Woohoo! Congrats, Tax! They look lovely! Where did you get them from? AFAIK there were a pair of those in Melbourne, in that very colour.

Thanks Keith & LD!

Keith: These were in Melbourne at one stage, but not from where you had a listen.

Cheers

JC,

Thanks for bringing over the 47 Labs OTA cable.

After you left, I cut 4 pieces and used them as jumpers from the midrange horn to the tweeter on each speaker.

I must say that even though they are a single strand item, they have made a nice improvement in the overall balance. So I have left out the Cardas cable.

The mid range is now more balanced and I have had to lower the bass attenutaion. The cymbals have more shimmer but no glare, and also I darker background.

Will post further when I have had a further listen.

Waricle: Thanks!

JC,

Thanks for bringing over the 47 Labs OTA cable.

After you left, I cut 4 pieces and used them as jumpers from the midrange horn to the tweeter on each speaker.

I must say that even though they are a single strand item, they have made a nice improvement in the overall balance. So I have left out the Cardas cable.

The mid range is now more balanced and I have had to lower the bass attenutaion. The cymbals have more shimmer but no glare, and also I darker background.

Will post further when I have had a further listen.

Waricle: Thanks!

Tax,

I have been a big fan of 47 Lab for many years and OTA still surprises me every time I use it in my system.

It can be a digital cable, an interconnect or speaker cables. You get 50m of cables and half a dozen of nylon pins and plugs, you cut what you need and make your own. No soldering whatsoever. To me this is the most direct form of signal path.

The only drawback is it looks fragile, even the sound is very robust; the price is too cheap compared to most branded cables.

Please let us know more about the changes in your system with the OTA. I am going to order some more in! :mad:

Tax,

I have been a big fan of 47 Lab for many years and OTA still surprises me every time I use it in my system.

It can be a digital cable, an interconnect or speaker cables. You get 50m of cables and half a dozen of nylon pins and plugs, you cut what you need and make your own. No soldering whatsoever. To me this is the most direct form of signal path.

The only drawback is it looks fragile, even the sound is very robust; the price is too cheap compared to most branded cables.

Please let us know more about the changes in your system with the OTA. I am going to order some more in! :mad:

JCR33, were do buy from?

JCR33, were do buy from?

Hi Dr GV,

As some already knew, I am planning to bring 47 Lab products into Australia.

Those who are interested in 47 Lab, feel free to google and browse through pages of reviews.

:mad:

Jack

Tax,

I have been a big fan of 47 Lab for many years and OTA still surprises me every time I use it in my system.

It can be a digital cable, an interconnect or speaker cables. You get 50m of cables and half a dozen of nylon pins and plugs, you cut what you need and make your own. No soldering whatsoever. To me this is the most direct form of signal path.

The only drawback is it looks fragile, even the sound is very robust; the price is too cheap compared to most branded cables.

Please let us know more about the changes in your system with the OTA. I am going to order some more in!

JC,

Great shimmer without the glare, good extension and deep bass.

Must try a pair as interconnects.

When are you getting your next shipment?

Need some RCA connectors:D

wow tax, looks awesome

Definatley look the biz mate , awesome buy, how much is the RRP if you dont mind me asking?

Now that the Sonatas are packed up and are heading for a good home..

I had to go get some new friends as it was getting too lonely staring at an empty space.

http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Benellista/IMGP0500.jpg

Definatley look the biz mate , awesome buy, how much is the RRP if you dont mind me asking?

Approx the price of a family sedan, RRP was late twenty's, not sure how the falling dollar has affected RRP in the last couple of weeks though.

Edited November 17, 200817 yr by Tax

wow tax, looks awesome

Thanks John!

Tax very nice indeed, is it my imagination or is the horn very important ( for music reproduction I mean )

Hi Tax,

I am getting some Duo,s soon,how do you find them now after you have had them for a while ,and have you tried many amps with them etc.

Any advice,experiences will be a great help starting my 3rd system from scratch 2 channel mainly have good surround systems in other rooms,regards victor

Hi Tax,

I am getting some Duo,s soon,how do you find them now after you have had them for a while ,and have you tried many amps with them etc.

Any advice,experiences will be a great help starting my 3rd system from scratch 2 channel mainly have good surround systems in other rooms,regards victor

Hi Victor,

Welcome to the Sydney Duo Owners club, and congratulations on your purchase.

I have only tried mine with Audio Note Conquest and now Audio Note Conquest Silver Signatures. Unfortunately I had to sell my Pathos TT to fund the Audio Note purchase so I never got a chance to listen to that combination. I have listened to Duos paired with Wavac but unfortunately at the time I was paying more attention to the Duos rather than the Wavac's and cannot pinpoint sonic differences except to say that it was a pleasant sound.

I have been advised that there is another Duo owner in Sydney who is running them with a Pathos TT but I don't think he is on SNA.

Another Sydney based Duo owner is running the Duo Omegas with Lamm M2.1's and that is a very nice combo indeed.

The Duo's offer a lot of tweakability and are glorious when set up right. I have listened to many (not all) speakers and so far I have not felt like I need to checkout other speakers. Down the track I will go for the Omega upgrade if it is still avilable as a retro fit. Dynamics in spades.

With regards to amps, the Duos will tell you what is upstream from it, so a quite amp would be the way to go, due to the speakers sensitivity.

I am happy for you to come over for a listen, and I have sent you my contact details via a PM.

Cheers

Tax

Since the Bent TVC sold a couple of weeks ago.

I have purchased an Audio Note Pre with C core transformers and mated it to the Audio Note Conquest SS power amps.

The AN pre has added drive, extension/decay and bass.

You lose a bit of the TVC's lower noise floor but this is another league.

A happy chappy today. Cannot believe that the amps are only 18W

Family is away and I am at play:party

Hi Tax

Glad to hear you can't stop listening to music .Are the filiment supply's regulatered in the pre this could lower the noise floor even more .

Cheers

Hi Tax

Glad to hear you can't stop listening to music .Are the filament supply's regulated in the pre, this could lower the noise floor even more .

Cheers

56'O

I think they are as I remember seeing a blue tuning pot on the power supply board , but given that I am a noob in this area, I may have someone more technically astute look at them.

someone else suggested a resistor on the pin of the attenuator.

Cheers

Since the Bent TVC sold a couple of weeks ago.

I have purchased an Audio Note Pre with C core transformers and mated it to the Audio Note Conquest SS power amps.

The AN pre has added drive, extension/decay and bass.

You lose a bit of the TVC's lower noise floor but this is another league.

A happy chappy today. Cannot believe that the amps are only 18W

Family is away and I am at play:party

Hi Taksil,

Glad to see your enjoyment with new pre,look forward to hearing new combo.

My Friends arrive next wk,but new amp won,t arrive till late jan,then we can play .Will use denon till then,do have bat SS, at 50kg is my lightest amp to move and the AR,s won,t move at all.

Cheers Victor.

Hi Taksil,

Glad to see your enjoyment with new pre,look forward to hearing new combo.

My Friends arrive next wk,but new amp won,t arrive till late jan,then we can play .Will use denon till then,do have bat SS, at 50kg is my lightest amp to move and the AR,s won,t move at all.

Cheers Victor.

Vic,

Great to hear that your Friends are finally arriving. Congratulations!

Welcome over for a listen anytime.

Just call me

Cheers

We now have the Lyra Skala MC cartridge in situ

It has mated well with the Klyne Phonostage, and supplements the 300b's in the bass department.

We now have the Lyra Skala MC cartridge in situ

It has mated well with the Klyne Phonostage, and supplements the 300b's in the bass department.

Klyne phono and Skala.. Nice. Time for an update of your showcase thread perhaps.

Klyne phono and Skala.. Nice. Time for an update of your showcase thread perhaps. :nana

Here we go!

Edited September 11, 201015 yr by Tax
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As some of you may know, I recently visited the Avantgarde Factory in Germany. The folks at AVG were kind enough to give me a Factory tour and also provide me with a customised CAD mapping of speaker and listening seat positions which were tailor made for my room. This weekend I have repositioned the speakers and setup accordingly and have been having a ball.

Here are some belated photos from my visit to the Factory.

Thanks to Avantgarde for their kind hospitality.

Edited August 29, 201015 yr by Tax
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Your a lucky bugger Tax!

Some very nice horns there...Congratulations on a really nice room Tax! If I get up to Sydney, i'll send you a pm before I go!

Some very nice horns there...Congratulations on a really nice room Tax! If I get up to Sydney, i'll send you a pm before I go!

Thanks!

Sure, PM me if you are headed this way and would like to have a listen.

Cheers

Tax