dazzdax wrote:

Hi Roman, FM Acoustics amplifiers from Switserland have been regarded by many audiophiles (mostly the ones with lots of money) as the best sounding (solid state) amps regardless of price. They even bettered the best amps from Krell, Mark Levinson, etc. Are you familiar with the FM Acoustics amps? What do you think of their sound? What is the secret behind the famous FM Acoustics sound: circuit design? Parts selection? Power supply? Swiss watchmaker precision?

Chris, I have no idea. I never had FM Acoustics amplifiers. I heard in a couple of installations where FM Acoustics preamps were used but I believe they did not use FM Acoustics amplifiers.

What however make me almost laugh in your post was your proposal to use the “best amps from Krell and Mark Levinson” as some kind of reference. The performance largest Krell and Mark Levinson are one of the most remarkable (foolish) achievements in audiophilishm, which menace the ugliest sound AND the most devoted consumer worshiping. The irony is that most of the Krell and Mark Levinson are no juts horrible performing audio but extremely unfortunate and ignorantly made electronics. I dealt 3-4 years ago with a guy from California, heavy on the tech side guy, who actually was intimately familiar with the circuits of the largest Krells and Mark Levinsons. So, he informed me that those amplifiers, even from point of view of pure rules of currants and voltages propagation in electrical circuits were extremely poor, even extremely stupidly made designs. I do not make thing up, it was the assessment of the person who very much informed what he was taking.

dazzdax wrote:

Hi Roman, FM Acoustics amplifiers from Switserland have been regarded by many audiophiles (mostly the ones with lots of money) as the best sounding (solid state) amps regardless of price. They even bettered the best amps from Krell, Mark Levinson, etc.

What is the secret behind the famous FM Acoustics sound: circuit design? Parts selection? Power supply? Swiss watchmaker precision? Chris

dazzdax wrote:

Many audiophiles from the Far-East (Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Singapore) are fans of FM Acoustics. These are people who have the money and according to them nothing beats the sound of FM Acoustics, whether solid state or tube. So I'm very curious: what could be the reason for this FM Acoustic magic? Btw. have you heard the DarTZeel amp? Also highly idiosyncratic brand (but in high regard among some reputable audiophiles, like Mike Lavigne).

As I said I know little about FM Acoustics. I also very little care about the fact that “many audiophiles from the Far-East” believes that “nothing beats the sound.” In fact, I less and less pay attention of even acknowledge the noise that other audio people crate not mention the “reputable audiophiles, like Mike Lavigne”, whom I am consider juts a plain-vanilla overly-susceptible idiot.

I never intend to have a site as compilation of posts about different brand or models, I find it boring. I always thought that human awareness is responsible for Sound not a rectangular box that “many audiophiles from the Far-East” consider as “superb”. That FM Acoustics might or might not be OK amplifier but, so what? I more interning in Sound accomplishment generally then picking roomers about the “magical components”. Have you heard any stimulating Sound from “many noise from the Far-East” or from Mike Lavigne”? The only things that Lavignes do (as far as I know) are absorb the brands and publicly jangler somebody else’s perception. 

So, have you seen any expressed appealing for you thoughts about Sound form those people? Have you heard that they said about FM Acoustic something at the level that interest your? I am not saying that they do not but it is still only up to your perception and your awareness to assess the value of that feedback.  If your awareness found that the “feedback” was appearing, then you might try the FM Acoustic amplifies but once again, the Sound you will be getting is not what the FM Acoustic will be NOT what FM Acoustic does but what YOU will be ready to appreciate… Perhaps it should be a subject of another thread….