Makes the Ongaku look reasonably priced...

Discussion in 'Hi-Fi and General Audio' started by I-S, Nov 13, 2004.

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    I-S Good Evening.... Infidel

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    BlueMax

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    At $350,000 it is priced for Bush and fellow oil tycoons.
    Can Blair hope to get this as a X-Mas pressie for favours done?!
     
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    I thought I'd posted about that one before...seems not. Anyway, completely ridiculous IMO but I guess there will be enough knobs with $350K to burn who will buy one :rolleyes:

    Michael.
     
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    Yeah, not that bad though- you're getting two of them at that price :)
     
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    bottleneck talks a load of rubbish

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    wow, what an amp.

    150w SET - sounds like my ideal amp if I had woefully inefficient speakers.

    You've got to be impressed that they send out the designer!! when there is a warranty fault.. as in fly the guy out from Japan!!

    Despite the custom parts the price is... well... retail price as a % over production cost it probably rivals top cable manufacturers..
     
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    Sir Galahad Harmonia Mundi

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    Pity the color doesn't go well with my living room, I would get a couple. :D
     
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    bottleneck talks a load of rubbish

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    their website sure looks naff for a company selling $350,000 amplifiers
     
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    If the $ keeps on going down, I might thinking of getting a pair to put on a shelf. No sorry, I meant, in my safe deposit (I would then need to save on the insurance).
    Has anybody over here have one and could report about the sound?
    :D
     
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    joel Shaman of Signals

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    I heard some at the Tokyo show (which has terrible acoustics). Pretty hohum IMO (but then I'm not a valvehead). Very pretty, though.
    You could buy one of those Chinese valve amps and put a WAVAC sticker on the front. It would probably sound the same.
     
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    You might want to check out the measurement section in the Stereophile article. Be ready for a surprise.


    Regards,


    L.
     
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    I-S Good Evening.... Infidel

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    Just looked at that.

    Hmmm... That's seriously poor measurement... The IMD product at around -50dB could be a serious issue.
     
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    joel Shaman of Signals

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    You also want to check out the power consumption. That really is taking the p*ss IMHO.
     
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    $350k for a single ended triode.... :ffrc: :ffrc: Even if I had the money to spare I wouldn't go anywhere near this atrocity. This kind of 'statement' is still something of a joke which the hifi industry doesn't seem to get.
     
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    bottleneck talks a load of rubbish

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    Do you mean the distortion figures, shown as 10% THD?

    If so, it says this is mainly second-harmonic. Like most valve amplifiers and wouldnt worry me at all (not that I could ever afford these!)

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    second-harmonic distortion, being musically consonant and close enough in frequency terms to the fundamental that there will be plenty of masking, is both relatively benign and can often be preferred to an undistorted signal, in that it sounds "fatter" and "warmer."
     
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    Well, as John Atkinson writes about this supposedly "150W" amplifier:

    Also, the frequency response curves look interesting, to say the least. Do not know exactly why, but after reading the whole article (Fremer's high praise included) I felt quite sickened about the absurdity the high-end audio industry.


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    L.
     
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