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The Japanese manufacture Audio Note by the infamous Kondo-San announced a new revolutionary amplifier. The name of the amplifier unfortunately could not be spelled or pronounced in English and therefore the US distributor Mr. Klein calls it “NDiP” or...
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If the idea was to demonstrate the unbelievable fidelity of these speakers why wouldn't they use an instrument everyone had heard live or barring that bring in a set of taiko drums and let some taiko player have at it? It's hard to tell from an MP3 f...
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Crushing some Japanese CD shops I came across an interesting new thing: the SHM-CD format. As I understand the SHM-CD is JVC development based on a manufacturing process of LCD displays. SHM-CD uses polycarbonate plastic that improves characteristic ...
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The Bohuslav Martinu’s last Symphony No. 6, or as it called "Fantaisies Symphoniques" that I feel is a better name (it does not sound to me as “Symphony”, too playful), is one of those secretive little treasures that no one plays, and it is a sha...
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When I wrote that article about 4 years ago, I received responses from a couple of different countries asking about the feasibility of opening and maintaining such establishments today. I had to give them a very negative answers unless they hav...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]I do have a problem however with the notion that the reproduction of 'western' music requires different attributes than the reproduction of other types of music, for example Indian, Chinese or Japanese classical music. That...
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There are some “unlucky” compositions for “audio people”. For instance the Mozart’s Requiem: still there is no good performance of this work committed to a recording media. Yes, there are more or less OK performances of the Requiem but the comple...
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[quote user="marknoir"] I contacted seller last night ( one day after I bought it) and he refused to take it back and refund the money. There are some real a-holes out there. [/quote] Marknoir, he is not necessarily an a-holes. If I sell you a cartri...
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Hello,I just logged myself in so first of all: Hi Everybody ;)Few days ago I aquired a pair of very interesting 3way horn speakers which seem, as I imagine, to ba an ambitious DIY project from the past. These are basically the Altec Vott A7 replicas ...
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Alessandro Baricco, the italian writer, during a (cool, snobbish, culturally provoking and enriching) TV program, "Chetempochefa" conducted by Fabio Fazio, he captured every Man of Good-will's attention with a "letio magistralis" about... you'd bet i...
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Personal, I do not use WE555 and I do not (would not) use the WE555-type horns. Hypothetically if one would go for 4-way system with WE555-like driver in upperbass then it is valid solution, not something that I appreciate but valid. The WE555 is ve...
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[quote user="decoud"]it is worth reiterating in this thread -- and perhaps Romy should update his advice in the relevant section -- that exotic japanese teflon sockets such as the one made by yamamoto soundcraft are no good for the 6c33c, whether bec...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The whole point that higher flux in the gap is beneficiary ONLY of high frequency extreme (HF) and the very same higher flux very much reflects negatively for opposite frequency extreme or even at mid range as it overtrump ...
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I agree Japanese food is sublime, and if you like spices, then very good Indian food can be fantastic (but I doubt you can eat that type of Indian food in the US). Even in India, it can only be had at select places (like the fish Tikka in Delhi Obero...
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There isn't much in Japanese page either. I checked some other sites including Universal's own, but all what they say are;Material Characteristics-Uses a different polycarbonate plastic which has improved transparency and superior opt...
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Hm, I do not think that it all might be as expensive. If I rebuild Macondo now from scratch then it will be probably around $10K-$12K. The cost of midbass horn will be we around $15K and the 12ch DSET would be around $18K. So the number of $40K does ...
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/power-trip-japanese-audiophiles-go-to-extremes-to-get-pure-energy-2016-08-14
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The first one is Wand’s live recording with Berlin in 1999. It was Bruckner Seventh. I heard a few Wand’s Bruckner Seventh and I do not like any of them. This one from 1999 is the best Wand with Bruckner 7, however it does ...
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[quote user="el`Ol"] Some facts:The Japanese horn scene uses colored amps like 300B and prefers to buy Japanese amps.American horns are mostly slightly modified pro gear, quite a bit away from the price range Lamm has in mind, so the market there is ...
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The Japanese Christopher Witmer posted at the Sewers some finny pictures of another Klangfilm “invention”. It is hardly could be imagined more bogus design for a two way horn systems – no wonder that people hate horns…
I wonder if one of the ...
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Thanks Romy, your comment above cleared some of the questions I had regarding 50/60hz midbass horns.I found some info on the driver after digging through Japanese sites. I don't know if these info will help interpret wither the woofer will be go...
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Thanks for all the replies. I've got a fellow hornie friend who knows someone in the Japanese GOTO agency who can understand English. I'll try bouncing the idea off theem & see what they say....
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It's also coming out from Warner/France. About $80 at Japanese HMV. The release date in Japan is 04/30/2008.http://www.hmv.co.jp/news/article/804090072Yoshi...
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The folks who read my site know that I keep puling from Tokyo’s HMV the Japanese domestic mastering of the performances that I have interest in. The Japanese for own market just press with completely deferent level of quality and I love their masteri...
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If you are in Asahina, I am not; there the Osaka Philharmonic is selling off its stock of LP recordings. Information (in Japanese) is available at: http://www.osaka-phil.com/news/detail.php?d=20071123 All LPs are new and unsprayed. ...
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In the past you've referred to current loading in the context of cable length. I recently experienced this when I experimented with moving my amps. I needed to increase the IC length from 1 meter to 3 meters. The only IC I had at that length was an o...
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Agree with most of these but I think your being a bit kind to B&W. Less of a cigarette paper more of a 13 Tog Duvet. Which Audio Note product did you hear that you thought so little of? The UK made stuff and the Japanese stuff are very different....
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Shake yourself, N-set!Surely, there must be more practical options?Aren't there plenty of fresh, new throwback and cult cartridges available from legitimate, contemporary Japanese, Danish and German companies?Sealed suspension, new stylus, my ass...B...
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Hi Romy, I have not read all the threads, but I remember seeing a picture in a Japanese audio magazine of 2 Micros driven in the C configuration. In my mind they both looked like RX5000s, but maybe they were of different weights/materials. Regards, J...
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Hi,I was really just wondering whether effectively almost doubling the rotating mass made any audible difference to the presentation. From your experience, it would seem not which suggests that the kinetic energy stored by one SX8000 platter is ...
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