AE Super Hi End Show 7/13 at HK Convention Center
Dear guys,
I read the ad from Audiotechnique with tremendous excitement. I was not told by JLam or PT that they will be doing a public show. The partnership with AudioTechnique seems smart. But what arouse my interest the most is Yamada san's super tube amplifier - "Chouku" made exclusively for AE.
Have anyone seen a picture of them? I presume it must be a mono block amplifier. But what makes them super. According to Big Grass, the core of the transformer is FINEMET - a super material only available from HITACHI Corporation.
Is Mr.Zanden the one who already procured the CHOUKU?
Ray
I read the ad from Audiotechnique with tremendous excitement. I was not told by JLam or PT that they will be doing a public show. The partnership with AudioTechnique seems smart. But what arouse my interest the most is Yamada san's super tube amplifier - "Chouku" made exclusively for AE.
Have anyone seen a picture of them? I presume it must be a mono block amplifier. But what makes them super. According to Big Grass, the core of the transformer is FINEMET - a super material only available from HITACHI Corporation.
Is Mr.Zanden the one who already procured the CHOUKU?
Ray
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Do you know how difficult it is to get hold of PT and JLam nowadays? I had a short conversation with PT last week that he had not seen the "Chouku" as of last Friday. He had no idea the unique sonic properties of FINEMET but Ralph of Cessaro told him that that FINEMET is the best possible core material for transformer. It is also the most expensive and difficult to manufacture. He only knows the tube used will be WE212, or STC 4212 or present replica. He has no idea what Yamada san will use. He said he is going to completely TRUST him.
I believe the Chouku is probably already procured by Mr. Zanden.
And they will probably use the huge SUBBASE platform under the Lizst. These vibration control boards for speakers are unique and specialized solution to tackle speaker vibration. They are simply fucking amazing! It is damn good.
On another note, how many of you have already received Linebackers SE today? Let me tell you the following: if you order 2, you only get 1. If you order 1, you probably receive nothing. If you order 3, you probably also get one. Only if you order 5, you may get 2.........
Damn it.....Damn it....... I need somthing great to suck my fucking brain out of the current market.
I also ordered the Subbase platform for speakers. They are very good.
The subbase speaker platform are excellent. I use them under the Cessaro Beta main speakers. The end results are much better contour resolution especially in the lower mid bass. Clarity improves across the board. Spatial cues that are not present before spring back to the acoutic scene. Somehow, I feel that is "phase" issue in the mechanical domain as well. Otherwise, we should not have such astounding improvement from using subbase speaker boards.
For your information, I am using 4 Argento Flow centers and 8 linebackers in two systems.
Jeff
The nobility of Yamada san’s character is well known. The essence of Yamada san in my humble opinion is the beauty of an “egoless mindset”. This is important because an egoless mind permits conflicting school of thoughts to cohabitate. Such mind environment often cradles better theories. At the age of 60, his mind is still very vibrant and dynamic than most youngsters.
An egoless mindset however does not exclude pride. The presence of pride is only there to justify an uncompromising approach to the service of music reproduction via the means of technological knowhow and life long listening experiences. Only through this way can pride eventually justify itself. Pride only comes from reverent recognition. I believe the soulful creation of “Chouku” represents pride in the most sacred form.
Very well written, short and precise with deep meanings. It shows maturity as a person. Too much have been focused on products specificiation, relative pricing comparison, and equipment battles against each other. Human has the least respect in the insane age of consumerism. The evil side of capitalism justifies many wrongs as "value". Bridging the gap between art apprecaition and a capitalist society is fucking hell of a job. I see you are steering the company this way.
Let's pray.
Very interesting discussion.