tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39419124507652106912024-03-14T16:13:29.965+08:00High-Fidelity.... the pursuit of high quality live music reproduction at home.High Fidelityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413872986931655671noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941912450765210691.post-25791178050493541182012-07-07T15:30:00.000+08:002016-06-20T12:27:26.052+08:00I'm Sorry I Didn't Catch Your Naim<div>
Imagine everything audio in one place: integrated amplifier, CD player, DAB/FM tuner, internet radio, iPod, iPhone and iPad dock, digital-to-analogue converter and high-resolution 24bit/192kHZ capable network stream player. And now combine all that with legendary Naim musical quality, engineering integrity, design sophistication and interface know-how. Congratulations! You've just come up with the NaimUniti 2.</div>
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<b>NaimUniti 2: an evolution in performance</b></div>
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NaimUniti was revitalised and relaunched as NaimUniti 2 in 2012. With a new 70W integrated amplifier (NaimUniti 50W) the NaimUniti 2 can accommodate a wider range of loudspeakers and fill even larger rooms with world class sound. It also a boasts an entirely new CD player section, with improved tray, clamping mechanism and the new Burr Brown PCM1793 DAC.</div>
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Several small improvements to the design and signal path, developed through intensive listening tests, combine to raise the overall performance levels of NaimUniti 2 still further. It has also inherited the larger front panel display window of its big brother the SuperUniti.</div>
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Features:</div>
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> CD player</div>
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> Multi-format tuner (DAB/FM/Internet radio)</div>
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> High-resolution (up to 24bit/192kHz) digital stream player</div>
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> iPod/iPhone/iPad dock</div>
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> MP3/USB-stored audio player</div>
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> Digital to analogue converter</div>
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> 70W integrated amplifier</div>
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More Features:<br />
> High resolution (up to 24bit/192kHz) digital audio streamer<br />
> Internet radio player with Naim vTuner webpage offering control of station listings<br />
> FM & DAB Tuner<br />
> Naim CD player with swing drawer CD tray<br />
> Front panel USB port for MP3 and USB-stored audio playback<br />
> iPod/iPhone/iPad playback, control, charging and front-panel screen content display<br />
> Integrated amplifier with 5 analogue inputs<br />
> On-board DAC with its five 24bit/192kHz-capable S/PDIF inputs plays WAV, MP3, Windows Media-formatted content, AAC, Apple > Lossless, FLAC from any suitable UPnP device<br />
> Network connectivity via WiFi or Ethernet<br />
> Powered DIN input for use with Naim phono stage<br />
> Headphone output<br />
> 3.5mm front panel input<br />
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High Fidelityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413872986931655671noreply@blogger.com0One-North Residences, 7 one-north Gateway, Singapore 1386421.3019842 103.78953771.2861097 103.7697967 1.3178587 103.8092787tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941912450765210691.post-29053637867708936082009-08-23T23:26:00.002+08:002016-06-20T12:37:12.765+08:00The world leading analog FM tuners...<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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(450) Magnum Dynalab FT-11, there were three different versions of the FT-11; 1988, 1990 and 1993.<br />
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The FM-only FT-11, like other Magnum Dynalab tuners, has an analog-style tuning knob but uses varactor tuning (the equivalent of 4 gangs) rather than a mechanical tuning capacitor, MD's typical minimalist styling and a large digital frequency readout. With a single IF bandwidth and only 2 ceramic filters, the FT-11 needs some help in the selectivity department. Bill Ammons' amplified filter board, which would convert the 2 filters into 4, would be one possible solution. FM Tuner Info panelist Jim listened to two versions of the FT-11 and has this report: "The earlier version had what looks to be the same audio stage as the FT-101 and 101A. This includes the dated NE5532 op-amp. Both the FT-11 and FT-101 also use 4.7 µF output caps. It should not be surprising the the FT-11 sounds much like the FT-101 in stock form, with both having a rather recessed midrange. The bass isn't bad but there is a little too much treble. The ICs in the older version are an LM4500AM, the 5532 (which they painted over with red paint), and an LM1965N. The new version looks to get its audio from a larger IC. It uses the same LM1965N, but downstream there is a Philips TDA1578A chip instead. The newer version of the FT-11 has a vent on the top and much better-quality RCA output jacks, and is also sonically much more pleasant to listen to. The treble is just there without being in your face and the midrange gives a more realistic image between the speakers. In the photo, the old version has the blue board. You can see the 5322 op-amp to the right of the filters in the bottom right corner (the black square). There's a very straightforward mod that will really improve the sound: Replace the 5532 IC with a good bi-FET and put 5uf or larger good coupling caps at the output." See how the two versions of the FT-11 sounded compared to other top tuners on <a href="http://www.fmtunerinfo.com/shootouts.html#FT-11">Shootouts</a> page, and read panelist David "A"'s <a href="http://www.fmtunerinfo.com/ricochets.html#FT-11">Ricochet</a>.<br />
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(45) recommended by Esoteric...it burns-in, demagnetizes & rejuvenates your system's signal chain in 65mins with just 3 tracks<em>..."Burn-in and conditioning CDs for Hi-Fi systems are not exactly news. But IsoTek have taken note of all the various offerings and evolved perhaps the most sensible and complete version available. Simple, sensible and supremely cost effective, what more could you require?"</em> Roy Gregory Hi-Fi+ <br />
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0.1 (30 minutes) and 0.2 (30 minutes) are similar, with the second being optimised for systems with large loudspeakers and/or subwoofer(s). In general, use 0.1 for most stand-mounted speakers, 0.2 for floor-standing models, except perhaps the slimmest.</div>
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The differences are neither profound nor dangerous, but the benefits of 0.2, in the right situations, we have found to be audible. The last few minutes of each track are intended specifically for system demagnetising and we DO advise that playback of each track should be performed in full.</div>
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(37.9) All the tools you need to set up your system and listening area. Featuring the voice of RR's Technical Director, "Prof." Keith O. Johnson! The successor to the best-selling Sheffield/XLO Disc (no longer in print), this is the step-by-step guide to setting up and calibrating your audio system. Roger Skoff of XLO (innovator in the field of speaker cables and audio interconnects) and "Prof." Keith O. Johnson of Reference Recordings (audio guru, equipment designer and co-inventor of HDCD) lead you through a quick and easy system setup. Just playing this disc will improve the sound of your stereo or home theater system. Plus six tracks of magnificent music from the Reference Recordings catalog guaranteed to turn your customers on to this remarkable label. (Gold HDCD)...besides system burn-in, this disc packs in very useful technical tracks for channel identification, phasing, spatial and good classical selections...you need both, XLO for setup and Isotek for burning-in...<br />
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...naim aro...sounds very natural & bouncy, not as edgy as ittok...The low-mass, Naim uni-pivot tone-arm is designed to offer the very best phono cartridges delicate yet precise support at all audio frequencies.<br />
Its geometry and construction ensure that difficulties with warped records, end of side distortion and temperature or humidity problems are greatly reduced. It incorporates a fixed headshell and an extremely stiff, light arm-tube. The low slung counterweight, used to adjust tracking force, places the mass in exactly the right position for both stability and minimum inertia and will remain set even when the arm-tube is lifted clear of the turntable.<br />
Arm-tops can be purchased separately to facilitate easy and fast cartridge changes without the need for realignment and recalibration.</div>
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High Fidelityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413872986931655671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941912450765210691.post-69761073499055428622009-07-18T22:30:00.007+08:002016-06-20T12:29:25.619+08:00TAS List...the vinyl grailThe Absolute Sound Harry Pearson recommended:<br />
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<strong>BEST OF THE BUNCH: Classical</strong><br />
Arnold: English, Scottish, & Cornish Dances Lyrita SRCS-109<br />
Gerhard: The Plague Decca Head 6<br />
Gershwin: Porgy & Bess complete/Maazel Decca SET 609-11¯†<br />
Herold/Lanchbery: La Fille Mal Gardée Decca SXL-2313¯<br />
Hi-Fi a la Española Mercury SR-90144¯ (Also Classic)<br />
<span style="color: #ff9900;">Holst: The Planets/Mehta, LA London CS-6734¯</span>Prokofiev: Scythian Suite Mercury SR-90006¯ (Also Classic)<br />
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 Mercury SR-90283¯<br />
Respighi: Feste Romanae Decca SXL-6822<br />
Ravel: La Valse/Paray Classic/Mercury SR-90313¯†‡<br />
Stravinsky: The Firebird/Dorati Classic/Mercury SR-90226¯†‡<br />
Widor: Symphony No. 6 Allegro Mercury SR-90169<br />
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<strong>BEST OF THE BUNCH: Popular</strong><br />
<span style="color: #ff9900;">Bachrach: Casino Royale Colgems COSO-5005</span><span style="color: #ff9900;">Balaika Favorites Mercury SR-90310 (Also Classic)<br />Belafonte At Carnegie Hall Classic Records LSC-6006<br />Ellington: For Duke M & K Realtime 101</span>Ralph Hunter Choir: The Wild, Wild West RCA LSP-l968¯†<br />
Music for Bang, Ba-room and Harp RCA LSP-1866<br />
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon EMI Harvest SHVL-804<br />
The Sheffield Track Record Sheffield Lab-20¯‡<br />
Don Shirley: Water Boy Columbia CS-9196¯†<br />
The Weavers Reunion at Carnegie Hall, 1963 Vanguard VSD-2150¯<br />
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<strong>SPECIAL MERIT: Classical</strong>Alain: Organ Works (complete) Erato EDO-250/2<br />
Antill: Corroboree (Australian) EMI OASD-7603<br />
Anderson: Music of Leroy Anderson (Vol. II) Mercury SR-90043<br />
Arnold: Guitar Concerto/Bream RCA LSC-2487¯<br />
Arnold: Overtures Reference Recordings RR-48‡<br />
Arnold: Peterloo Overture: Symphony No. 5 EMI ASD-2878<br />
Bach-Elgar: Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor EMI ASD-2970<br />
Bach-Stokowski: Symphonic Transcriptions Chandos ABRD-1055<br />
Balbastre: Harpsichord Works Afka SK-298<br />
Bartok: Concerto For Orchestra/Reiner, CSO Classic/RCA LSC-1934¯†‡<br />
<span style="color: #ff9900;">Bartok: Strings, Percussion, Celesta/Reiner Classic/RCA LSC-2374¯†‡</span><br />
Bax: Symphony No. 6 Musical Heritage Soc MHS 1198†<br />
Beethoven: Appassionata Sonata RCA/JVC RDC-4<br />
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6/Walter Columbia MS-6012<br />
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9/Solti, Chicago Decca GBB-121/2<br />
Berg: Lulu & Wozzeck (suites) Mercury SR-90278<br />
Berlioz: Requiem/Fremaux, et. al. EMI SLS-982<br />
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique/Munch, BSO Classic/RCA LSC-1900¯†‡<br />
Bizet: Carmen (Suite)/Gibson Classic/RCA LSC-2449¯†‡<br />
Bliss: Music for Strings Lyrita SRCS-33¯<br />
Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 1 Mercury SR-90223¯<br />
Borodin: Symphony No. 2 London CS-6126<br />
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody/Walter Columbia MS-6488<br />
Brian: Symphony No. 9 EMI ASD-3486<br />
Britten: Four Sea Interludes EMI ASD-3154<br />
Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas Decca Ace-of-Dmds GOS-558-9<br />
Busoni: Piano Concerto EMI ASD-2336/7<br />
Cage: Third Construction Classic/New World NW-319¯†<br />
<span style="color: #ff6600;">Chabrier: Espana!/Argenta Speakers Corn/Decca SXL-2020¯†‡</span>Copland: Appalachian Spring Can. Broadcast SM-5000<br />
Copland: Rodeo Mercury SR-90172<br />
Crumb: Makrokosmos I Nonesuch H-71293<br />
Crumb: Music for a Summer Eve: Makrokosmos IIINonesuch H-71311<br />
Debussy: Iberia Mercury SR-90010<br />
Debussy: Iberia/Reiner, CSO Classic/RCA LSC-2222¯†‡<br />
Debussy: Sonata for Violin & Piano Wilson W-8722<br />
Delius: North Country Sketches EMI ASD-3139¯<br />
Dorati: Symphony Mercury SR-90248<br />
Durufle: Requiem Epic BC-1256<br />
Dvorak: Cello Concerto/Starker Mercury SR-90303¯<br />
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8/Walter CBS/Sony 20 AC 1822<br />
Elgar: Caratacus EMI SLS-998¯†<br />
Elgar: Coronation Ode EMI ASD 3345<br />
Elgar: Engima Variations/Mehta, LA London CS-6816<br />
Elgar: Symphony No. 2 EMI ASD-3266<br />
Elgar: The Kingdom EMI SAN 244-5<br />
Finzi: Dies Natalis World Record Club SCM-50¯<br />
Finzi: Intimations of Immortality Lyrita SRCS-75<br />
Franck: Pieces Heroique Mercury SR-90168<br />
Gerhard: Symphony No. 4 Argo ZRG-701<br />
Gershwin: An American in Paris RCA LSC-2367¯<br />
Gershwin: Collected Works Vox Box QSVBX-5132<br />
Gould: Latin American Symphonette Vanguard SRV-275 SD†‡ (Also Analogue Productions)<br />
Grainger: Country GardensMercury SR-90219 (Also Mercury Wing SRW-18060)<br />
Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy Mercury SR-90173<br />
Grieg: Peer Gynt/Fjeldstad Speakers Corn/Decca SXL-2012¯†‡<br />
Grieg: Piano Concerto/Lupu, Previn London CS-6840<br />
<span style="color: #ff9900;">Grieg: Piano Concerto/Rubinstein, Wallenstein RCA LSC-2566</span><br />
Hanson: Symphony No. 2 Mercury SR-90192<br />
Hanson: The Composer & His Orchestra Mercury SR-90175¯<br />
Holst: The Planets/Previn, LSO EMI ASD-3002<br />
Honneger: Pacific 231 EMI ASD-2989<br />
Howells: Hymnus Paradisi EMI ASD-2600<br />
Kabalevsky: The Comedians Classic/RCA LSC-2398†<br />
Khachaturian: Gayaneh & Spartacus Decca SXL-6000<br />
Khachaturian: Symphony No. 2 London CS-6323<br />
Kod·ly: H·ry J·nos (Suite) Mercury SR-90132¯<br />
Leigh: Concertino/Harpsichord & Strings Lyrita SRCS-126¯<br />
Lizst: Mephisto Waltz/Reiner Classic/RCA LSC-2241¯†‡<br />
Lloyd: Symphony No. 5 Lyrita SRCS-124<br />
Maconchy: Symphony Dble String Orchestra Lyrita SRCS-116<br />
Mahler: Symphony No. 1/Slatkin Telarc DG-10066<br />
Mahler: Symphony No. 3/Mehta London CSA-2249<br />
Massenet: Le Cid EMI TWO-350 (Also ESD-7040)<br />
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Nights Dream EMI ASD-3377<br />
Messiaen: La Trans de Notre Sgnr. Jesus Christ Decca Head 1 & 2<br />
Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony EMI SLS-5117<br />
Moeran: Symphony EMI ASD-2913<br />
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos (K. 365) Nonesuch H-71028<br />
<span style="color: #ff9900;">Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures/Reiner, CSO Classic/RCA LSC-2201†‡</span><span style="color: #ff9900;">Offenbach: Gaote Parisienne/Fiedler, BSO Classic/RCA LSC-1817¯†‡</span>Orff: Carmina Burana/Stokowski, Houston Capitol SPAR-8470¯<br />
Partch: The Delusion of the Fury Columbia M2-30576<br />
Praetorius: Dances from TerpsichoreArchiv 198166<br />
Prokofiev: Lt. Kije (Suite)/Reiner, CSO Classic/RCA LSC-2150¯†‡<br />
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2/FragerClassic/RCA LSC-2465<br />
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3/Janis Mercury SR-90300†<br />
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet/Maazel Decca SXL-6620-2<br />
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6/Weller Decca SXL-6777¯<br />
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1/Ricci/AnsermetDecca/Eclipse ECS-746<br />
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2/Heifetz RCA LSC-2314<br />
Rachmaninoff: The Romantic Rachmaninoff Readers Digest RDA-29<br />
Rachmaninoff: Paganini Variations/Rubinstein Classic/RCA LSC-2430<br />
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 Classic/RCA LSC-2541†<br />
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances Athena Productions ALSW-10001†<br />
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 EMI ASD-3137<br />
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 EMI ASD-2889<br />
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 (British) RCA LSB-4090<br />
Rachmaninoff: The Bells EMI ASD-3284<br />
Rachmaninoff-Respighi: 5 Etudes Tableaux EMI ASD-3013¯<br />
Ravel: Concerto in G Major Linn Recut 01<br />
Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe/Ansermet Decca SXL-6204¯<br />
Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe/Munch, BSO Chesky RC-30<br />
Ravel: Collected Works Vox Box QSVBX-5133 (Also Ref. Mastercuts RM-1004†‡)<br />
Rawsthorne: Piano Concerto No. 1 Lyrita SRCS-101<br />
<span style="color: #ff9900;">Respighi: Ancient Dances and Airs/Lute Mercury SR-90199¯</span>Respighi: Brazilian Impressions Mercury SR-90153<br />
<span style="color: #ff9900;">Respighi: Pines of Rome/Reiner, CSO Classic/RCA LSC-2436¯†‡</span>Reubke: The 94th Psalm Orion ORS-78282<br />
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade/Reiner Classic/RCA LSC-2446¯†‡<br />
Rodrigo: Concierto Andaluz Mercury SR-90488¯<br />
Rodrigo: Concierto Aranjuez/Yepes, Argenta London CS-6046¯<br />
<span style="color: #ff9900;">The Royal Ballet Gala Performances Classic/RCA LSC-6065¯†‡</span><br />
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals EMI ASD-299¯<br />
<span style="color: #ff9900;">Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2/Rubinstein LSC-2234¯†‡</span>Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3/Dupre Mercury SR-90012<br />
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3/Fremaux EMI TWO-404¯<br />
Schmitt: Psalm 47 EMI ASD-2892<br />
Schubert: Death and the Maiden Quartet/Juilliard RCA LSC-2378¯<br />
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 EMI ASD-2924<br />
Shostakovitch: Symphony No. 1/Martinon Classic/RCA LSC-2322† ‡<br />
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 EMI ASD SLS-897<br />
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8/Previn EMI ASD-2917<br />
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 Alto/ASD-3911¯†‡ (Also EMI)<br />
Sibelius: En Saga EMI ASD-2486¯<br />
Sibelius: Four Legends EMI ASD-3092<br />
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2/Paray, Detroit Mercury SR-90204¯<br />
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5/Gibson RCA LSC-2405 (Also Decca SPA-122)<br />
Sibelius: The Tempest EMI ASD-2961¯<br />
Sibelius: Violin Concerto/Heifetz, Reiner, CSO RCA LSC-2435<br />
J. Strauss: Waltzes/Reiner, CSO RCA LSC-2500¯<br />
R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra/Reiner, CSO Classic/RCA LSC-1806¯†<br />
Stravinsky: Ballets/AnsermetLondon CSA-2308<br />
Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto Reference Recordings RR-55¯†<br />
<span style="color: #33ccff;">Stravinsky: Firebird (Suite)/Stokowski, Berlin Capitol SP-8407</span>Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps/Solti, CSO Decca SXL-6691<br />
Stravinsky: Petrouchka (solo piano) Wilson W-8313¯<br />
Stravinsky: Petrouchka/Ansermet London CS-6009<br />
Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale/Reiner, CSO Classic/RCA LSC-2150†<br />
Sullivan-Mackerras: Pineapple Poll EMI CSD-1399 (Also ESD-7028)<br />
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4/Monteux, BSO RCA LSC-2369<br />
Tchaikovksy: Manfred/Previn Alto/EMI ASD-3018¯†‡<br />
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker/Previn, LSO EMI SLS-832<br />
Thomson: The Plow That Broke The Plain Analogue/Vanguard AP001†<br />
Toch: Symphony No. 5 Capitol SP-8364†<br />
Vaughan Williams: Choral Music EMI SLS-5082<br />
Vaughan Williams: Job EMI ASD-2673<br />
Vaughan Williams: Sancta Civitas EMI ASD-2422<br />
Vaughan Williams: The Nine Symphonies EMI SLS-822<br />
Vivaldi: Lute Concertos & Trios Hungarton SLPX-11978¯<br />
Wagner for Band Mercury SR-90276<br />
Walton: Crown Imperial/Fennell, Eastman Mercury SR-90197<br />
Grace Williams: Fantasy/Welsh Nursery Tunes EMI ASD-3006¯<br />
Wiren: Serenade for Strings EMI ESD-7001<br />
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<strong>SPECIAL MERIT: Operas</strong><br />
Bizet: Carmen/Bernstein, et. al. Deutsche Gramm. 2709 043<br />
Bizet: Carmen/Karajan RCA LDS-6164†<br />
Britten: Noye's Fludde Argo ZK-1<br />
Menotti: Amahl & the Night Visitors RCA LSC-2762<br />
Mussorgsky: Boris Godonov Decca SET-514/7<br />
Puccini: La Boheme/Karajan Decca SET-565/6<br />
Puccini: Tosca RCA LDS-7022†<br />
Puccini: Turandot/Mehta Decca SET 561-3<br />
Verdi: Aida/Karajan London OSA-1313<br />
Wagner: Das Rheingold London OSA-1309<br />
Wagner: Gotterdammerung London OSA-1604<br />
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<strong>SPECIAL MERIT: Collections</strong><br />
André Previn's Music Night EMI ASD-3131<br />
Ballet for Band Mercury SR-90256<br />
Danses Ancienne de Hongrie Harmonia Mundi HM-1003<br />
Evensong for Ash Wednesday Argo ZRG-5365<br />
Festival/Reiner, CSO Classic/RCA LSC-2423¯†‡<br />
For My True Love / Terri, Almeida Capitol SP-8461†<br />
Kronos Quartet: In Formation Reference Recordings RR-9<br />
La Fete de la Ane Harmonia Mundi HM-1036<br />
Fiesta in Hi-Fi Mercury SR-90134<br />
Magnum Opus Wilson W-8111<br />
The Moscow Sessions Sheffield TLP-1000<br />
Musique de la Grace Antique Harmonia Mundi HM-1015<br />
Overtures Fantaises Mercury SR-90191<br />
Percussion Music Nonesuch H-71291<br />
The Power of the Orchestra/Leibowitz, RPO Chesky RC-30<br />
Rhapsodies / Stowkowski Classic/RCA LSC-2471¯†‡<br />
Sing We Noel: Christmas Music Nonesuch H-71354<br />
La Spagna BIS 163/164<br />
Vienna: 1908-1914 Mercury SR-90316<br />
<span style="color: #ff9900;">Witches Brew / Gibson, NSOL Classic/RCA LSC-2225†‡</span><br />
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<strong>SPECIAL MERIT: Informal</strong><br />
Chet Atkins in Hollywood RCA LSP-1993<br />
Chet Atkins: Caribbean Guitar RCA LSP-2549<br />
The Other Chet Atkins RCA LSP-2175<br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="color: #33ccff;">Joan Baez: Diamonds & Rust Mobile Fidelity MFSL 1-238†‡</span></span>Joan Baez: Farewell Angelina Vanguard VSD 79200<br />
Joan Baez: In Concert Vanguard VSD 2122<br />
<span style="color: #ff9900;">Belafonte at Carnegie Hall RCA LSO-6006</span>Belafonte Sings the Blues Classic/RCA LSP-1972†‡<br />
Bob and Ray Throw a Stereo Spectacular RCA LSP-1773 (Also Classic)<br />
<span style="color: #ff9900;">Dave Brubeck: Time Out Classic/Columbia CS-8192†‡</span><br />
The Civil War (Vol. 1) Mercury LPSD-2-901<br />
Judy Collins: Judith Elektra 6E-111<br />
David Crosby: If I Could Only Remember My Name Atlantic SD-7203<br />
Dafos Reference Recordings RR-12<br />
Jim Dawson: Songman Kama Sutra KSBS-2035<br />
<span style="color: #ff9900;">Davis: Kind of Blue Classic/Columbia CS-8163†‡ (Also Columbia CS-8163†)</span><span style="color: #ff9900;">Davis-Evans: Sketches of Spain Columbia CS-8271</span>Eagles: Desperado (British) Asylum SYL-9011<br />
Eileen Farrell: Torch Songs Reference Recordings RR-34¯†‡<br />
Electric Love Mercury Limelight LS-86072<br />
Enya Atlantic 81842-1<br />
Fresh Aire II American Gramaphone 359<br />
Fresh Aire III American Gramaphone 365<br />
Art Garfunkel: Breakaway CBS/Sony 25AP 1373<br />
S. Goodman: Mallets, Melody & MayhemColumbia CS-8333†<br />
Ed Graham: Hot Stix M & K Realtime RT-106<br />
Earl "Fatha"Hines: Fatha! M & K Realtime RT-105<br />
Jarre: OxygËnePolydor 2473-10<br />
Bruce Katz: Crescent Crawl Audioquest AQ-1012¯†‡<br />
Klaatu EMI EST-11542<br />
Kraftwerk: Autobahn Parlophone EJ24 00701<br />
Gordon Lightfoot: Summer Side of Life Reprise MS-2037<br />
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Natty Dread Island ILPS-9281<br />
McBroom: Growing Up in Hollywood Town Sheffield Lab-13<br />
Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah-Um Classic/Columbia CS 8171†‡<br />
(Also Columbia CS-8171†)<br />
<span style="color: #ff9900;">Joni Mitchell: Blue Reprise MS-2038</span>Joni Mitchell: Court & Spark Asylum 7E-1007<br />
Joni Mitchell: Wild Things Run Fast Geffen GHS-2019<br />
Van Dyke Parks: Song Cycle Warner Bros. 1727<br />
Peter, Paul, & Mary Warner Bros. 1449<br />
Pig's Eye Jazz (Vol. II) Insight Records Vol. 2<br />
Pink Floyd: The Wall (Japanese) CBS/Sony 40AP 1750<br />
Professor Johnson's Astounding Sound Show Reference Recordings RR-7¯‡<br />
Reflections Reference Recordings RR-18¯‡<br />
Renaissance: Novella Sire SA-2576<br />
Rough Trade: Avoid Freud True North TN-43<br />
Rough Trade: For Those Who Think Young True North TN-48<br />
Rough Trade: Shaking The Foundations True North TN-50<br />
Salt City Six: Dixieland Audiophile AP-80<br />
Seals & Crofts: Greatest Hits Warner Bros. BS-2886<br />
The Sheffield Drum Record Sheffield Lab-14¯<br />
Star of Wonder Reference Recordings RR-21¯‡<br />
Cat Stevens: Tea for the Tillerman (British) Island ILPS-9135<br />
Cat Stevens: Teaser & The Firecat Mobile Fidelity MFSL 1-244†‡<br />
The Strayaway Child Song of the Wood 7811<br />
The Wilson Band Recordings Wilson W-8823/24¯†<br />
Dionne Warwick: Soulful Scepter SPS-573<br />
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<strong>SPECIAL MERIT: Singles</strong><br />
Aha: Take Me On (British) Warner Brothers W-9006<br />
China Crisis: in a Catholic Style(British) Virgin VS-765112<br />
Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Relax(British) Virgin/ZTT-1ZZTAS1<br />
Freez: I.O.U.Streetwise SWRL-2210<br />
Bill Henderson: Send in the Clowns (45rpm) Classic/Discovery JP-0779.12†<br />
Greg Kihn: JeopardyBeserkley 0-67932<br />
Human League: Don't You Want Me(British) Virgin 466-12B<br />
Propaganda: Machinery(British) Virgin/ZTT 12xZ TAS 12<br />
Lionel Richie: All Night LongMotown 4514-MG<br />
Gerry Woo: Help YourselfPolydor 887-529-1<br />
Yaz: Don't GoMute Yaz-001<br />
Yello: Lost Again Elektra 966790<br />
Yello & Shirley Bassey: The Rhythm DivineMercury 888-746-1<br />
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<strong>SPECIAL MERIT: Film and Broadway Score</strong><br />
Bliss: Things To Come EMI ASD-3416¯<br />
The Flight of the Condor BBC Records REB-440<br />
Herrmann: Citizen Kane (British) RCA GL-43441<br />
Herrmann: The Fantasy Film World Decca PFS-4309<br />
Herrmann: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Filmmusic Collection FMC-4¯<br />
Herrmann: The Three Worlds of Gulliver Decca PFS-4337<br />
Homrich/Gascoigne: The Emerald Forest Varese Sarabande STV-81244<br />
Horner: Glory Virgin 1-91329<br />
Jarre: The Professionals Colgems COSO-5001<br />
Mancini: Hatari! RCA LSC-2559<br />
Moroder: Cat People Backstreet BSR-6107<br />
Myrow/Seagrave: Phantasm Varese VC-81105<br />
Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible EMI SLS-5110<br />
Rosza: Ben Hur Decca PFS-4394<br />
Rosza: Quo Vadis Decca PFS-4430<br />
Sondheim: Pacific Overtures RCA ARL-1-1367†<br />
Sondheim: Sweeney Todd RCA CBL2-3379†<br />
Tiomkin: Lost Horizons (British) RCA GL-43445<br />
Tiomkin: The Thing (British) RCA RL-42005<br />
Vangelis: Antartica (Japanese) Polydor 2MM-0290<br />
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‡ Still in print<br />
¯ Exceptionally natural and musical sound, as opposed to the merely hi-fi spectacular<br />
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(100) Do you know what you are missing? no harshness nor brightness, just extreme frequencies, sound opens-up, smoothen vocals...these oyaide SRBN are terminated to my bare-ends Kimber 8TC and they are marvelous...<br />
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High Fidelityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413872986931655671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941912450765210691.post-38968457391866454362009-07-18T21:53:00.006+08:002016-06-20T12:34:03.100+08:00Parallel Wolfson WM8740 converters<div align="center">
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(650) extended highs & lows, good separation, detailed & warm, what else to ask for? mids...the vocals is lacking the thickness, call it coloration but I enjoy full-bodied vocals...Cambridge Audio’s flagship CD player, the 640C builds on the features of the 540C and has scooped a plethora of awards. These include Five Star and Best Buy gongs from leading publication What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision - which described it as ‘a fine all rounder… way beyond what we’d expect of a player at this price’ The 640C has also won a number of other coveted awards from respected publications including The Sunday Times, FHM, Hi-Fi Choice (Best Buy) and Hi-Fi Plus. In short, the 640C has become universally known the world-over as the ultimate budget CD player. With a completely separate power supply and upgraded audio filter and regulator stages, the 640C benefits from incredibly low distortion and excellent signal to noise ratio with a high specification Wolfson WM8740 24-bit/192kHz DAC. This results in the delivery of a huge dynamic range and a wonderfully clear, clean sound.</div>
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Cambridge Audio Azur 640C V2<br />
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High Fidelityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413872986931655671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941912450765210691.post-74120401776817719492009-07-18T21:05:00.012+08:002016-06-20T13:02:30.823+08:00Frequency Modulation Very High Frequency 87.5 - 108.0 MHz<div align="justify">
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(200) Aesthetically similar to Marantz high-end SACD players and at its price whats more to ask? remote? yes it doesn't come with remote...inconvenient though, but I have enough remotes in the house...its sound is slightly laid-back, relax mode, typical current marantz receivers character, stock white/red cables sounds thin...to turn this fella into a tuner to die for...you need interconnects like the Ortofon 6.7N-AC 50 (200) and JPS Labs GPA-2 powercord, which incidently I have spare pairs lying around...with the cables added there's noticeably more PRAT and resolution and more WARMTH.<br />
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The ST6003 FM/MW stereo analogue tuner combines high-quality audio components for the best sound with functionality and ease of use – virtually guaranteeing drift-free reception. The ST6003’s RDS tuner means you can tune by frequency, or by programme type, and behind its solid aluminium front panel sits a high-sensitivity front-end. The new, full dot-matrix display ensures the frequencies, and radio data – such as traffic/news flashes – are clearly displayed. Extra controllability is also available via Marantz D-Bus. From the manual frequency, direct input and triple IR-code possibilities open up, so when using one, two, or three tuners within the same set-up are available.<br />
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(180) JPS Labs GPA 2 power cord...This is the beginner to their ultimates; The Digital AC and The Aluminata AC. If you've not tried, it means your system isn't maxed-out. You'll ask what's so great about these cables? They aren't great but they hurl you with its revealing transparency and PRAT...<br />
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Grandpas taking over...Marantz Classics</h2>
If the current modern tuners doesn't look exciting, mesmerizing, or even look like at tuner to you, then scroll-down, <em><span style="color: #999999;">advisory: the following photos are not suitable for the faint-hearted</span></em>...move over kids, grandpas taking over... ... ...<a href="http://www.classic-audio.com/marantz/mindex.html">marantz classics</a>... ...the gorgeous oldies...<br />
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Marantz Receiver 2325 (1974-1976)</div>
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Marantz Receiver 2325 (1974-1976)</div>
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Marantz Receiver 2270 (1971-1975)</div>
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Marantz Tuner 125 (1976-1978)</div>
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Marantz Receiver 2240 (1974)</div>
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(79) If you can afford them, plug them in...THE BEST and the most $$$$$$$$$ so far...these rhodium armoured furutechs opens the sound, very transparent and revealing, more space/air around instruments, very extended highs and lows & neutral...Furutech Select Series Pure Transmission Fuses 20mm and 32mm Nonmagnetic Time-lag Fuses Material: Copper Caps with direct rhodium plating. Conductor: Special low induction copper alloy. The normal fuses have tolerances between 50~60% of their rated value, these slow blow fuses have a low tolerance of +/- 10%. The fuses are made in Germany to Furutech’s very precise specifications. Therefore it is important to contact the component manufacture to determine the exact ampere value before replacing the stock fuse, a pity couldn't work with my Sun...</div>
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Former Gold Caps Champions HiFi-Tuning & Cheapo Clear Glass in a showdown...To improve resonant behavior, the HiFi-Tuning Fuses' body is ceramic rather than glass. The end caps are silver layered with copper and gold, the intermediate copper purportedly preventing interactions between silver and gold. The actual wire is raw silver even for the slo-blow variants (they are usually silver clad at best), a world exclusive...these gold caps are a tad warmer than the current SilverStars...</div>
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(60) HiFi Tuning SilverStar Fuses are made from ceramic bodies which are tuned for resonance control. Inside the fuses you’ll find pure silver wiring which is precisely calibrated for its rated capacity. This silver filament is then connected to pure silver end caps which are uncoated for maximum signal transfer. Unlike the slight warmth the standard gold-plating imparts, SilverStar Fuses are more neutral, faster and more dynamic...and they are the 2nd most $$$...<br />
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(12) Most affordable in price and in sound, these are hifi-tuning hybrid chinese cousins with both gold and silver caps, Nano material internal wiring and Ceramic casing...matter of fact you'll get extended frequencies (GOLD=lows + SILVER=highs), delivers slight edge, but you should be delighted if you didn't AB with the Rhodium Armours or SilverStars.<br />
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Though this is a videophile grade cable for AV systems, try it on your stereo you'll be amazed with the extended frequencies. Sniff-out other winners <a href="http://www.phileweb.com/ranking/aea/2009/aex-e.html">AEA 2009</a></div>High Fidelityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413872986931655671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941912450765210691.post-23344209556919795852009-07-18T20:10:00.011+08:002009-07-20T20:09:08.056+08:00Audio Research D240MKII<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SmG_nVTAUaI/AAAAAAAAAg0/vid7-jo_ASw/s1600-h/Front.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359775714000261538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 181px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SmG_nVTAUaI/AAAAAAAAAg0/vid7-jo_ASw/s400/Front.jpg" border="0" /></a> (630) ARC D240MK2 solid state stereo power amplifier, reviewed in Stereophile Vol 14 No 12, 120watts per channel into 8 ohms... <div align="justify"></div><div></div><div></div><div align="justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359777330646680610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SmHBFbxjBCI/AAAAAAAAAg8/2Nl5ouy9Gfc/s400/Internal.jpg" border="0" />...oversized transformer, 8 gigantic caps, tons of quality components and ARC reknowned extra thick copper circuit traces...the powercord comes attached to the chasis...sigh no powercord tweaks, so less variables...perhaps an oyaide plug?...hang-on...the sound is neutral and natural with plenty of reserved power...needs more listening tests... </div>High Fidelityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413872986931655671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941912450765210691.post-66600026676764329312008-09-07T12:47:00.011+08:002009-07-19T20:47:49.382+08:00Jump'n<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SMNe5mh3YZI/AAAAAAAAAaY/wzS1sX9TUSg/s1600-h/DSCF8542.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243138734877532562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SMNe5mh3YZI/AAAAAAAAAaY/wzS1sX9TUSg/s320/DSCF8542.JPG" border="0" /></a> 2008.09.06 eversince the 3m <a href="http://www.mitcables.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=380&category_id=106&manufacturer_id=&Itemid=29">MIT AVt 2 Bi-Wire Speaker Interface</a> was swop-out for single-run 4m <a href="http://www.kimber.com/Products/LoudSpeakerCables/8TC/8TC.aspx">Kimber Kable 8TC</a> and <a href="http://www.xindak.com/english/products/showditail.asp?id=374">Xindak SS-1</a> jumpers, it's musical bliss...truly satisfied till yesterday when <a href="http://www.newdiscvillage.com/">ernest</a> recommended...???...<em>will come to this later</em>. Let's understand a little more on the former cables.<br /><br />MIT cables are used in many recording and film studios. For the past 20 years - MIT Audio Interfaces claims to <em>"deliver the highest degree of signal integrity! Ordinary cables, even 'high-end' brands, can alter the musical signals they transport. These signal alterations can significantly reduce the system's sound quality. Only cables with MIT's patented Mulitpole™ Technology can reveal the full sonic potential of your audio system." </em>AVt-2 Bi-Wire features & benefits from:<br /><ul><li><em>MIT's Patented Parallel Multipole™ Network Technology— Provides 10 Articulation Poles for improved performance!</em></li><li><em>Four conductor Varilay® geometry— Parallel networks with patented geometry for improved performance over “just wire” .</em></li><li><em>P.E. insulation— Reduces non-linear dielectric-based distortions for excellent low level detail & superior sound.</em></li><li><em>Includes the iconn™ interchangeable connection system— Makes speaker connections simple and easy.</em></li><li><em>BiWire: Eight conductor geometry— For increased bass performance and true bi-wire performance. Separate runs and networks for high & low. </em></li></ul><p></p><p>The AVt-2 was replaced with a winner of endless awards decades long, the understated...8TC - LEGENDARY MUSICALITY<br /><br />Consisting of sixteen individual TCSS conductors, eight blue and eight black, arranged in a large format braid. Individual conductors are Hyper-pure copper and utilize our proven VariStrand™ conductor geometry. The insulating dielectric is a high pressure-low temperature-extruded Teflon®. The aggregate wire size is two 9 awg conductors. By virtue of its full, accurate and dimensional sound, 8TC ranks as one of the best high-end audio values of all time and, without question, is the best sounding moderately priced cable on the market. </p><ul><li><em>Eight blue and eight black braided conductors</em></li><li><em>2 x 9 awg / 2.62mm</em></li><li><em>VariStrand™ Hyper-pure copper</em></li><li><em>Teflon® dielectric</em></li><li><em>Basic Electrical Specifications (DUT: 8TC 2.5m bare wire ends)<br />• (Cp) parallel capacitance: 821.0 pF @ 20 kHz<br />• (Ls) series inductance: 0.345 H @ 20 kHz<br />• (Rdc) dc loop resistance: 0.018<br />• (Xt) total reactance: 0.044 @ 20 kHz<br />• Frequency response ? 0.5 dB: dc - 300 kHz<br /></em></li></ul><p>Xindak SS-1 jumpers used with 8TC was musical bliss, however their union lasted only 4 months. SS-1 is made of imported 7N multi-strand copper wires twisted with 4N silver wires. Its terminal is 24K gilded banana plug and loudspeaker fork respectively and the external is wrapped with high quality thermal shrinkage pipes.<br /><br />This cable is mainly used to replace the shorting sheet copper post between the binding posts for alt and woofer input of sound box, which adds more flavor to the expressive force of music and is specially designed for audiophiles seeking for high standard and high grade. </p><p><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SMNeo5kPz_I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/dqS4T79fzmw/s1600-h/DSCF8541.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243138447930019826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SMNeo5kPz_I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/dqS4T79fzmw/s320/DSCF8541.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p>The MIT has excellent details & resolutions albeit scratchy highs, thin vocals and compromises on the lows, bass and punch. Rolling tubes and swopping interconnects couldn't relieves its weakness.</p><p>On the other hand, the 8TC is an excellent cable, synergizes extremely well in my system; between amp and speakers. The lows, mids & highs are very well balanced. At its price, you can't get anything better.</p><p>Before the recent HK HiFi Show, I was truly satisfied with SS-1. It has very good highs and provided musical clarity. Audio Nirvana? Yes before the show and NOPE when I'm back, not when compared with the MBL system in the show. MBL has better highs or rather well extended highs, resolving, evolving, emotional, Absolute Refinement...What can I do? Tube Roll. Rolling gets the highs closer to the MBL but not the lows...sigh...The Sylvania 6SN7GTB has a heavy chrome dome getter, black base with green labels and triangular black plates is famed & sought after by tubies for its smooth refine highs and punchy lows.</p><p>Completely sold to JPS Labs (The Worlds Finest Cables) <a href="http://www.jpslabs.com/superconductor_3_jps.shtml">Superconductor 3</a>, Superconductor FX and <a href="http://www.jpslabs.com/powercord.shtml#gpa">GPA 2 ™</a> on all connections & components, undoubtedly Ernest recommended <a href="http://www.jpslabs.com/speakercable.shtml#Jumpers">JPS Labs Jumpers</a> to replace the Xindak SS-1. JPS Labs Jumpers are made using Cardas Rhodium Spades (he said spades alone for the 8 is approx $200) and Superconductor 2. With the 8TC already wired-up to the low freq binding posts, the JPS Jumpers are then spaded to the high freq posts from the lows. So how does it sounds? absolutely NO sounds...I'm speechless. If you ever wonder if jumping the high freq will improve your lows, then look no further, pay ernest $250.</p>High Fidelityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413872986931655671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941912450765210691.post-41350344408320758802008-08-30T12:54:00.109+08:002016-06-20T13:49:47.264+08:00tubes? valves?...juz' rollin'...2008.08.30 After a late night short stint with the quartet RCA JAN-CRC-6SN7 VT-231, KenRad JAN-CKR-2A3 VT-95 and RCA JAN-CRC-5U4G VT-244...excellent relay of sweeter high frequencies, resolution and ambience...what's more to ask for? aren't you in sonic paradise?...Yes almost, just give me a tiny bit more...BASS...I needed the lower frequencies, punch & slam for rock tracks.<br />
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Constantly falling back on them when other combinations are deficient, the retired dynamic 3 nothwithstandingly current productions...Tung-Sol 6SN7GTB, ShuGuang 2A3C, OTK 5U4G=5C3S=5U3C. They convey dynamics, punch, drive and bass slam, efficiently delivers every rock tracks for daily musical doses though rougher and lacks refinement. Positively they do every genre well from <a href="http://www.fimpression.com/detail.aspx?ID=46">FIMSACD052 The Four Seasons (SACD Stereo)</a>, <a href="http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=991">Doug McLeod's Come To Find</a>, <a href="http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=33125">Natalie Merchant's Tigerlily</a> to <a href="http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=39750">Steely Dan's Aja</a>...I need refinement...<br />
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Tung-Sol 6SN7GTB...super linearity, low noise, and full performance ratings make this one of the best 6SN7 tubes ever made. The sound signature is on par with 5692 types. Excellent driver tube in high-end audio applications...you'll get the highs, mids, bass and details...an all-rounder preamp designed to simulate the rare NOS Tung-Sol VT231. Bettered my EH6SN7s both standard and gold versions as well as the Sovtek 6SN7s. Are there any more current productions? Definitely...the ShuGuang 6SN7 and a whole bunch of other chinese made which I haven't a chance to lay my hands on them yet.<br />
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Chinese ShuGuang 2A3C revered in <a href="http://www.audioasylum.com/">Audio Asylum</a> has taken the NOS by storm...this acclaimed 2A3 substitute with its 2A3 monoplate internal structure and 300B external glass enclosure is next to nothing at its price. Read its technical specifications <a href="http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/100385091/Shuguang_2a3c_2a3_Vacuum_Tube.html">here</a>. I wouldn't missed the world for it, 2A3C is extremely affordable compare to NOS and other famed new productions of <a href="http://www.tubesusa.com/ELtubes.html">Emission Labs EML meshplates</a>, AVVT, KR, EAT, JJ 2A3-40, Sophia 2A3 mesh plate globe and TJ meshplate. Competitively priced against EH2A3 Gold and Sovtek 2A3, it's a real bargain. Yamamoto Sound Craft now carry EML meshplates at attractive <a href="http://www2.117.ne.jp/~y-s/index-e.html">pricing</a>.<br />
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OTK 5U4G has pretty good dynamics. An equivalent to 5C3S and 5U3C russian made. Parallel black plates with springs on top, similar structure to the Sovtek 5U4G but rebranded OTK. Apparently Sovtek has ceased their 5U4G production, I wonder why...I quite like the Sovteks and the ShuGuang's 5U4G brown base 4pins.</div>
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NOS Brimar 6SN7GTY CV1988 is a rare and sought after tube. They are refined, detailed with full bandwidth.<br />
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It's strengths are its super soundstage - very wide open sound, it's a very musical tube, good midrange detail and high-end extension, bass ok but not thunderous.</div>
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Compared with RCA JAN-CRC-6SN7 VT-231 gray phosphor coated glass, brimar is warm, lush and full-bodied ideal for a thin sounding system, it'll balance things up...good for vocals, it's so smooth, detailed, transparent, and fills the room with sound.</div>
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Compared with Sylvania VT-231 their highs are more remote, and the bass is much lower and more prominent. They give an excellent and very lifelike presentation of orchestral works. Very dynamic overall performer!</div>
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The brimars were fabricated with several outlook, black base 1970's, brown base 1972's, metal base, clear glass and so on.</div>
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RCA JAN-CRC-5U4G VT-244...parallel black plates...clarity especially to the low frequencies and an all-rounder, does everything extremely well...takes away muddy bass and adds all the necessary details. Guess I'm hanging on to the current combo Brimar + ShuGuang + RCA...for a while.<br />
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High Fidelityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413872986931655671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941912450765210691.post-16076330706260012082008-08-27T23:16:00.019+08:002009-07-19T20:52:47.168+08:00isolation for goldmund dv-696av-s<div align="center">2008.08.28 Recommended by a Sun Audio buddy this is a weighty, dense, slimy, moist, rubbery looking dampening polymer, though looks & feels very much like sorbothane, for use with our <a href="http://www.echoloft.com/hifi-forum/index.php?topic=15872.0">£6k goldmund eidos 18d</a>*…ehhm…<a href="http://www.pioneer.com.sg/storefront2/ProductDetail/default.asp?ProductId=369&CatId=64,7,11">pioneer DV-696AV-S</a> universal player. “Spectra Dynamics Isolation Block 150” is a 1.5cm thick 15 by 15cm black square that is soft & sticky to your touch and extremely squeezy like gel soles in shoes and hand-rests on gel mouse pads from IT retail stores. To use position it on top of your cd player where the transport is located. It dampens the vibrations of the chasis when the cd spins in the transport. Does it works? Absolutely, background is calm and silent. You'll hear rounded highs, warmth, improved resolution, details and control...you'll enjoy listening to music playback at louder levels...you’ll be drawn in between the musical notes and the performers. For $40 there's no restraint for this kneading dough.<br /><br /><br />*Further <a href="http://www.goldmund.com/news/2008/01/">info</a> on the goldmund DV-696AV-S. <em>Goldmund acknowledges the use of pioneer dvd parts in all its recent models of CD/SACD/DVD players, simply they were the best designed. Goldmund has, for each new model, clearly announced which Pioneer model was used and how deeply they were modified...</em><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239581637566716306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SLa7vSbS2ZI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/VP0vrB3gaS8/s320/Pioneer.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">archived Pioneer dv-380-s universal player</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239581642243209698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SLa7vj2QeeI/AAAAAAAAAUY/C6F75qIYnOc/s320/Goldmund.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Goldmund Eidos 18d...If you look at the circuit board on the right and look at the big chip (ic). It has a orange dot on it.Also to the top left of that chip you will see a label. To the left of that label is a small capacitor. From this there seems to be a wire coming from it and going to the edge of the board. The pioneer player dosen't have these things.</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239581641956221650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SLa7vix1YtI/AAAAAAAAAUg/_Md4-jBd8Po/s320/Pioneer5.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">another internal picture of the pioneer 380</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239581649981364130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SLa7wArLV6I/AAAAAAAAAUo/mcAp7MpATzA/s320/Goldmund3.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">another picture of the goldmund 18d</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239581657764227122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SLa7wdqwaDI/AAAAAAAAAUw/SpJSMZ1nQXo/s320/Pioneer3.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">close-up of pioneer pcb</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239582069248132466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SLa8IakKhXI/AAAAAAAAAU4/l8aQxumgBAs/s320/Goldmund2.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">close-up of goldmund tweak on pioneer transport</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239582075764719650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SLa8Iy11wCI/AAAAAAAAAVA/AU_HibfXG74/s320/Pioneer4.jpg" border="0" /> </p><p align="center">pioneer remote control</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239582418781640898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SLa8cwrcmMI/AAAAAAAAAVg/5dWukfgmv38/s320/Goldmund5.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">both remote looks the same aside from goldmund's gold label</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239582084692185762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SLa8JUGUEqI/AAAAAAAAAVY/IK7pRKdMaiE/s320/Goldmund4.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">another shot of the goldmund & its remote<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239582075933374930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SLa8IzeDOdI/AAAAAAAAAVI/GYCmHVWOslk/s320/Pioneer2.jpg" border="0" /> pioneer dv-380-s</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239582082302230898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SLa8JLMgQXI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/3QdvHbwyuGE/s320/Pioneer2a.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">pioneer dv-600av-s</p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SLa8dHU0zII/AAAAAAAAAVo/zshRsI2Rj4o/s1600-h/eidos20_interior.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239582424860773506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SLa8dHU0zII/AAAAAAAAAVo/zshRsI2Rj4o/s320/eidos20_interior.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">goldmund acknowledged the use of pioneer parts</p>High Fidelityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413872986931655671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941912450765210691.post-80793033610549862192008-08-17T19:00:00.015+08:002016-06-20T19:35:20.619+08:00what a difference a TUBE makes?<span style="font-size: 130%;">2008.08.16</span> Thought I was absolutely satisfied with my tubes combo for my Sun Audio SV-2A3. The combo are current productions but extremely dynamic with lots'a prat, heavy bass, presence & power aplenty, they voiced and sounded unlike a flea 3.5watt SET, though lack refinement and delicate detail extension. These daily regulars are Tung-Sol 6SN7GTB, ShuGuang 2A3C and Sovtek 5U4G. The preamp tubes are dampened with herbie's microphonics-absorbing pads on titanium C-rings whilst the power and rectifier are dampened with plumber's white teflon tape.<br />
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With the extended high frequencies, refinement and delicate sonics of excellent unaffordable set-ups in recent HK HiFi Show 2008 still lingering and spinning in my dizzy head, I thought "what the heck perhaps my setup can sound just as good" I replaced the daily tubes with my stash of NOS, Tung-Sols to RCA-JAN-CRC-6SN7 VT-231, 2A3C to KenRad JAN-CKR-2A3 VT-95 and Sovtek to RCA-JAN-CRC-5U4G VT-244 and left the damper tweaks alone...refinement, delicateness, intricate details, revealing, ambience, air, clarity...<br />
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...the quartet above...VT231 extended sweet highs, VT-95 dynamics and VT-244 clarity.</div>
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My classic thorens TD160mkI spinz reliably on spring suspension and looking great in his new zebrano tuxedo whilst Linn Asaka digs the grooves from Linn Ittok LVII tonearm on <a href="http://www.soundsupports.com/">soundsupports</a> mounting plate...read all about thorens at <a href="http://www.theanalogdept.com/thorens_td_160_dept_.htm">The Analog Dept</a></div>
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you should get another spring suspension table <a href="http://www.linn.co.uk/hifi-separates/turntables" target="_blank">Linn LP12</a> that will work perfectly with rare black Ittok LVII...Introduced in 1972, the Sondek LP12 was Linn’s first product and helped demonstrate that the most important element in any quality music system is the source of the music itself. Launched at a time when amplifiers and loudspeakers were seen as being most critical to the performance of any system, the Sondek LP12 showed that extracting more information from the record itself was the most critical challenge. Quite simply, information lost at the source is lost forever...</div>
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This cart diggin' better on dispersion theory...<a href="http://www.dynavector.com/products/cart/e_17d3.html" target="_blank">17D3 Karat Diamond</a> is the first cartridge built using<a href="http://www.dynavector.com/etechnical/dispersion.html" target="_blank"> 'dispersion' theory</a>. Its Micro-Ridge stylus and very short (1.7mm) solid diamond cantilever give a huge reduction in 'frequency dispersion', unmatched dynamics and a high frequency extension all the way up to 100kHz. The latest patented magnet circuit design increases the output to 0.3mV with crystal clear mid-range and treble even during the largest symphonic crescendos.</div>
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So you asked what's the ultimate arm on LP12? Ekos or Aro?</div>
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Introducing Naim Aro the unipivot tonearm designed for LP12...The low-mass, Naim uni-pivot tone-arm is designed to offer the very best phono cartridges delicate yet precise support at all audio frequencies. Its geometry and construction ensure that difficulties with warped records, end of side distortion and temperature or humidity problems are greatly reduced. It incorporates a fixed headshell and an extremely stiff, light arm-tube. The low slung counterweight, used to adjust tracking force, places the mass in exactly the right position for both stability and minimum inertia and will remain set even when the arm-tube is lifted clear of the turntable.</div>
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Naim Aro deserves the Dynavector <a href="http://www.dynavector.com/products/cart/e_xx2mk2.html" target="_blank">XX2 MKII</a>...feature a <a href="http://www.dynavector.com/etechnical/fluxdamper.html" target="_blank">"magnetic flux damper" (patent) and softened magnetism" (patent)</a> processes that reject the magnetic fluctuation that is detrimental to a moving coil cartridges performance. The The DV XX-2 MKII retains the benefit of the flux damper but features the Alinco-5 magnet and the similar rigid construction to the Te Kaitora Rua. Alnico magnets exhibit high magnetic flux density combining with a low coercive therefore magnetic resistance is lower than other magnetic types such as rare earth and ferrite, providing the exceptional stability of the XX-2 MKII output voltage. There is also the additional advantage of low magnetic and electrical resistance contributing to a discernable improvement in sound quality. </div>
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Marantz 7 phono oem Glass Audio PH-1 + Denon AU-300LC step up serves the Thorens whilst <a href="http://www.dynavector.com/products/amp/e_p75mk2.html">Dynavector P75mkII</a> now synergizes with LP12, Naim Aro and XX2mkII</div>
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Multiple awards <a href="http://www.opera-consonance.com/products/Digital-filter-less%20DAC%20Concept%20page1.htm" target="_blank">Non-oversampling, Digital-filter-less DAC Concept by Ryohei Kusunoki</a> winner Opera Consonance <a href="http://www.opera-consonance.com/products/refcd120_linear.htm" target="_blank">CD-120 Linear</a> uses Philips's TDA-1543 non-oversampling DACs sings 16 bit 44.1kHz redbooks. Makes cds sounds analog and less digital.</div>
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A purist pre-amplifier...Symmetrical circuit board layout, Short signal path routing, UK--designed metal film resistors, US--made super low-noise resistors, Rotel toroidal transformer and power supply, 12v trigger power control. The RC-06 is a minimalist design engineered to preserve all of your music’s most fragile nuances...</div>
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Sonically, the <a href="http://www.arcdb.ws/SP16/SP16.html" target="_blank">SP16L</a> is pure fun as it easily unravels fine musical lines, bouncing along with surprising micro and macro-dynamic swings. The soundstage is big, airy and dimensional. Vocals have real body, making Ella, Frank or Diana sound like they're singing just for you. The SP16 is so good that it can be partnered with a vintage D100 or a new VT200MKII and sound glorious either way. And, it will make the sound come alive when it's used with an A/V processor....The SP16 is pure Audio Research, pure Class-A, with all-tube gain in line stage utilizing three select 12AX7 tubes in circuit...</div>
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Presenting <a href="http://www2.big.or.jp/~sunaudio/" target="_blank">Single-Ended Class A Operation without Negative Feedback</a><br />
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with RCA<a href="http://tdsl.duncanamps.com/show.php?des=6SN7GT" target="_blank">6SN7GT</a> preamps, EH<a href="http://tdsl.duncanamps.com/show.php?des=2A3" target="_blank">2A3</a> gold pin power triodes and RCA<a href="http://tdsl.duncanamps.com/show.php?des=5V4G" target="_blank">5V4G</a> rectifier.<br />
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... mundorf supreme 1200v/0.22uf silver-in-oil coupling caps swop out for <a href="http://www.v-cap.com/tftf-capacitors.php" target="_blank">V-Caps TFTF</a> 600v/0.22uf...<a href="http://www.vhaudio.com/21capacitorshootout.pdf" target="_blank">read</a> how V-Caps shot 21 others.<br />
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You can get Sun Audio SV2A3 at <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=9&pub=5575188885&toolid=10001&campid=5337902723&customid=&icep_uq=sun+audio+sv+sa3&icep_sellerId=&icep_ex_kw=&icep_sortBy=12&icep_catId=&icep_minPrice=&icep_maxPrice=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg" target="_blank">Ebay</a> <i style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; line-height: 22.176px;">(This website's biggest source of support is when you use the links when you get anything, regardless of the country in which you live, thank you)</i></div>
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Xindak XF1000E adopts the multilevel bidirectional exact filtering network which is made up of high-quality capacitor and inductance. Besides, it also adds a new function of phase detecting and adjusting. Thus can correct the connections of live line and zero line according to the phase detecting result. This is very satisfying especially for experienced audiophiles who have extremely high requirements on the sound quality and can not bear any noise on the power supply.</div>
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Usher Audio S-520 mini-monitor is a marvel of performance, quality and price. No other Usher loudspeaker has won more awards or been lauded by reviewers more often. At just $400 a pair, the 520s are a true Hi-Fi bargain. They deliver unprecedented dynamics and response for a cabinet of this size. For 2-channel and surround-sound mini-systems, 520s are ideal. Features include a 5-inch polypropylene woofer, 1-inch dome tweeter and magnetic shielding.</div>
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You can get Living Voice at <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=9&pub=5575188885&toolid=10001&campid=5337902723&customid=&icep_uq=Living+Voice+Auditorium&icep_sellerId=&icep_ex_kw=&icep_sortBy=12&icep_catId=&icep_minPrice=&icep_maxPrice=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg" target="_blank">Ebay</a> <i style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; line-height: 22.176px;">(This website's biggest source of support is when you use the links when you get anything, regardless of the country in which you live, thank you)</i></div>
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Spins while you clean..</h2>
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OEM Classic 33 chinese made record cleaning machine bought in 2007 HongKong HiFi Fair, is identical to the real mcCoy VPI 16.5 which replaces it.<br />
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You can get VPI 16.5 at <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=9&pub=5575188885&toolid=10001&campid=5337902723&customid=&icep_uq=vpi+16.5&icep_sellerId=&icep_ex_kw=&icep_sortBy=12&icep_catId=&icep_minPrice=&icep_maxPrice=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg" target="_blank">Ebay</a> <i style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; line-height: 22.176px;">(This website's biggest source of support is when you use the links when you get anything, regardless of the country in which you live, thank you)</i></div>
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High Fidelityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413872986931655671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941912450765210691.post-22778711001579864272008-08-17T16:05:00.014+08:002009-07-19T21:04:13.881+08:00HongKong HiFi Show 2008ROOM 408 - Jadis Electronics Ltd (<a href="http://www.21hifi.com/jadis">www.21hifi.com/jadis</a>)<br />MBL 1622sacd/cd, 101 Extreme<br /><em>full MBL system, similar setup as last year sounded clear, detail, extended highs, very refine and delicate</em><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SKfb93TdvUI/AAAAAAAAACU/x87NYHq6_ao/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235394947705584962" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SKfb93TdvUI/AAAAAAAAACU/x87NYHq6_ao/s320/1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />ROOM 409 - Jadis Electronics Ltd<br />Boulder + Wilson Audio<br /><em>more emphasis on prat and dynamics than MBL</em><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SKfcaAhJBUI/AAAAAAAAACc/00Ys5trJWMQ/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235395431215203650" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SKfcaAhJBUI/AAAAAAAAACc/00Ys5trJWMQ/s320/2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />ROOM 406 - Excel Hi Fi Co., Ltd (<a href="http://www.excel-hifi.com/">http://www.excel-hifi.com/</a>)<br />Krell Evolution + Siltech Pantheon<br /><em>detailed and well-balanced</em><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SKfdM8JbKAI/AAAAAAAAACk/p02O_gBUzbc/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235396306215315458" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SKfdM8JbKAI/AAAAAAAAACk/p02O_gBUzbc/s320/3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />ROOM 404 - Dah Chong Hong Ltd<br />Accuphase C-2810pre, M-6000amp, DP-800sacd/DC-801cd + Tannoy Kingdom 15<br /><em>controlled highs & lows, solid bass & well emphasized, good controlled</em><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SKfdM9L4ICI/AAAAAAAAACs/blthhbHEQTo/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235396306494038050" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SKfdM9L4ICI/AAAAAAAAACs/blthhbHEQTo/s320/4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />ROOM 402 - Audio Space Acoustic Laboratory Ltd (<a href="http://www.audiospace-hifi.com/">http://www.audiospace-hifi.com/</a>)<br />Audio Space Ref 3.1 300b (HK32,800)+ Dynaudio Confidence<br /><em>next to nothing at its pricing</em><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SKfdNN--LiI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Z3kydqiQDnE/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235396311003311650" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SKfdNN--LiI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Z3kydqiQDnE/s320/5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />ROOM 604 - Dynaudio Asia Ltd<br />DCS + Dynaudio<br /><em>small speakers but able to fill the room</em><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SKfdNFdJzeI/AAAAAAAAAC8/wLe7qZdHP9Q/s1600-h/6.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235396308713983458" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SKfdNFdJzeI/AAAAAAAAAC8/wLe7qZdHP9Q/s320/6.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />ROOM X06 - ANJ International Ltd. (<a href="http://www.audioevidence.com/">http://www.audioevidence.com/</a>)<br />Kondo M1000 MKIIpre (68萬), Gakuon IIamp (103萬) + Karma<br /><em>perhaps I heard the setup on the 1st day, for the $$$ it didn't really impress</em><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SKfdNEm1E_I/AAAAAAAAADE/NiQeVzFpZ08/s1600-h/7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235396308486132722" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SKfdNEm1E_I/AAAAAAAAADE/NiQeVzFpZ08/s320/7.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />ROOM 401A, 401B - Wise Sound Supplies Ltd<br />Solution 740cd, 700amp + Eventus Audio Nebula<br /><em>couldn't remember how this system sounded</em><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SKfdvMiUWFI/AAAAAAAAADM/lu7HaxlJrKI/s1600-h/8.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235396894730246226" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GVWJvSJSu9s/SKfdvMiUWFI/AAAAAAAAADM/lu7HaxlJrKI/s320/8.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />ROOM X07 - Sonus Faber Asia Ltd<br />Audio Research SP16 + Sonus Faber<br /><em>Home theatre & projection setup and sound rather good</em><br /><br />ROOM X08 - Avantgarde Hong Kong (<a href="http://www.avantgardehongkong.com/">http://www.avantgardehongkong.com/</a>)<br />Weiss + Avantgarde + Shunyata<br /><em>Setup sounded much better than in ISSE 08 (</em><a href="http://www.avmagazine.com/"><em>http://www.avmagazine.com/</em></a><em>) </em><br /><br />ROOM X03 - Garner Co.<br />Sugden Mono Block + Harbeth 40.1<br /><em>Sounded muffled and overly warm, where's the extended highs? </em>High Fidelityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413872986931655671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3941912450765210691.post-82088020821469469462008-08-17T00:49:00.011+08:002016-06-20T18:33:00.330+08:00...connectin'...<span style="font-size: 180%;">Links to forums I frequent:</span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #cc33cc;">you are enraged...you feel like flaming an echolofter, please login here...</span></em><br />
<a href="http://www.echoloft.com/" target="_blank">www.echoloft.com</a><br />
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<em><span style="color: #cc33cc;">A place for extremist?</span></em><br />
<a href="http://www.xtremeplace.com/" target="_blank">www.xtremeplace.com</a><br />
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<em><span style="color: #cc33cc;">AA? Is it Architectural Association?</span></em><br />
<a href="http://www.audioasylum.com/" target="_blank">www.audioasylum.com</a><br />
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<span style="color: #cc33cc;"><em>...flatearthed...</em></span><br />
<a href="http://forums.naimaudio.com/" target="_blank">forums.naimaudio.com</a><br />
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<em><span style="color: #cc33cc;">Introduced in 1972, the Sondek LP12 was Linn’s first product and helped demonstrate that the most important element in any quality music system is the source of the music itself...</span></em><a href="http://forums.linn.co.uk/bb/forumdisplay.php?fid=8" target="_blank">forums.linn.co.uk</a><br />
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<em><span style="color: #cc33cc;">excuse me sir, "what is a pinkfish? is it steamed promphet, red grouper, soon hock or..."</span></em><a href="http://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/index.php" target="_blank">pinkfishmedia.net/forum</a><br />
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<em><span style="color: #cc33cc;">...groovy...grooves...grovin'...</span></em><br />
<a href="http://www.vinylengine.com/turntable_forum/index.php" target="_blank">www.vinylengine.com</a><br />
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<em><span style="color: #cc33cc;">...hongkong's 黑膠...black rubber???</span></em><br />
<a href="http://www.vinylparadise.com/forums/index.php?sid=cc1a0fbdb32376558b15bc939ec4d676" target="_blank">www.vinylparadise.com/forums</a><br />
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<em><span style="color: #cc33cc;">what's happening in hongkong? here's OneStop...reviews, avforums, chat, 2ndhand, links...phew...</span></em><br />
<a href="http://www.review33.com/" target="_blank">www.review33.com/</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 180%;">V</span>INYLs anyone?<br />
<span style="color: #cc33cc;"><em>Introducing HongKong's Vinyl King...Mr Lee HC...</em></span><br />
<a href="http://www.vinylparadise.com/" target="_blank">www.vinylparadise.com/</a><br />
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ever wonder how <span style="font-size: 180%;">TUBES</span> bias point work?<br />
<em><span style="color: #cc33cc;">get in here...tubedepot...</span></em><br />
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