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A Short Theory of Isolation Feet
I always do not believe tweaking. Of all kinds of tweaking out there, I hate feet the most. Metal feet may squeeze the high out causing a temporal sensation of enhanced high frequency but it always compromises naturalness. In fact, the mid-high always starts to ring wherever there are metal feet underneath any components.… -
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AE in the year of Ox
Dear AE fellows, The year of Rat was behind us. Let's hope the year of Ox will be better for everyone. AE continued to grow rapidly in 2008. That's not a secret. I am happy for the result. But high growth is never my number one priority in this audio business. I repeat once again that I have no minimum budget requirement… -
Zanden's audio weapon - vibration absorber
Zanden's audio weapon - vibration absorber The recent audio excitement stemmed from last AE's annual hi-fi show in July is long gone and all the excitement that you had experienced aurally is now a distant memory for most of the attendants. Not for me, whenever I listen to a good sounding system, I memorise it and try my… -
Re: All good things come to an end - farewell from Mr Zanden
1) Micro and macro dynamics : These are present in live and recorded music. Franck of ASI taught me to appreciate and tune my system to the replaying sound of a guitar because any good recording of this instrument would capture the speed and pitch of the strings. Almost most audiophile's mega speaker systems sound slow and… -
FIRST IMPRESSION OF THE HORNING EUFRODITE
Last September, I booked an appointment with Piano Turner to have a listen to the Horning speakers. PT told me on the phone that he only had the Horning flagship for demo, no other Horning models were available for audition. I almost turned down the appointment thinking of my smallish room that could only accomodate… -
Stairways to heaven (audio) - the use of double resonator
Many weeks have passed since the exotic large wood horns took residence in my hi-fi abode and they have been giving me listening pleasure every single day due to my relentless efforts to look for ways to make them sing better and better by tweaking the speakers and room acoustics. I have also tried different types of tube… -
Re: Takumi K15 by Robert Koda showcasing at AE
Finally it was my turn to listen to the K15 on last Sat! Out of all the busy schedule, PT has deliberately asked me to come and listen to what K15 can perform in his showroom contrasting its projected performance in my system. In his setup, he uses the Zanden 7000-300B 8W driving the mega sized Cessaro Liszt and in my… -
Taming the Kharma.....at last....
In the old version Midi Exq, the diamond tweeter drew too much attention to itself, but it was certainly very shinny and ear-catching. The new black diamond integrates better with the mid-range. That automatically improves the lower-mid bass. The cabinet is less damped than the old version but still the bass is not open… -
The Incomparable WAVAC 805s
I've been in this 'game' for a couple of years. I call it a game because you are always in seem to be kicking at goalposts that seem to be constantly moving. Once you think you've assembled your star team, and star passing the ball according to the pregame set pieces heading for the goal, all of a sudden another star…
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