tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29820226958413729402024-02-19T07:29:16.091-08:00Listening Room South Africa - Product Awards & ReviewsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982022695841372940.post-63766430049177171342014-06-23T06:00:00.000-07:002014-08-19T03:05:58.017-07:00<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982022695841372940.post-22652361850714677542014-06-23T05:47:00.003-07:002014-06-23T05:47:54.598-07:00WOO AUDIO<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="background: white;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">"My favourite product of the entire RMA 2011 show goes to Woo Audio and
its 234 Mono-block headphone amp. After listening to these mono-blocks I
couldn't get the awesome sound out of my head for the rest of the show. I still
remember the sound even as I type this show report." - <b>The
Computeraudiophile.com</b></span></i></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982022695841372940.post-30113650963519267262014-06-23T05:44:00.002-07:002014-06-23T05:44:46.035-07:00MANLEY<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b>Mahi Monoblocks</b></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">"It was truth of timbre, transparency,
focus, soundstaging, and most of all, the ability of the music to move
emotionally that allowed the Mahis to win me over." - <b>Enjoy the Music</b></span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">"The Manley Mahis are easily the best
push-pull amps I've heard in my system." -<b> Soundstage</b></span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">"Highly recommended." - <b>Tone Audio</b></span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b>The Snapper</b></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i> </i></span><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;"> "I simply enjoyed
music on an emotional level with the Snappers that the other solid-state amps
just never achieved. -<b> Stereo Times</b></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">"They offer outstanding performance,
beautiful design, and superb parts and build quality. Make a special effort to
hear (and see) these amplifiers." - <b>The Absolute Sound</b></span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">"The Snappers are a pair of exceptionally
quiet monoblock tube amps from one of the top manufacturers on the North
American continent." -<b> The Inner Ear</b></span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Manley
250's</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"In triode mode a pair of Manleys produces a remarkably three
dimensional soundfield that is both convincing and seductive. When switched
into tetrode mode, the Manleys have the brawn to deliver a full symphony
orchestra directly into your living room. When I listened through the same cut
through the triode mode tube amps, I cried. Yup, tears ran down my cheeks while
I bounced up and down, waving my arms, physically buffeted by the raw emotion
of the music. Emotion, that essential component at the very core of great
music. The Manleys pass through that emotional information, but the
(solid-state amps) don't."<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b>Neo-classic 250 watt Monoblock</b></span></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">These are
great amplifiers that make music in the home a joy."<b> - Enjoy the
Music</b></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b>Awards</b></span></i></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Class A
recommended component –<b> Stereophile</b></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b>Stingray
i-Tube</b></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Golden Ear
Award -<b> The Absolute Sound</b></i></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982022695841372940.post-33011618886443757522014-06-23T05:41:00.003-07:002014-06-23T05:41:59.917-07:00QUICKSILVER<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>V4 Mono Power
Amp</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">"The V4 recreates a
musical event on a scale and with a solidity, roundedness, and
three-dimensionality matched by few and surpassed by no other amplifiers, with
sensational dynamic-range to boot. " <strong>Paul Seydor, the absolute sound,October 2002.</strong></span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"Connecting the
Quicksilver Audio V4s quickily revealed that these were very good sounding amps
indeed. Space, delicacy, transparency, and overall musical believability were
of high order." </i><strong><i>Bascom
King, Audio, February 1998.</i><o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Horn Mono Amp</b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">"I was frankly
astonished by the measured performance of the Quicksilver Horn Mono . . ."<b>
John Atkinson, Stereophile,May 2002. </b></span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br />
"Given its sound, as well as its quality of parts and construction, this
is an obvious bargain." <b>Robert Deutsch, Stereophile,May 2002. </b></i></span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982022695841372940.post-12537611574800963422014-06-23T05:39:00.004-07:002014-06-23T05:47:07.079-07:00PERREAUX<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b>Audiant 80i - 80W</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">"Essentially neutral, as
most competently designed solid-state amps tend to be, it has a subtle yet
unmistakably darkly romantic side—thus transient information and presence
aren’t filed to a hard gleaming edge, distinct fromthe overall presentation.
Rather percussive attack and other upper harmonic minutiae have a more
rounded", softer dimension.June 27th, 2011-<b> by Neil Gader The Absolute
Sound</b></span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>150i 150W </b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">"</span></i></span><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">building the music scene, the space he paints with
great charm, flinging wide stereo imaging azimuth, clearly drawing the
background scene".</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="background: white;">New
Zealand</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="background: white;">’s Perreaux squeezes
bona-fide high-end performance out of a lifestyle friendly integrated
amplifier.- <b>By Steve Guttenberg</b></span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>250i 250W</b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">"From the outset, the
250i sounded effortless, smooth and incisive, with that authoritative thrust so
typical of a big-balls of amplifier, but all the dainty detail, air and
stage space expected of a top-end integrated amplifier." <b>- Deon
Schoeman </b></span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>“The 250i is pretty close to
my dream amp. I don’t really like the plastic remote or the display, but the
sound is a perfect match for the Theophanies: it brings out that effortless
deep bass and crystal-clear tops with no sign of ‘thinning’ anywhere. Quite
depressing, really, considering the state of my finances” - <b>A certain Tone
editor who borrowed the 250i</b></i></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Perreaux eloquence CD</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i> "Not to mention a
separate path for headphones - a rare case of care for music lovers, night
owls. CD-player (or rather, transport, own TsAP'a have no apparatus) is a
"product support" designed to create the perfect combination with the
main source of pride Perreaux." - <b>"Stereo & Video", February
2011.</b><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Perreaux CD1 Prisma <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">“</span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="background: white;">New
Zealand</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="background: white;">'s remoteness from the rest
of the world does not prevent it from being one of the centers of audio
industry and regularly amazing audiophile various novelties." -<b>
"Hi-Fi.ru"</b>, </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">"Add the admirable build
quality, the versatility on offer, and the general commitment
to enjoyable audio, and this Kiwi kit deserves to be on any
discerning audio buyer’s shopping list."-<b> Deon Schoeman</b></span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982022695841372940.post-22945067180778154732014-06-23T05:37:00.004-07:002014-06-23T05:37:49.057-07:00CARY AUDIO<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> 211FE and Cary SLP 05</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">"As
I spend more time with these </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i><span style="background: white;">Cary</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i><span style="background: white;"> components, and with other associated equipment,
I’ll have occasion to report back with further thoughts. Until then, I intend
to fully enjoy my music collection with one of the finest sets of electronics
I’ve encountered in quite some time."</span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<!--[endif]--></i><span style="background: white;"><b><i>Wayne Garcia of The Absolute Sound.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background: white;">SLP 05 <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">"I'm not going to mince
words; the </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i><span style="background: white;">Cary</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i><span style="background: white;">
Audio SLP-05 is one of the finest preamplifiers I have ever heard. And I've
heard many. It's rare when a single component can impart such a profound impact
on the performance of a system, but the SLP-05 took my system up a notch, maybe
three." </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<!--[endif]--></b></i><span style="background: white;"><b><i>HT Review</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">211FE</span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">Described as one of the top 5
amplifiers in the world regardless of price. Positive Feedback had this to
say.......</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">"I really do not want to
go on and one here, as Bob hit the nail right on the head—these are of
reference quality and have few peers at any price. That is musical peers, which
is all I really care about" </span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;"><b>- Robert H. Levi - Positive
Feedback</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">"This is the pure,
powerful triode amp you’ve waited for. It will power any speaker I know of,
regardless of type or efficiency. Its sound is both triode big and triode
delicate, and that’s quite a trick. At $20 000.00 it’s pricey, but the
construction and musicality give high confidence that this effort at scaling </span></i><st1:place><st1:placetype><i><span style="background: white;">Mt.</span></i></st1:placetype><i><span style="background: white;"> </span></i><st1:placename><i><span style="background: white;">Olympus</span></i></st1:placename></st1:place><i><span style="background: white;"> is
worth every nickel. The </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i><span style="background: white;">Cary</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i><span style="background: white;"> 211s
are one of the five or so best tube amps on the planet. Happy anniversary,
211s!" </span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>-<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Robert H. Levi of Positive Feedback</b></span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982022695841372940.post-16928117436017890522014-06-23T05:35:00.004-07:002014-06-23T05:35:55.957-07:00SOTA<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">Comet Turntable</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="background: white;">Awards </span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;"><i>Recommended
Component - <b>Stereophile</b></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the SOTA Comet. This is
a well-designed system and its parts and materials work in harmony to produce
considerable musical enjoyment for a modest investment." - <b>Positive
Feedback</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;"><b>The Cosmos Vacuum Table</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;"><b>Awards</b></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">Golden Ear
Award - The Absolute Sound, Editor's Choice - The Absolute Sound</span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">...series III Cosmos threw a cavernous
stage that was evenly illuminated from front to back and side to side." -<b>
Stereophile</b></span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"I'm not going to pronounce the Sota Cosmos
Series III the best turntable in the world, whatever that may be. But the few -
they are very few that are in my experience it's equal cost over twice to
multiples it's price, while I know of none that is, taken all in all, it's
superior." - <b>The Absolute Sound</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The
Millenia</span></span></b><br /><i style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;">"It's the
SOTA's ability to separate musical instruments while still producing a
cohesive whole that's really breathtaking. Rarely has any component made
it so easy to pick out instruments and follow them regardless of the
complexity of the mix." - <b>What Hi-Fi</b></span></i><div>
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<b><i><br /></i></b></div>
<strong style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white;">"</span></i></strong><i style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;">Whether it's
a huge orchestral slam or a slice of thumping techno, the SOTA has the
ability to hypnotize with the way it's able to separate instruments in the
mix. Vinyl reproduction doesn't come better than this." - <b>Editors
Choice, Stuff Magazine</b></span></i></div>
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<b><i><br /></i></b></div>
<i style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;">"Exceptional
midrange clarity is its most distinctive attraction, and highs are silky
smooth. Dynamics are good, and the bass is very defined." -
<b>Recommended Systems Components, The Absolute Sound</b></span></i></div>
<div>
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<b><i><br /></i></b></div>
<i style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;">"...a
space-age, drop-dead-gorgeous concoction of gloss black naughtiness.
Gorgeous to look at, gorgeous to listen to... Sound quality is superb and
in terms of sound staging and tonal accuracy it leads the pack. The Reflex
Clamp is the best-built, and most effective design I have come
across." - <b>TNT Audio</b></span></i></div>
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<b><i><br /></i></b></div>
<i style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;">"The
fact that the Millennia acquitted itself well against products double its
price says a lot for its design integrity. I was struck again and again by
the excellence and immediacy of the best analog." - <b>The Absolute
Sound</b></span></i></div>
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<b><i><br /></i></b></div>
<i style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;">"The
SOTAs are the only suspended turntables that are absolutely,
unconditionally stable over time, a statement I make from personal
experience." - <b>The Absolute Sound</b></span></i></div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><i><br /></i></b></div>
<i style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;">"...breathtaking.
Rarely has any component made it so easy to pick out instruments and
follow them regardless of the complexity of the mix." -<b> What Hi Fi</b></span></i></div>
<div>
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<b><i><br /></i></b></div>
<i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Vinyl
reproduction doesn't come much better than this." - <b>Stuff Magazine</b></span></span></i><ul type="disc">
</ul>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982022695841372940.post-80672811886242403102014-06-23T05:32:00.003-07:002014-06-23T05:32:19.199-07:00SUTHERLAND<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">PH3D Phonostage</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>The
Absolute Sound </b>selected it as ‘Phono Preamplifier of the Year’ in 2007.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982022695841372940.post-46904397308802377122014-06-23T05:30:00.003-07:002014-06-23T05:30:26.757-07:00KOETSU<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Urushi Vermillion</b></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;">"I've just
spent a few months with Koetsu's Urushi Vermillion, and it's safe to say that
those who worried that the magic might have disappeared along with the elder
Sugano needn't have... the Vermillion and the rest of the Urushi series offer
an addictive balance of high-resolution detail and exceptional evocation of
instrumental textures few, if any, are capable of re-creating instrumental
textures the way the Vermillion does I've been playing the Beatles' Abbey Road
for almost 40 years now, and the Vermillion took the voices, particularly
George Harrison's and Ringo's to new levels of jump-from-my-seat believability.
Regardless of musical and sonic tastes, I can't imagine anyone's encounter with
a Koetsu Urushi Vermillion being anything other than memorably ear-opening.
It's one of a handful of the most musically engaging cartridges I've
heard." <b>Michael Fremer, Stereophile, January 2008</b></span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white;"><b>Coralstone</b></span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"...understated beauty
of the petrified coral bodes... so rare is the material that cartridges in this
guise will only be available in the US, with production unlikely to exceed a
couple of dozen... stunning naturalness and presence... a sense of substance
and stability to the image... big and rich and vibrant... There's a rightness,
an immediately convincing quality to its presentation that draws you into the
music." - <b>Richard S. Foster, Hi-Fi+, Issue 43</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982022695841372940.post-31000889311726039472014-06-23T05:27:00.002-07:002014-06-23T05:29:00.537-07:00VANDERSTEEN<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">MODEL 2CE SIGNATURE</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;"><b>Awards: </b></span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">Editor's Choice - <b>Stereophile
2001</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">Affordable Speaker of the
Year - <b>The Absolute Sound 2002</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">Best Buy - <b>Consumer Digest</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">Golden Note Winner</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="background: white; font-family: inherit;"><i>Stereoplate Class B</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="background-color: transparent;">MODEL 3A SIGNATURE</span> </o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Awards</i>:</span></strong></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: inherit;"><i>Class A - Restricted bass –
<b>Stereophile</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: inherit;">MODEL 5A</span></div>
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<strong><span style="background: white; font-family: inherit;"><i>Awards<o:p></o:p></i></span></strong></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="background: white; font-family: inherit;"><i>Golden Ear Award 2003 - <b>The
Absolute Sound</b></i></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982022695841372940.post-57668990754145556072014-06-23T05:22:00.002-07:002015-03-09T04:29:02.834-07:00EGGLESTONWORKS<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">"The Eggleston Works’ philosophy is simple - creation of the best loudspeakers in the world. Some of the best recording studios and mastering engineers choose Eggleston Works loudspeakers. Why? Reproduction accuracy. Eggleston Works Loudspeakers neither add nor take away from music, they are state of the art.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Created as the ultimate mastering studio loudspeaker, capable of awesome dynamics yet accurate for the finest professional applications. You probably own music recorded and mastered on these speakers."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Fontaine II</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">"Perhaps the highest
praise I can bestow upon the Fontaine II is that, with it in my system, I've
been listening less to recordings and more to music.” – <b>Positive Feedback</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">“Beautiful in appearance and
technologically advanced in design, the EgglestonWorks Fontaine II is an
impressive performer.” – <b>Positive Feedback</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">“The Fontaine II's
transparency, dynamism and powers of resolution make for an immediate
presentation that engages the listener, immersing them in the musical
experience. –<b> Positive Feedback</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Ivy Signatures</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">"I listened to
multiple rock cuts, including from groups such as Radiohead, as well as many
large-scale orchestral and symphonic works, and to singers such as Alison
Krauss. The larger pieces showcased the system’s ability to play back grand
performances with great physical impact and room-filling crescendos. I could
get a real physical sense of instruments such as drum kits and horns -- the Ivy
Signature could go from soft to loud instantly; I could hear no dynamic
compression at all. Scale was something these speakers did with ease -- the Ivy
Signatures could play loud, with nary a hint of distortion. They cleanly
rendered soundstages, and the images within those stages were of proper size.
In fact, I found it easy to map the soundstage from right to left and from
front to back.” – <b>Ultra Audio</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;"><br />
"Singers had a warmish character that lent them an outstanding sense of
presence, and made them sound as if they were in the room; the outlines of
performers were never thin or void of character -- the fact that the tracks I
listened to were all generally well recorded came easily through this system,
which was big and bold in physical presence. Nor were the Ivy Signatures ever
fatiguing. I could settle back in my seat and listen to them at length,
enjoying a sound that was high in drama while low in apparent distortion and
cabinet-related</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">artifacts". – <b>Ultra
Audio</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">"I don't claim to have
listened to every speaker that's available, but for what I do, those were the
best pair I've ever heard. The speakers are three-way with one tweeter. The
physical dimensions are impressive: 6 feet in height and weighs 789 pounds
each.” –<b> Bob Ludwig on the Ivy Loudspeaker.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">"I believe in having the
highest-resolution speakers possible. We settled on Eggleston Works “Ivy”
speakers” -<b> Bob Ludwig on the Ivy Loudspeaker .</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982022695841372940.post-53853395318724582492014-06-23T05:17:00.001-07:002014-06-23T05:17:11.365-07:00J.A. MICHELL TONE ARMS AND TURNTABLES<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">GYRO SE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<i style="font-family: inherit;">Once you hear the GyroDec SE Mk II (or rather, don't hear
it), you know it’s going to be in your system for the long haul. With a
naturally balanced cartridge, I have not heard reproduced music sounding closer
to live than through the GyroDec. I don't see the need to spend more on a
turntable, even after hearing the big boys at various high end shows. This
turntable is designed to provide long-term satisfaction, and is most highly
recommended."- <b>Brad Morrical, POSITIVE FEEDBACK ONLINE © 2003</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">GYRODEC<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"You'll wonder how something so exquisitely
machined can be sold for (this price), especially when compared to most other
'tables of similar price."</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Michael Fremer's in-depth review of the GyroDec (July 2000
Stereophile).</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">TECNO ARM<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">"If your musical priorities are excellent control of
both frequency extremes, without analytical sterility, the TecnoArm is more
than good enough, especially with its combination of accurate but powerful bass.
If low coloration and evenhanded tonality is your priority, the arrival of the
Michell TecnoArm means you no longer have to save for a SME series IV or SME
V". -<b> Mark Wheeler www.tnt-audio.com</b></span></i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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