1988, I said the last time, you have not kept up with what he is doing His latest Ultra Hybrid stuff is incredible. www.avahifi.com I'm not a troll, I have been reading Sterophile since Gordon Holt days when he reviewed Dyna products, AR stuff people could afford, along with the then high end ReVox, etc. Stereophile has lost touch with reality in the stuff they put in the pages, the stuff is absurd...and not anywhere better electrically or musical performance than mortal priced high qulaity built, superb designs, and real engineering on stuff that makes it sound so great, along with super reliable. I use several AVA products, been flawless for years, the neon piolot light did burn out in one amp switch, after it was in use for 10 years... you are doing a big disservie to the readers not informing them of great products from places like VanAlstine, going into it's 40th year of making great stuff, still owned by Frank, how many brands are that old, McIntosh has changed owners a few times, as did Marantz, many highly touted over priced items from some overnight marketing desing coem and go. Get back to real world products, you would be amazed just how good AVA is. www.avahifi.com you could contact him real easy if you where sincere in your objectivity and desire to review stuff not just from advertisers. I see Legacy now advertises, and you did a review of FOCUS, you also said you where gonna do WHISPER, what happened? I am thinking of upgrading from FOCUS to WHISPER since I now have 4 AVA DH500 Omegastars EX in mono cranking out well over 3200W of beautiful watts. (soon to go up with teh addition of AVA P500 Hafler OmegaStars EX at 1200 EACH!!!!)