jgubman, yes that's the guy! I've read several of his interviews and have listened to several of his amps and preamps along the way. I owned a Sumo Athena and Polaris amp and for years thought he had designed them, but later discovered he had not. Yet, I have to admit they sounded very well incredible. SO guess his reach had extended inot the design efforts of the entire company! The Andromeda amp he designed for Sumo was nothing shor tof spectacular and I still remeber the days of his original Ampzilla though before you assume I am too old I was only a teen during that time! His new Ampzilla 2000 is a very pricey monoblock though I can guess it probably sounds incredible. I know many engineers have trouble explaining why some gear sounds better than others since one is only pushing electrons through wires, and I will not even touch the debate of whether expensive interconnects and speaker cable make a difference verus lamp cords, but my ears have heard some of his designs ( amp and preamp ) and there is a difference. I just received my 950/755 combo and thus far am quite pleased with it. It is doing exactly what i had hoped for.. a single systen for both home theater and home audio. Do I think it sounds as pleasing to my ears as did my Sumo? No, not really, to be honest. But then I did not totally expect it to, either. I wanted a single system does it all and had a budget. The 950 soundstage is very wide, wider than my Athena preamp was, and it's clean. Home theater wise it definitely is getting my attention, and maybe my neighbors from time to time! It's good stuff and I certainly do not have the time to listen critically to music like I did when younger. I'd love ot hear the new James B equipment, if for no other reason than to enjoy where he has gone with things. But, at home, I'm now a happy Outlaw!