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Sound at THE SHOW and impressions.....

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anyone else hear the KONDO room? Many rooms had good sound Mark&Daniel, Daedalus Audio and the Ulysses speakers BUT the Kondo room was the most relaxing, grain-free tonality correct room I heard. Yes it didn't do everything right (but who does at shows?) but I went back 4 times and while listening to their analog set-up...it was wonderful..not hi-fi at all!
Anyone else hear this and I'd be interested in knowing what they thought?

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Avalon and Audio Consulting Amps-- - Des 09:16:46 01/12/08 (0)
---- were my pick,I felt the Kondo room was lacking in soul,cold clinical sound,but I'm still a fan of the brand.

AN UK was patchy and while OK also lacked spark.

Yep those little Mark &Daniel buggers sure had some bass wallop!

Frank Schroeder's arm TT was the one of the sweetest Vinyl playing -the superb Continium was unfortunately tied to mediocre rooms with no synergy.

Des
I went by early and the speed on the tt was slow. How could they have not noticed? - Norm 07:53:50 01/12/08 (4)
I thought the AudioNote suite was much better sounding than the Kondo suite, even though neither is my cup of tea. The very best sound at the THE Show IMHO was the Reference 3As. I entirely concur with HP on these speakers. They are better than most $20k plus speakers and sell for $8000!

The Feastrex speakers were sorely hurt by the electronics they had but even with that liability sounded very good the last day. I would really like to hear these in a good system. In the suite with the Technical Brain electronics including a 200 watt amp, they sounded quite good, but it was the 5 inch Alnicos with a passive radiator.
- The speed was EXACTLY on....... - sk 10:10:08 01/13/08 (0)
  we tested it just after that album and it was the album that was a poor recording and recorded at a slower spped because the table tested PERFECT! It just shows you a great table shows all warts....
  This table is a limited run of 10 and there are now 3 left to be sold, I can't wait until I receive my own table:-)
  Steve
  SOS
- Disagree about ANUK... - Jim24 18:48:28 01/12/08 (2)
  it had no PACE and lacked focus. The ANJapan had ALL the tonality and microdynamics that I could ever dream of IMO only of course. Table was right on as well......
  - Yes, they were in the process of correcting the speed as I left at the Kondo suite. - Norm 07:38:36 01/13/08 (1)
    I just cannot understand how they could be standing there and to have not heard the problem. I liked the sound at AudioNote, but it lacked the realism I seek.
    - Speed was NOT the problem.... - sk 10:11:34 01/13/08 (0)
      see message posted above...the system was just too revealing......
RE: Sound at THE SHOW and impressions..... - Doc Gaw 21:24:05 01/11/08 (1)
That's a positive for me too. There were very few good rooms this year and this one was up there.
- Add me to the list....... - Jim24 03:53:26 01/12/08 (0)
  this was the most enjoyable room, relaxing and tonally PERFECT, and that turntable was to die for. Build quality was outstanding, I'm trying to convince the wife why I need a 3rd table!
Attention To Detail....hand made parts, tubes and silver = totemo ii ongaku - Dynaudio_Rules 12:49:09 01/11/08 (0)
1) The hallmark of all Kondo power amplifiers is that they are made of pure hand drawn silver wire. The out transformers are wound with age annealed silver wire, all internal signal wiring and ground are pure silver litz braid covered with six coat of polyurethane. There are over 20 pounds of pure silver in each Ongaku.

2) All Kondo amplifiers use special Hi-B cores in their output transformers. The exact composition, as well as the annealing and stamping of the core material are all engineered by and supervised by Kondo. There are no 'off the shelf' materials used in Kondo's output transformers.

3) All Kondo amps have a heavy, pure copper chassis.

4) All Kondo power amplifiers use ISO TANGO power transformers and chokes, these are the worlds finest.

5) All Silver Kondo amps use hand made silver coupling capacitors made from hand drawn silver foil. These capacitors are made in Kondo's own factory.

6) The tantalum resistors, designed by Kondo and unique to the Audio Note line, are costly but are no compromise and necessary to obtain the "Kondo sound".

7) Kondo amps are wired with a special acid free, silver solder strictly selected.
Who was Hosting the Kondo Room? - Bob Neill 16:54:23 01/10/08 (2)
Just curious.
- Sounds Of Silence (nt) - family 20:18:23 01/10/08 (1)
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  - RE: Sounds Of Silence (nt) - Bob Neill 06:02:26 01/11/08 (0)
    Well good for Steve, didn't know he did shows. Anyone compare his room with the AN room? Not many chances to compare these cousins anymore.
Yes I enjoyed the Kondo room as well - Grover 11:48:59 01/10/08 (0)
It was relaxing and musical. Not sure how the system would handle dynamic or complex music because that wasn't played when I was there. I thought the setup was great.

Agree about the non HiFi sound which I'll define as not calling attention to itself, but drawing you into the music.

The other room/setup I enjoyed immensely was the Herron Audio suite for these reasons as well.

If anyone got a chance to hear the Sanders equipment - electrostatic speakers and high power amplification, the experience was extraordinary. But on a louder, grander scale than the demo at Kondo.

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