What happened to this impressive locally-made high power triode amplifier?
Based, I believe, on Nobu Shishido's legendary amplifier designs, eg. his IIT (Inverted Interstage Transformer) concept.

T8 have a fledgling webpage created - transmit8.com

Brian Smith is very actively working I hear & Audio Reference Co. appear to be representing them locally:
www.audioreference.co.nz/news/release-fabulous-newly-revised-transmit-8-se501-mkii-805-tube-mono-blocks

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Probably have to see one in the flesh, but to me that's fugly and no way it would be mucking up my feng shui... Wasn't there a chinese one recently mentioned that looked similar and also used 805 IIRC ?

a friend is going to see brian smith soon ...

enquiries will be made.

michaelw - was there any news from Foxton about ongoing production of this amplifier?

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oops... that was nearly a year ago !

will check

Toby was using them to demo his TUB speakers - not bad sound

update post...

said friend rang brian smith last week who said the project was still alive, albeit it slowly with a few amps sold.

things are expected to pick up when the new preamp is released.