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What's inside a monoblock amplifier that costs $120,000 a pair? Sim Audio's Vice President-Customer Experience and part owner of the company (he's been there for 18 years) Costa Koulisakis removes the cast top cover and gives us a tour.

The "888" stands for power output into 8 ohms. It doubles to 1776 into 4 ohms and doubles again to 3552 watts (!) into 2 ohms, assuming your electrical system is up to the task (mine is not!).

You may ask "Who buys this stuff?" and answer your own question with "No one!" But you'd be wrong. AnalogPlanet editor and Stereophile senior contributing editor Michael Fremer had to wait almost a year to get these review samples while Sim Audio filled consumer orders.

Review upcoming in a future issue of Stereophile.