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Dear Marja (and Henk),
Your Munich coverage was absolutely brilliant in every sense of the word. You essentially transported me to the hifi show. All other reviewers pale in comparison with their show reports. I especially like the links you always provide, the no BS insights and fantastic high rez photography. Take a bow, you are the shit – to use some of your cool US vernacular!
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Dear Srajan,
We met briefly in Munich, and I thanked you for introducing me to Juan Carmona's music. I now thank you for the recommendations of Todd Garfinkle's m.a. recordings. I find the music refreshing and the recordings are wonderfully open, airy and relaxing. In other words, like real music in real spaces.
One question, if I may. Have you had a chance to hear Bo Bengtsson's latest speakers from Transmission Audio? I remember you reviewed the RRM R1 while still with Soundstage and wondered how the products have progressed. I have remained in contact with Bo (I used to import RRM while they still had Bo and Vic Tiscareno on board) but have not had a chance to listen to the new products.
Thanks again for your interesting taste in music, and your very good web magazine.
Kind regards
Andy Stuart
I lost track of Bo after he first launched Transmission Audio and never had a chance to actually hear a production model either. I'm pleased to hear however that his venture has in fact gone commercial so I'll inquire about future review ops to perhaps report on status in Sweden.
Srajan
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Dear Mr. Srajan Ebaen,
Let me introduce myself briefly. I am a young Polish music lover and regular 6moons.com reader. Reading many 6moons reviews I wondered why these interesting products are not available for Polish audiophiles. That is why I have decided to start audio distribution business in Poland and bring a couple of interesting brands to our country. The brands represented by me include some of the 6moons 'discoveries' like Mark&Daniel, ModWright Instruments, Red Wine Audio and Zu Audio.
I am currently setting up a website for online presentation of the brands and their products with links to 6moons reviews included, which I hope you approve of. I have one specific question to you concerning my website - I have found a piece of graphic in the RWA Signature 30.2 review that I would like to use on my website as an 'icon' for RWA (that is the rectangular piece of graphic to the right of the attached header gif). As the copyrights to the graphic belong to you, please let me know if you agree for using it on my website.
Best regards and many thanks for 6moons,
Maciej Chodorowski
SoundClub Sp. z o.o.
Warsaw, Poland
This e-mail is reproduded here simply to show that while common perception has high-end audio in the toilet, there's another side to it that continues on unabated, cheerful yet fully cognizant of the challenges. We can either focus on the negatives or the positives. Our vote is on the latter and Maciej's note clearly belongs.
Srajan
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Hello Srajan.
I am still enjoying my Yamamoto A08S with the Loth-x Polaris speakers. Recently I added a FirstWatt F3 for the fun of it, providing better bass control and a little higher resolution in the expense of dynamics of the glass alternative.
Although I can hear and measure around 40 Hz bass from the system, I would like to augment the bottom end with something more solid, so here I am looking for a subwoofer.
I would love to hear your experience and suggestions on this. One alternative I think would be the Method of Zu. Anything else? I tried the REL Stadium III without any luck.
Happy listenning,
Kunter
I'm no expert on this particular issue. That said, my favorite sub is the WLM Duo 12 - dual 12"s, vertically opposed inside a sealed octagonal enclosure, fully passive, stereo inputs, requires stereo amp and active crossover. Nelson is coming out with a 2-way adjustable active crossover for FirstWatt which would be ideal to split signal for a sub/monitor system. You'd then have to provide a yeoman bass amp. This 3-box solution won't be cheap (I'm using WLM's outboard crossover and my AudioSector Patek SEs) but the active network approach, outboard bass amp and WLM passive sub combo is superb to go woofing.
Srajan
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Hello Mr. Kan,
I have been reading the 6moons site for a couple of months. I am at the point of just turning 50 and my wife wanted to buy me something to celebrate. I was not into a Rolex but have wanted for years to buy/upgrade my 25+ year old system. I have had other priorities for a number of years but recently feel able to invest 5-10K in new equipment. I live in Hawaii so there arent many choices for High end shops...just one. I currently have Ohm c2 and Walsh speakers, SAE pre and power amps, a Mcintosh 5100 and a simple Teac changer. This was decent stuff 25+ years ago but not today. I have heard Gallo Ref 3s and really liked them. I spent a couple hours in the one shop last week and heard some new equipment...Avalon speakers...monitors that were great but at 7k maybe a bit too much. There was a Rega Planet cd player I liked a lot. I also listened to a Audio Source tube integrated from China. SOunded good but I am not real familiar with tubes, what they need to be functional in HI etc.
Anyway, I was curious if you had any recommendations for assembling a system. I have been going thru the site and been somewhat overwhelmed. I want stuff that is pretty reliable. If I can stay in the 5-7k range that would be good. I was thinking in terms of an integrated amp, tower speakers and a good single player. I still have vinyl too so if the unit can address that I would call that an advantage. I will keep the cd changer for when my wife listens as she is partial to that mode. I listen to lots of traditional and contemporary jazz, mostly guitar, piano, trumpet, and sax (non-smooth, more Miles, Wynton, Joe Pass, Bill Evans, Coltrane,), electric and acoustic blues, acoustic music (like Laurence Juber, hawaiian slack key guitar), vocal jazz, singer songwriters from the 70s and classical piano, violin, baroque and impressionist era...kind of eclectic. I have been thinking about some of the British stuff but understand that much of it is somewhat dry.
I figure I will do 50/50 focused listening and casual, i.e while doing other stuff. I may be able to buy a broader range of stuff when I go to Las Vegas for a nephews wedding in August. So even if I have a list of stuff to listen to then it can help in working out a buy list. Otherwise I may have to go without hearing stuff...not the best approach unless it is stocked by the one local shop. I have read about some of the interesting lower cost equipment listed on the site and above all I care about the sound. So if something seems like a good listen and a good deal that is fine. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Best,
Wade Souza
Hi Mr. Souza,
Happy 50! You are a lucky man. When I turned 50 my wife didn't buy me a new hi-fi system. I feel flattered that you are asking me for recommendation for such an important occasion, even though there are more qualified writers on 6moons that you could have contacted. You see, I'm probably the one with the least exposure to different gear and I focus more on music than equipment, making me a less demanding listener. The next shortcoming in me is that I like cheap stuff (but high quality though) and might not be able to help your wife to spend the full 5K.
Bearing in mind you don't want tube amps, my recommendation would be KingRex Preamp and two T20s, to bi-amp Klipsch Synergy F2 or RF35, and Marantz DV7001 as source. If you prefer the sound to be musical, go with F2 for room size of about 200 s.f. (or F3 for larger than 300 s.f.) Looking at your music repertoire, I think you might prefer more kicks and punches, so you might go for the RF35 (200 s.f.) or RF45 (300 s.f.+). The reason I'm suggesting the Marantz universal player is because I am a multi-channel SACD advocate and that's the best value machine. In case you want to pursue that route, you can extend the F2/F3 or the RF35/RF45 to multi-channel. The KingRex would add up to slightly under 1K, the Klipsch 1K (or less during sale) and the Marantz another 1K, totaling 3K.
If you want to spend the full 10K budget, my recommendation would be Mark & Daniel Sapphire and NuForce P-9/Ref 9 V2. The Sapphire is not floor standing but it sounds more impressive than most floorstanders. The factory compound marble stands cost about USD700 a pair.
If this is not good enough help, please feel free to approach other more knowledgeable writers on 6moons.
Regards,
David
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