Ron’s New System

[Johan K]

Congratulations Ron!

It looks very very nice ?? !! Very nice color contrast between the turntable, the platform and the new rack!

It’ll be awesome with the tonearms mounted!

/ Jk

 

[Audiohertz2]

Wow Ron

The whole package Looks super , they did a great job on your stand ..!

Audio Art ..!!!

 

[Ron Resnick]

Wow Ron

The whole package Looks super , they did a great job on your stand ..!

Audio Art ..!!!

Thank you. Yes, Peter Noerbaek did a great job on the stand!

 

[Ron Resnick]

I still own a lot of Cardas Golden Reference using rhodium plated plugs (speaker and ICs) and can assure you it does not sound thin and bright - the contrary IMO.

Francisco, how do you explain the anti-rhodium sentiments?

 

[Mike Lavigne]

Francisco, how do you explain the anti-rhodium sentiments?

i think Marty wrote some very involved and thoughtful posts about this question a few years back and possibly that was influential to some degree. also many systems don't have acoustics and signal path to hold up to neutrality. and variables of taste.

at the end of the day this is a fundamentally subjective question. like Japanese cartridges are all colored. easier to follow than lead.

YMMV

 

[Audiohertz2]

Thank you. Yes, Peter Noerbaek did a great job on the stand!

Know Peter pretty well , still running his PBN amps ..

 

[AudioGod]

Could you explain why you chose the Gryphon Pendragon and what other speakers did you consider ?
Thanks

 

[Ron Resnick]

Could you explain why you chose the Gryphon Pendragon

I have liked panel dipole speakers ever since I auditioned a bunch of different speakers, and ultimately selected Magnepan MG-IIIAs as my very first high-end audio loudspeaker.

My first "religious experience" of an audio nature occurred at Lyric Hi-Fi with Infinity IRS V loudspeakers. The Pendragon is a reimagined and simplified Infinity IRS V.

The Pendragon does the usual wonderful planar dipole open presentation job with vocals, and adds big bore woofage in an essentially simple two-way design. I think the planar magnetic/ribbon driver in the Pendragon offers more corporeal body than an electrostatic panel.

what other speakers did you consider ?

Analysis Audio Amphitryon
Apogee Full Range
Genesis Prime
Goebel Divin Majestic
Graz neo-Diva
Magnepan 20.7 and 30.7
Martin-Logan Neolith
Rockport Arrakis
Rockport Lyra
Tune Audio Avaton
Von Schweikert Audio Ultra 11

 

[Johan K]

I have liked panel dipole speakers ever since I auditioned a bunch of different speakers, and ultimately selected Magnepan MG-IIIAs as my very first high-end audio loudspeaker.

My first "religious experience" of an audio nature occurred at Lyric Hi-Fi with Infinity IRS V loudspeakers. The Pendragon is a reimagined and simplified Infinity IRS V.

The Pendragon does the usual wonderful planar dipole open presentation job with vocals, and adds big bore woofage in an essentially simple two-way design. I think the planar magnetic/ribbon driver in the Pendragon offers more corporeal body than an electrostatic panel.


Analysis Audio Amphitryon
Apogee Full Range
Genesis Prime
Goebel Divin Majestic
Graz neo-Diva
Magnepan 20.7 and 30.7
Martin-Logan Neolith
Rockport Arrakis
Rockport Lyra
Tune Audio Avaton
Von Schweikert Audio Ultra 11

Ron,

The Martin Logan Neolith, with a sixpack of Martin Logan - Balanced Force 212’s, would have been a nice set up in your room. With an extra preamp to the subwoofer stack, it would have been a killer setup!! I like your choice of the Pendragons… they are awesome… But a monster Martin Logan setup had been a neat thought in my opinion. And the subwoofer stack had been more easy to interact with the main speakers / planars… just saying…

Anyhow - I love your system as it has evolved.

But as a Martin Logan fan… you know… haha

Cheers / Jk

 

[Folsom]

also many systems don't have acoustics and signal path to hold up to neutrality

Synergy with your system isn't ineptitude with all other systems.

 

[Ron Resnick]

Ron,

The Martin Logan Neolith, with a sixpack of Martin Logan - Balanced Force 212’s, would have been a nice set up in your room. With an extra preamp to the subwoofer stack, it would have been a killer setup!! I like your choice of the Pendragons… they are awesome… But a monster Martin Logan setup had been a neat thought in my opinion. And the subwoofer stack had been more easy to interact with the main speakers / planars… just saying…

Anyhow - I love your system as it has evolved.

But as a Martin Logan fan… you know… haha

Cheers / Jk

I had Martin-Logan speakers for 26 years!

Several times I asked Peter Soderberg to have Martin-Logan make a Statement E3 based on the Neolith.

 

[Johan K]

I had Martin-Logan speakers for 26 years!

Several times I asked Peter Soderberg to have Martin-Logan make a Statement E3 based on the Neolith.

Crazy they didn’t go through with that…

A killer system in it’s own right, don’t you think?!

Making the E2 look like a pair of bookshelfs, haha…

Lagonda had been crazy mad then… hahaha!!

 

[Johan K]

I have had my ReQuests for 23 years now and they still makes me drop my yaw… Love them!!

 

[Ron Resnick]

Crazy they didn’t go through with that…

Not at all; it probably made no business sense.

 

[wisnon]

Thanks to Joe Cali the Brinkmann Balance is installed.

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Drop dead gorgeous. So clean and elegant.

 

[wisnon]

I have liked panel dipole speakers ever since I auditioned a bunch of different speakers, and ultimately selected Magnepan MG-IIIAs as my very first high-end audio loudspeaker.

My first "religious experience" of an audio nature occurred at Lyric Hi-Fi with Infinity IRS V loudspeakers. The Pendragon is a reimagined and simplified Infinity IRS V.

The Pendragon does the usual wonderful planar dipole open presentation job with vocals, and adds big bore woofage in an essentially simple two-way design. I think the planar magnetic/ribbon driver in the Pendragon offers more corporeal body than an electrostatic panel.


Analysis Audio Amphitryon
Apogee Full Range
Genesis Prime
Goebel Divin Majestic
Graz neo-Diva
Magnepan 20.7 and 30.7
Martin-Logan Neolith
Rockport Arrakis
Rockport Lyra
Tune Audio Avaton
Von Schweikert Audio Ultra 11

I am addicted to the open baffle dipole Heil driver myself....

 

[microstrip]

Francisco, how do you explain the anti-rhodium sentiments?

The same way I can explain most anti-X sentiments in WBF. Some one dislikes a product ans spends some time writing why he dislikes it is his system and experience. A few who also dislike it join the party and add a few imaginative reasons why technically it should be so, preferably speaking loud. The WBF active community is small and the local myth is fast created.

IMO some of these myths also are related to visual aspects - polished silver is naturally bright, it should sound bright. Copper looks neutral, it should sound neutral. Rodhium is an hard and reflective metal, it should sound bright.

BTW, sometimes cables have a sound signature in a system and can sound very different in another system.

Surely all IMO, YMMV.

 

[microstrip]

I had Martin-Logan speakers for 26 years!

Several times I asked Peter Soderberg to have Martin-Logan make a Statement E3 based on the Neolith.

How does the area of the electrostatic panel of the Statement R2 compare to the area of the Neolith panel?

 

[Johan K]

How does the area of the electrostatic panel of the Statement R2 compare to the area of the Neolith panel?

It is bigger than on the E2 panel !

 

[Johan K]

Would love to have the Neolith if I could afford it… It would be a good complement to my six BF-210 Martin Logan Subwoofers.