Uber Amps - Are they worth it?


This was very well done I thought and struck a chord with me. 
 

Your thoughts?

High end integrated amp assessment

 

mapman

We love what we had bought and we want to love it at any price...(with or without dialswink)

I am like any other audiophile...

But i learned how to modify the 4 working dimensions, the three musketeers who are 4: mechanical,electrical,acoustical,and DSP (d’Artagnan) ...angel

 

By the way i stopped listening this A.I. video after 4 seconds...

Read me right:

 A.I. is a great tool, i discussed with GROK yesterday 4 hours about set theory...

But the inundation of A.I. videos on all platforms  is the abomination of desolation... A complete incoming  destruction of the free threefold social fabric...

A.I. is not sold as a mere tool but as the next superior agent: an idol...

Most people will not use it to discuss acoustics or set theory.... 

Uber ANYTHING, is it worth it?  Yes for some, no for others.  It will NEVER change; that is why the spectrum of quality / price / value / performance is always available across all markets.  We all choose where and how much to spend, and all appreciate and recognize worth where we personally see it.  Cereal, coffee, beer, wine, vodka,  listening chairs, cloths, cars etc.  Audio is no different; the good stuff is better. Spend your money where you want, or keep it under your couch.

"Is it worth it to YOU"  is really the only question.

My take?  Buy what you think you really want (and can afford) and it will save you from selling at a loss and rebuying what you really want.

Quality leaves no regrets.

Quality must be associated with a specific set of factors  associated with an objective complex phenomenon... The word "quality" threw in the air means nothing or means price tag...

If not associated with a working context, we can translate "quality leaves no regrets" by  "high price equal quality"...

Acoustics experience is about knowledge not just impressions and certainly not just about price...

High end products are not synonymous of good sound ....

 

"My Ferrari is worth it for me" is not an argument...It is often a confession of ignorance or a reflection of our obsession with car....smiley

I love uber amps, I truly do, but I also recognize that a market is in large part brought on by uber-speakers which are unnecessarily hard to drive. 

Some speakers, like electrostatics, just can’t be made "easy to drive." I get that, but I think we over-value hard-to-drive speakers as if being hard to drive or discerning of amplifiers IS a goal.  A speaker which is "discerning" of an amplifier is NOT in any way more musical or transparent or better to listen to, IMHO.  They are separate attributes. 

Take super easy to driver speakers like Fritz.  An uber amp doesn’t make sense, and I’d spend my megabucks on a fantastic pre instead.