plastic penguin said:
Having heard all the horror stories about Electrocompaniet and Abrahamsen, and owned a Electro CDP, I wouldn't touch'em with a barge pole, regardless of the perceived SQ.
Per Abrahamsen, IMHO, comes across as a Arthur Daley type of character.
I think you are being a little disingenuous and your asserstions totaly unfounded.
There have been no horror stories about Electrocompaniet.
There was a fellow a while back that went under the name of Disbeliever, or Gerald a few years ago who started a campaign to spread as much disinformation and lies about Electrocompaniet on every forum he could sign up to but was soon banned from most.
He then went on to do the same thing about Quad and others so you can make of that what you will .
Apart from the financial aberration around 2004 when Electrocompaniet was purchased by Westcontrol they have had an exemplary performance in the HiFi industry and are one of the most loved and respected manufacturers in the HiFi trade .
As for Abrahamsen he is a top class engineer but a poor salesman, his love of making amplifiers comes long before making lots of money , this was also the case when he and others started Electrocompaniet.
He is a very honest man with great technical inovative skills that changed the way amplifiers were measured and built from then onwards, not an Arthur Daley charachter at all far from it.
Have a read about the real man.
https://www.electrocompaniet.no/files/reviews/2012_jan_Hifi-news_Vintage_EC.pdf
As for the Electrocompaniet Cd player you bought second hand / ex demo, I did warn you that that particular cheaper range from Electrocompamniet was nothing special and that there were others at a similar price that were as good or better, but you went ahead and bought it anyway then proceeded to tell everyone on the forum how average the sound quality was and that Electrocompaniet products were very overrated.
Not very fair really was it !
You are of course entitled to your opinion, and I apologize in advance if I appear to be a little overly sensive, but I could not let your unfounded statements go without challenging them .