Hello Srajan, I came across your news post on FangSound then watched some of the existing YouTube reviews about the Silenos. If you haven't yet, you might want to see them for yourself. In its present state it would seem a waste of your time to pursue a review of this model. Everyone who had one agrees that the gain structure is improperly managed to get far too loud far too quickly, that the input stage can easily oversaturate and that one must physically disconnect sources because there are no switches. I just wanted to give you a heads up in case you planned to go down that road. It would seem premature because the product still needs to be refined before it's ready for prime time. Cheers, Frank
I appreciate it, Frank. I had noticed the strange absence of source switching already. That seems to be a real design flaw and would actually preclude me from asking for a sample. Ariadne might suffer the same shortcoming and only Dionysus in its larger chassis finally fix it. Let's see whether I even hear back from the UK retailer after the holidays. If so and there is interest to pursue a review, I'll be sure to bring up your points and save myself an unpleasant experience. In fact, as a retailer with perhaps early samples, I would think he'd already be aware of these issues and reluctant to pursue any review until a revision has addressed them. Unduly high gain from either an excessively high input sensitivity or too steep a volume taper would be most impractical for all but the most bearish loads and nothing to promote. So again, thanks for the warning. If multiple reviewers agree on something this basic, it must be a very real problem. Srajan
