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    Oligarch audio? bite the hand that feeds you me thinks!

    I did not realized that he is a TAS writer. I assumed he was an envious blogger at best. Now it should be an interesting coffee break chat with his colleagues and their systems (Harley, Fremer et all), and with the manufacturers of the really expensive gear they review and cherish in every issue...
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    Oligarch audio? bite the hand that feeds you me thinks!

    Hi Carlos, thank you for your reply. I did not missed the point, i just ignored it as it is just an opinion with not substance or support. What I found relevant is the use of a word that currently have such a negative connotation, and feel proud of it, just because somebody went above his...
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    Oligarch audio? bite the hand that feeds you me thinks!

    After reading the this article, the only phrase that his publisher should have made is “illiterate aggression”. Before taking such pedantic position, it would have been wise to research the meaning of the words properly. Since ancient Greek times to today, oligarch have a social and political...
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    New Product Announcement the Divin Sovereign

    As we have discuss many times, my Reference Aeon work really well in my room, with plenty of well defined, deep reaching bass. However it is a large room, and I like some more weight and impact in the low frequencies, and at the same time get the extra sense of space and atmosphere that really...
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    Bending Wave at RMAF 2019

    it is indeed
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    Bending Wave at RMAF 2019

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    Bending Wave at RMAF 2019

    Much better this way
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    Bending Wave at RMAF 2019

    From the picture it look like the speakers are not angled towards the listener. Not the usual set up for them. Even though Oliver and you were clear and precise about optimal set up guidelines, which were totally correct, I tried with the speakers pointing straight back just for experiment, and...
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    Bending Wave at RMAF 2019

    Hi Elliot, do you have a translation?
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    Big trial Gobel Lacorde Statement

    Hi Gian, The Goebel cables work really good with the CH gear. In my view the first thing they do is clean, or take away, all unwanted noise, resonances, harshness etc. so sound comes very nice, clean detailed, without loosing anything in the process. On top of that they remain warm and really...
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    Visit to Bending Wave USA--Gobel and CH Precision---state of the art

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    Visit to Bending Wave USA--Gobel and CH Precision---state of the art

    Good evening Ron, I cannot speak but for my experience, but in my system I would not change the coherence across the range that these speakers alone provide for anything; they provide more than enough of what I like alone, and the integration of the components and coherence of sound is the best...
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    Visit to Bending Wave USA--Gobel and CH Precision---state of the art

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    Visit to Bending Wave USA--Gobel and CH Precision---state of the art

    Hi. Fair point. Wrong choice of words. What I was trying to say was lack of “chestiness” (hope is the right word), meaning that the voice is congested, with an unatural accent in the low registers. Voice here is really natural with no added or substracted warmth or body. One good thing I have...
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    Visit to Bending Wave USA--Gobel and CH Precision---state of the art

    Hi Elliot, Now that my new Goebel Aeon speakers have been dialed into my room, and the system has settled down, I am very glad to tell you that these speakers have exeeded all my expectations, by a lot. For the benefit of other readers here, my current system comprises a TW Acustic Black Knight...
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    Are there more differences than similarities between CH Precision and other top Swiss brands?

    Hi, I have been traveling and just notice this thread. In my case change from tubes to SS initially came mostly due to amp reliability. Ref 750SE are great, but it has 17 KT150 tubes and that is a lot to manage. To really find 16 well matched tubes is not easy and at the end only ARC was able to...
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    From 1 M1 Stereo to 2 M1 Bridge

    I initiated my CH system with one M1 running in stereo, driving reasonable efficient (92db) and benign load (8, Min 4) Nola speakers. A second M1 was already on its way, however I though it would be excessive, as a single amp was driving the speakers to any level without effort, and the sound...
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    From ARC to CH Precision

    No. Two arms at the same time. The third and fourth arms are complicated and awkward to use. What I am doing now is that the three carts are mounted each on one arm, which in turn is mounted on an arm board; each arm board has marks to align it in either one of the mounting towers, so whenever I...
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    From ARC to CH Precision

    I cannot speak for the regular Madame, as I have not hear it in my system. But the Madame Snakewood is indeed very natural, but not at the expense of softness or mellowness or lack of weight or energy. Definitely natural. I do not think I would replace my Atlas with it if I have to keep just...
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    From ARC to CH Precision

    P.D. As a point of reference, I have had on my previous ARC system GFS, Air Tight PC 1 Supreme, Ortofon A95, Lyra Atlas and Transfiguration Proteus D and Madake Snakewood
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    From ARC to CH Precision

    Madake Snakewood has been one of the best surprises I have had in cart selection. I was looking for a softer (in a good way) alternative to the Atlas and an Ortofon A95 I had installed at the time, and Jeff Catalano (TW distributor) suggested the Madake. I have know Jeff for many years and know...
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    From ARC to CH Precision

    Nice carts. I have been tempted by Coralstone to have a complete different flavor but have not been able to get any consistent points of view on it. Not only for it sound (some love some hate it) but also for consistency of the carts
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    From ARC to CH Precision

    I can try from an user point of view. The setup wizard works by applying diferent loads to a signal that comes in a supplied test record. You set the initial border parameters and it will run the test and display the resulting curves. Once you find out what is the better range and run the test...
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    From ARC to CH Precision

    Thank you. Always good to know that others went through the same path with similar results. Agree on X1´s. They are part of the plan and, as you said, is matter of time and funds. On the P1, with the Proteus D, I find that the current input is a clear winner. However, with the Atlas may be 60/40...
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    From ARC to CH Precision

    I recently completed a switch from a full top of the line ARC system (Ref 10 Phono Pre, Ref 10 Pre, Ref 750SE Amps), to a full CH Precision system (P1 Phono, L1 Pre, M1 Amps), and the result has been great, well beyond my expectations. As a background, I only use a turntable (TW Acustic, TW...
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    New M1 Arriving

    A few weeks ago I had the privilege of being invited once again to Priaptor home to listen to his updated system. Mainly the changes were Goebel cables and CH M1 amp instead of ARC. From previous visits I was familiar with the sound of the room, and also familiar with the sound of Nola’s...
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    Gobel Lacorde Statement Cables have arrived

    For reference purposes, my system include TW-Acustc AC3 Black Knight Mods 2x TW-Acustic 10.5 Arms, Lyra Atlas, Miyajima Madame Snakewood ARC Ref 10 Phono, ARC Ref 10 Pre, ARC Ref 750SE Magneplanar 20.7 (temp, replacing Nola Baby Gold Reference while new set acquired) Nordost Valhalla 2...
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    Gobel Lacorde Statement Cables have arrived

    Hi Elliot, Finally received my Statement speaker cables a couple of days ago. Some limited burn in so far, but wanted to share my initial views. They are replacing my Nordost Valhalla 2 cables, which I considered excellent cables (still do, just in a different level). The first thing I noticed...

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