…but it went on succesfully with Consummate, Coherence II Series II, latest Synergy IIi, Criterion or Corus with PSU…
Even the smaller latest Capri S2-SC should be outstanding.
Jeff Rowland had so many fantastic products over the many years. Astonishing, that he could achieve a characteristic...
Hello,
unfortunately there are not many users of the PS Audio P20 directstream power plant out there, at least I don’t really read much about it?
Wouldn’t you recommend ist?
I had a P10 power plant for about one year in my system. First I thought it would be very good, but after some listening...
Do all the H-8000 phono stages have the silver SUT, or is it something that came just with later units? Do you know in which years?
I have just read today, that the production of the H-8000 DHT should stop in this year, 2024. Even if this was communicated some months ago, I am sad to hear that...
If you like the recordings of Schubert symphonies with Jonathan Nott, you should buy this complete edition. A wonderful double size, long box with big booklet for low price. A very nice edition of this astonishing project.
I have just received it and will listen on the weekend...
Byrdparis, no regret at all regarding the CH Precision phono after all those years?
Any other who has left Kondo phono stages or at least compared with other brands, especially when using Kondo IO cartridges and SFz?
Shawn, after your last reply here you seam to have switched from Kondo M7 to GE-10i.
How are the differences? Really great? Just more of everything, or maybe somehow different in one or other way?
As I see, you don’t use a Kondo cartridge. Was a IO-xp never a choice to think about for your...
hi, what do you mean with Kondo GE?
GE-1? GE-7? GE-10?
They are really in different price ranges and surely sound quite different.
So what was your comparison?
And can maybe other people tell about comparison between an Allnic DHT 8000 (just as a MM stage) and a Kondo GE-1 or KSL-7 Phono, if...
and how are the differences in speed, flow, detail, all these are the real strengths of the Brinkmann 12.1, at least if it is paired with good matching cartridges.
Please tell us more about the Aavik after one year.
last weekend I listen to a big Aavik(SD+I-880)/Borresen M3/Ansuz system in a demo and it was absolute fantastic, so effortless, fast, dynamic, controlled and present, a real new experience of listening.
Maybe any other owner of the big...
Just a small correction: the small monitor in Gabriel’s studio is not the 310 but the Neumann KH120, a fantastic little monitor for many years.
A quite new, a slightly bigger one is the KH150, that is a little revolution in this range of monitors.
Yes, I can absolutely recommend to listen to the...
Byrdparis, is there a kind of magic, that you don’t find with Etsuro Gold and Sumile? Do you like the IO-XP even without matching SFz SUT (at least i don’t find it in your list of gear) more and even “more magical” than your other really outstanding cartridges?
But maybe you can have very good...
“I could not imagine…..“
“No need to spend….“
…maybe you should really try it and hear it for yourself to believe it. Maybe then you will willing to pay more for a cartridge, too. Maybe…
But of course, cartridge/phonostage synergy is important in every price range.
Unfortunately I cannot read anything about the new Kondo cartridge.
Nobody uses it in his system?
Any listening experiences and comparisons to other excellent Japanese cartridges like Koetsu stonebody, MSL signature platinum, Air Tight, Sumile, Etsuro, Phasemation 2000 or 5000?
Thanks a lot for...
I love to listen to my friend‘s system with Sasha Daw and now Mephisto Stereo, earlier with Diablo 300. The step from Diablo 300 to Athena+Mephisto was really astonishing big, much more substance in the bottom region, much more controlled. Never thought to have such a good hearable difference...
https://audiocirc.com/2023/12/02/astellar-and-cart-protection/
i think, these are just pictures from the factory and audio shows, and he doesn’t have an A*Stellar on his own. (maybe not yet, who knows) But he uses many other Acoustical System products in his collection.
The Shostakovich with Masur is really very good, today received and just heard. Thanks a lot.
Maybe not as hard, dark and sarcastic as some other interpretations, more on the melodic and lighter side, but indeed very lively, well enlightened acoustics and good details.