| Model: | Tjoeb 99 |
| Category: | CD Player/Recorder |
| Suggested Retail Price: | $450 - 475 |
| Description: | Hybrid tube based player constructed on a Marantz CD 38 platform |
| Manufacturer URL: | AH! |
| Model Picture: | View |
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Review by Mike Craig on June 17, 1999 at 10:13:48 IP Address: 12.73.167.58 |
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This CDP is beyond belief. It has received laudatory reviews from Europeam audiophiles for months and only recently has been exported to America and Canada when an export model became available. These reviews along with technical discussions are extensively detailed at www.audioreview.com. The referenced URL leads to a comprehensive description of the unit along with prices and ordering instructions. The unit must be ordered directly from the Netherlands, and there is no service station in the United States or Canada.I have had this player for approximately a week and a half, and it has single handedly revamped my system. The sound stage was good to begin with, but with time it has grown almost concert hall size. Detail is like no other player I have ever heard. As far as tone, it is almost perfect from bass to treble. Dynamics are not of this world. Although I listened mostly to classical, it seems quite happy with any musical medium and is quite vibrant in choral.
I'll be short. Read the reviews. They do not do this player justice because it is better than they say. The problem is that the English language falls short of words to descibe how good this players is. If you live in western Washington, drop me an e-mail, and I'll be glad to let you listen to this musical Siren.
It is AHsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
| Product Weakness: | Conveniece of service, operation conveniences, |
| Product Strengths: | Detail, dynamics, imaging, sound stage, tone reproduction (vinly like), it's almost perfect |
| Associated Equipment for this Review: | |
| Amplifier: | Luxman R-1050 |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | None |
| Sources (CDP/Turntable): | AH! Tjoeb 99 |
| Speakers: | Mission 772 |
| Cables/Interconnects: | QED Qnct2 and Tara Labs Prism Bi-wire |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Classical |
| Room Size (LxWxH): | 20 x 20 x 8 |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | Typical basement family room |
| Time Period/Length of Audition: | 1.5 weeks |
| Type of Audition/Review: | Product Owner |
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