When I originally finished this article I was very interested in this product except for one nagging question. How do I see the level of the volume control? I reread the article only to discover that this important piece of information is not present. I downloaded the manual from the supplied web site and found this piece of information:

Did I miss something? Was this writer ever introduced to us or am I correct that he was more like thrust upon us.

A google of the name would indicate he is a whistler, writer, music and audio reviewer, and a healer! No ordinary healer mind you, but a whistling healer! That's correct...whistle tones used to heal.

Kinda reminds me of the TV commercial, you know the one...Bob's Plumbing and Marriage Counseling.

I call the following "the dirty little secret in audio" and that is frequency of repair. I sent a suggestion to Robert Harley (actually based upon an idea HP had many many years ago) but he has never responded.

First a note I wrote to a reviewer a Mr. Nack (on Positive Feeback Online) who wrote that two weeks after testing interconnects that retail for $5,000, the plugs fell off!

Dear Mr. Nack,

988/989 and the new series

I would not usually post my new ink in this forum but I thought some of you might get a kick out of it:

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