipment you worked on.  I will calling him later to find out if he or his friends know of you.  He is very careful to choose NOS high quality capacitors and electrical parts throughout his units.  Maybe you replaced a knob or toggle switch?  Funny you mention Art Audio as those pair of old monoblock amps for about $20K are probably similar to the one’s Grover restored perfectly several years ago after they were abused and run down (looked trashed).  He is so smart he filed and received a cable patent without an attorney, without a college degree either.  He has been building and repairing electronics for about 40+ years (he was also a professional photographer/developer/printer prior to audio electronics).  He also can repair motor vehicles, household appliances, etc).  

What Lampizator piece of equipment did you work on?  Was it a DHT model or a recent non-DHT model?  

What model and what type of work did you do on a Jay’s Audio transport?  If it wasn’t a transport, I’m not familiar with their other equipment.  

Cary equipment could use some work.  I never heard or met anyone with a Cary DAC.  

I’m 100% certain that you never worked on a Westminster Labs product.  Or Trafomatic.  

@fleschler not sure what you want from me here.  I'm looking for input on launching my business. Do you want me to list 25 years of repairs upgrades modifications?  The Cary wasan sacd 306S if i remember correctly. The lamp was not a heated triode model.  The other stuff is a blurr.  The last two items you mention no. What dies any of this have to do with anything I'm looking for input on?

It doesn't...

@bigkidz Well, I first gave advice on where to help market on-line, contacting the mags as well as influential reviewers.  I don’t have time to do your job or hiring someone to do it.  I don’t know if your equipment line is bad, good or mediocre.  But when you mention one of my best friends equipment being modified or repaired by you, unless it was a mundane switch or toggle, I don’t believe you.  Or a significant Lampizator product unless it was some non-DAC unit or a lower cost unit from 10 years ago when Lampizator wasn’t established with a rep in the U.S. yet.  Good luck selling your equipment line. 

The not so secret to GroverHuffman’s equipment is severe type of power regulation beyond the several Audio Research crude basic models.  More like my Westminster Labs 10 levels of power regulation in my Quest 2 preamp.  His Dynaco Stereo 70 beats every other unit I’ve heard in 50 years because he said he uses the center transformer tap for voltage regulation (plus a huge storage cap under in the bottom chassis).  It is no longer a ultra linear amplifier.  The bass is phenomenal compared to the stock flabby bass.  It is otherwise upgraded with excellent speaker terminals, RCA connectors and IEC plug for use with high end power cables.  Several friends use it as well as for my second audio system.  Sounds as loud as a Mac 30 but with superior control and extended linear frequency response.   His patented cables are also excellent for the price.  I have a mixture of his cables, especially for the analog components and digital cable versus the majority of my system with SOTA cabling from Westminister Labs Ultra line and some Masterbuilt Ref2. 

I am also an amateur recording/mastering engineer with two recording archivist titles to my name for classical composers and 150+ recordings of orchestral, chamber and choral music at major Los Angeles venues.  I do it because I get to keep the masters and make performers happy.  I’m not equipped with electronics knowledge as manufacturers are but I have a good ear and some of my friends are well known analog remastering engineers who are professionals and whose productions are sold world wide.  

@fleschler thank you for your reply.  I tried Grover's speaker cables years ago.  I agree that they were very good.  In fact a dealer friend of mine heard them but Grover only sells direct so he could not represent them.  IMO only you have to like what you are hearing in your system.  I have non-audio friends who have put together systems that they love and that is all that matters.  In my replies I also advised that the Lamp was not one of the top of the line DACs.  I also mentioned that we were doing 101D direct heated tube DACs before anyone else.  We are not focused on DACs and have not been for years.  We use 6SN7 tube DAC because many people have those tubes and the 101D tubes were getting harder to find good ones.  Our focus is on the 6SN7 preamp, tube mono blocks, hybrid stereo amplifier and phono preamp.  It does not matter what we fixed/repaired/ modified or upgraded, I only mentioned that because we were lucky enough to get to hear so many products.  We are hobbyists at heart first and enjoy music.  We always are open to new ideas and meeting people.  We always offer to help when asked to do so.  It was only recently that a dealer approached us to become the distributor for our products so I was asking for input on what direction to begin.  I also asked a few dealers that I have known for many years and we decided to go with a distributor for a few reasons to start.

I appreciate all of the input people have provided.  We have thought about how we wanted to offer our products for years.  We never wanted to make this our priority.  It was always to just enjoy the hobby and make products for people who got to know us.

I always invite anyone to come to our listening facility.  We encourage people bringing their own equipment to listen to the various speakers we have so they can hear what they would sound like in their own system.  At one time, speaker manufacturers sent us speakers so we could have listening sessions.  It was a great way to hear things and meet new people.  We didn't represent or sell the speakers, it was simply for enjoyment.  Do you know any other manufacturers or dealers who offers this?  Most likely very few.

Again, I appreciate your input and resourcefulness.  Happy Listening.

Peter