

"What I do know is this: there's something special in single output transistor amplifiers. I'm sure there's plenty more about him that I don't know.

The truth of timbre of his amp is second to none. There is much more to his story too, how he was treated, the fact that he makes bespoke pickups for some of the most accomplished musicians, violinists in particular. At the very least the review will tell the story of a man not a hunk of metal an artisan living in obscurity month to month, responsible for an iconic design which many others take credit for, some recently here in the States for trailblazing a similar design. All my credibility rides on the performance of one amp knowing your taste to be a tad more illuminated than mine! Still confidence is high, I repeat high! All joking aside, thank you for trusting this hack with bad hearing enough to prompt a review, flattered to have my Scott MTB pictured on your pages. How has Michael's ongoing tinkering with his core circuit evolved hence changed it over the years?

That set the table for today's 'originals'. Now we've collected a few popular myths on who designed this gear the amp's signature tech of 'single-ended' push-pull executed with just two industrial high-power NPN transistors per channel (Reimyo's KAP-777 also is such a beast) what the D200i looked like inside and what GamuT's combo sold for at the time.
