Thanks Paul, in effect I prefer low level listenings and I’m going to rebuild my room within a few weeks, it implies a right amount of time to become more familiar with these big changes before considering other upgrades in my next future.
New treatments, perfect symmetry, new dedicated lines, sources on the side wall fed by P20 and my M1200s fed by a new P15. A totally different scenario.
Having said that probably next step I need to consider would be new amps, a new journey again…
My previous BAT Monoblocks could not drive the speakers like M1200s do. But they were tube amps. 300s have more power for sure. I am downsizing everything, and I really like M1200s’ smaller size. I will replace my speakers with smaller ones like FR30s first before I replace amps. By that time I hope the next generation of M amps will show up.
The 600s for sure are the best amps from PSA, but yours are from another world! Luckily my wife will not allow such alien thing entering the front door.
Mine came in when she was away.
The BHK M600s seem like a gift to those who hope to reach high but stay under $35K. I need more time listening to these!
from review…
in the last, perhaps, ten years, Paul McGowan, who is still running the show, has engineered something of a transformation of the company into a full-fledged, fairly extreme high-end audio brand
There is a purity and a naturalness to the high frequencies that stands out. But if I had to swear where the accuracy level was, I would say the high frequencies are 99% accurate, but that the amplifier errs slightly, 1%, on the side of being soft.
even though this video was just published August 4, I’ve heard this before
future dreaming?
I’m starting to realise that. It was nowhere near as high-end when I was buying PS Audio components. Probably a good strategy given the increasing polarisation between rich and poor. Exploit the rich and squeeze them for all they are worth.
The print review came out some time ago, IIRC.
FYI
PS Audio is indeed high end. It is wonderful to see this recognized.
Well done, Paul!
They’ve done a remarkable job of trickle-down engineering, too. My system is maybe at the upper end of mid-level by current PSA standards, with a mix of PerfectWave source/DAC components and Stellar amplification, and it’s producing the best sound I’ve ever had in over 40 years in the hobby. If they hadn’t been pushing the envelope at the upper end of things, the quality of the Stellar line wouldn’t be where it is. Not even close, IMO.