It will be here Monday. It is just sitting in a terminal near Pittsburgh now . I am using RCA's, but the jumpers are MIA. Isn't it basically a U-shaped 12 ga. copper wire between pins #1 and#2 on the XLR's?
I'd actually like to get in touch with him. can you pm his contact info , if you have it . the Internet archive of the old audire site is now being blocked so none of the data from the site is accessible to Web crawlers anymore which is a shame . it's as if people are blocking Web history for their own gain these days. It's been happening with a lot of sites lately.I used a Model 2 amp and Diffet 1A preamp from Audire for years. The 1A has moving coil switches. I now use two Diffet 3's, an Audire POCO head amp, and two Audire Forte's powering B&W 803's plus subs. I could not be happier. Since I have had this setup, I have bought and sold 350 wpc Classe, 150 WPC X 6 Classe bridged for 300 x3, and their associated preamps, Sumo, Acoustat, SAE (junk), Phase Linear (Pretty good amp), Rotel, Sansui, Yamaha, Mark Levinson and more. The "JC", John Curl designed Mark Levinson equipment is as goods as the Audire, but not better sounding. Julius still answers the phone to help. He is the Best! So is the sound.
I acquired an Otez from a studio that went belly up. I use it in my home system with a Cary SLP-03, powering some Vandersteen 2s. I love that beast! I've used it for a decade and it's never had an issue. Just recently moved into an older house with a lot of "home-owner" added wiring, and noticed it was tripping the breaker every time I turned it on! I had it plugged directly into the wall, but had to move it to my power conditioner to prevent the tripping. I heard that wasn't a recommended practice, but I have no choice......well, no affordable choice.[/QUOTE]The Otez and Parlondo are some of the best amps I ever heard. These can draw enough current on powering them up to pop standard 15 amp breakers.
It's a one man thread but that's what happens when you're playing with gear that's off the radar.
Keep the Audire gear coming.
I bought my Otez new when Audire was still in business. My first Audire was the Forte which I traded in to buy the Otez. Using an Audio Research SP4A preamp and Infinity QLS speakers.As has been stated the thing is a beast. 90 lbs. And no, I'm not planning on selling it any time soon. I'm on the lookout for an Onkyo Grand Integra M-510.