Hi guys

Just resigned. Have Esoteric cd and seperate dac. Harbeth 40.1 and awaiting delivery of new Absolare Signature Integrated hopefully in the next week or so

Welcome andrewp - that's a beautiful amp.
Looking forward to your 'in-situ' pics after it arrives

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Welcome Andrew.

When I saw you said you resigned, I thought you were leaving not joining

What analogue front end do you have now?

welcome andrewp !

interesting amp...

who sells it in nz ?

Welcome Andrew

Manager & Product specialist at Rapallo AV & HI-FI

Welcome Andrew!

hi andrew. are you pleased with the esoteric? any comparisons with the amr you had?

Hi guys
Thank you for the warm welcome.
Where to start....grrrrr
Esoteric cd got very sick after 24 hrs of ownership so took a holiday back to Melbourne where it sang continually for 5 days straight!!
Dynavector cartridge should be back today after surgery at Soundsmith. Customs have been very kindly looking after it for 8 days!!...dont start me on them....or the twits at DHL!!
401 will be pleased to have cartridge fitted again.
Absolare Signature should be leaving for NZ sometime this week hopefully.

In reply to Michael..
Absolare dont have an agent in NZ and not likely to. If anyone is interested in Absolare products I can put you in contact with the relevant person.

Sept 5, 2017 10:26:57 GMT 12 andrewp said:

Hi guys
Thank you for the warm welcome.
Where to start....grrrrr
Esoteric cd got very sick after 24 hrs of ownership so took a holiday back to Melbourne where it sang continually for 5 days straight!!
Dynavector cartridge should be back today after surgery at Soundsmith. Customs have been very kindly looking after it for 8 days!!...dont start me on them....or the twits at DHL!!
401 will be pleased to have cartridge fitted again.
Absolare Signature should be leaving for NZ sometime this week hopefully.

Hello from beautiful Napier!  Seeing I am in rant mode at the moment you should not mention DHL in my presence.  These dudes give you an 'Invoice'.  that invoice includes a disbursement.  A disbursement is a payment you make to a third party that you recover from your (in this case captive) client.  The disbursement is paid to themselves.  I had about a dozen emails with them asking what it was for and never got anything other than inane replies - such as 'we provide a service' or 'this is a disbursement' - stuff that you would not even say to a slow person.  
Anyway - pics are always welcome!

Esoteric cd has crapped itself majorly and am awaiting a report from the doctors in Melbourne to whether or not surgery will be undertaken or it will be lights out... I was told it worked flawlessly over there. Well it certainly did NOT in my home or another of my audio club friends. A very tricky place to be right now.