Best Monoblock Amp ever according to this CL ad

gudnoyez
gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
edited March 2014 in The Clubhouse
http://quadcities.craigslist.org/eld/4358568297.html

Not sure about this one military secret WTF.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,604
    edited March 2014
    Coconut Audio ad perhaps?!?
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  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    edited March 2014
    I wonder what happens if something brake in it? Do you have to ask the Pentagon for permission to open it up for repairs?
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,509
    edited March 2014
    A pair of these were listed on Audiogon a while back. Most likely by the same seller in Iowa.

    http://app.audiogon.com/listings/solid-state-essence-jasper-iii-mono-blocks-2013-08-08-amplifiers-52722

    "Item Description

    This was the top model before going out of production.

    I have been in high end for 32 years and I still have not heard a better amp. Tube or Solid State.

    Exceptions are that it is not the best sound on low impedance loads of 2 ohms or less and it is not the best amp on Electrostatic speakers. Other than those 2 exceptions these are jaw dropping compared to Gryphon, Bermeister, Rowland, Bolder, Symphonic Line, David Berning, and other world class amps."
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,509
    edited March 2014
    I like the fact that in four days....


    "It learns what load it is driving and becomes the desired match for that speaker.

    Example would be, on thin speakers it sounds lush, on dull speakers it sounds powerful and fast. It takes 4 days for this to happen."

    Kewl! No more speaker buying! ;)
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,185
    edited March 2014
    gudnoyez wrote: »
    Not sure about this one military secret WTF.

    ...however, it's not much of a secret that the CL seller is using photos from an expired Audiogon ad from last August...maybe his camera is busted and he had no choice but to use someone else's photos. I'll have to give him the benefit of the doubt. Roll eyes.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,313
    edited March 2014
    Hey you can't knock the guy....maybe it's the best he has heard

    At least he's not quoting measurements as an experience

    and this ad is not nearly as bad as Coconut or Ravioli's statements

    OK missed the military secrets, and powdered quartz crap....I reascend my statements above
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,509
    edited March 2014
    Moose68Bash wrote: »
    Do you have to ask the Pentagon for permission to open it up for repairs?


    You might need a quartz vacuum...lol

    "Parts encapsulated in powdered quartz for high bandwidth shielding"
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited March 2014
    Hate to be a sceptic but... that heatsink and connector arrangement looks like it could be from a $50 Chi fi plate amp.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,509
    edited March 2014
    FTGV wrote: »
    Hate to be a sceptic but... that heatsink and connector arrangement looks like it could be from a $50 Chi fi plate amp.

    But the Audiogon ad says....



    "Rated at 225 watts it is far more powerful than the Classe Omicron rated at 1000 watts."
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited March 2014
    SCompRacer wrote: »
    "It learns what load it is driving and becomes the desired match for that speaker.

    "
    We have smart phones and smart tv's,why not smart amps?
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited March 2014
    SCompRacer wrote: »
    But the Audiogon ad says....



    "Rated at 225 watts it is far more powerful than the Classe Omicron rated at 1000 watts."
    Thats a neat trick.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,509
    edited March 2014
    FTGV wrote: »
    We have smart phones and smart tv's,why not smart amps?

    Are you trying to be a smart amp? ;)
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,509
    edited March 2014
    FTGV wrote: »
    Thats a neat trick.

    I'll keep my low impedance capable broken Sony.
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited March 2014
    SCompRacer wrote: »
    I'll keep my low impedance capable broken Sony.
    Think I'll opt to go Emo.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited March 2014
    If I'm not mistaken a little over a year ago a guy from Bettendorf Iowa was selling a Krell, a beast of an amp that he posted on CL and one of our members bought it after I posted it here. I think the guy also boxed it up and sent it out on a pallet. Same seller? I will have to look for that post might take me some time to find it. I think it's the same seller.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,604
    edited March 2014
    I wonder if that thing has a flux capacitor.....
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited March 2014
    FTGV wrote: »
    Think I'll opt to go Emo.

    Naahhh! Emo is too "high end"....LOL!
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited March 2014
    Terrible layout in rear. Heat sinks are in the way of every connection. Not sure about $36,000 price. Maybe a typo versus $360.00.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited March 2014
    How much you want to be its just got a brick or two stashed inside thats making the "magic"... :wink:....
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited March 2014
    Wonder how mangled these are going to get when polkfarmboy buys them and has them shipped sans insurance?
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  • Leftplumma
    Leftplumma Posts: 88
    edited March 2014
    gudnoyez wrote: »
    If I'm not mistaken a little over a year ago a guy from Bettendorf Iowa was selling a Krell, a beast of an amp that he posted on CL and one of our members bought it after I posted it here. I think the guy also boxed it up and sent it out on a pallet. Same seller? I will have to look for that post might take me some time to find it. I think it's the same seller.

    Hey Gudnoyz, that was me.
    But I have to tell ya this guy was straight up, and I don't think he would sell this kind of stuff.......
    But one never knows I guess.
    Big Krell still broken, by the way....
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited March 2014
    Well, the good Jasper is the one I used to cut circles on the MDF sheets and it doesn't called Essence Jasper for a good reason.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2014
    My favorite part from the Audiogon ad is: It does not sound like solid state or tube. I'm assuming this is a good thing as it's in the ad?
    FTGV wrote: »
    Hate to be a sceptic but... that heatsink and connector arrangement looks like it could be from a $50 Chi fi plate amp.

    That was my first thought. In some of the pictures, you can see a little daylight between the panels as well... Is he also going to include the funky XLR connector looking power cables?
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,509
    edited March 2014
    "The resolution is so high you can hear space and time domains in a natural sound stage.

    It does not sound like solid state or tube."

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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2014
    The back half is sealed and the front power supply section is encapsulated is quartz resin in a 3D design which is why it is as tall as it is wide and deep. This is in the center to the right of the transformer.

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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2014
    The Essence change the speakers performance in significant ways that even the designer never even heard himself.

    First, they have a small sweet spot that changes when you stand up and walk around. This is because the off axis response is significantly different than the on axis.

    The Essence allow you to stand up and walk around with the image not changing.

    The second change is that as you play them louder they get harsher. The Essence allow them to play very loud without a hint of aggression so that you can't tell they are loud until you try to talk. They just sound bigger when they are turned up.

    I did a demo one time where someone had the large Classe 400 mono amps hooked up and I switched to a stereo Essence at the time and the owner heard the change 2 rooms away and ran in asking what happened.

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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2014
    This is all I could dig up guys... :cool:
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,634
    edited March 2014
    Well at least it has Cardas binding post's...Got that going for it:lol:
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited March 2014
    I will be going by this guys shop tomorrow as I just see he's selling a Parasound 1200 MK II for $325 looks to be in pretty good shape Talking to him he has a lot of stuff after checking out the Parasound I will have to check out the Essence and see what the hype is.
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited March 2014
    zingo wrote: »
    The Essence change the speakers performance in significant ways that even the designer never even heard himself.

    First, they have a small sweet spot that changes when you stand up and walk around. This is because the off axis response is significantly different than the on axis.

    The Essence allow you to stand up and walk around with the image not changing.


    Too funny.An amp that can even change/correct the off axis response and lobing of a loudspeaker.
    I wonder if it can do the same magic with my tax return as with the power figures.225watts> 1000watts of Classe?
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