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In Reply to: RE: A shout out for Shahinian speakers! posted by Baranyi on May 27, 2017 at 04:37:26
We had a pair of Shahinians in our shop for a little while. While nice, they are really picky about amps. Some amps of good repute sounded pretty awful with them, others sounded much better.
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I owned four different Amplifiers while using the original Obelisks.
(1) Kenwood KA7300 Integrated. This 60 Watt Amplifier featured a Darlington Paired output device. Very low output impedance - Well regulated power supply. Sound was good - but with dynamic material the Kenwood would clip.
(2) "upgrade" to the Carver M400 Cube. Actually, not a bad sounding amp with the Obelisks. Made a nice aesthetic package with the Amp and Dynaco PAT-5 preamp I built/used after selling the Kenwood - both in champagne gold.
(3) Built a Dynaco 410 power amp for fun and swapped it in and out of the system - along with a couple different preamps (A Hafler DH101, and an Advent 300.) Ended up selling the PAT5/M400 combo for what I had in them (almost). Added Advent 500 soundspace digital delay and rear channels and had incredible sound with the Advent 300 driving Minimus 7 and later Boston A40 rear channels. Still own the A40, Advent 300 and 500. Psychoacoustically I liked performance of the Dyna410's less regulated supply (compared to the Kenwood) and also better than the no regulated supply of the Carver. The Carver had a slightly higher noise floor in my system.
(4) At this time I was 2nd jobbing selling Hi-fi @ Henry Radio in Orange County and took home the APT One Amp from Holman for a weekend. Liked it a lot too! but instead bought a new preamp (Acoustat RP2A) with some money as I was upgrading my turntable also.
The Shahinians and the Dyna left together along with my Real to real and Philips 212 turntable shortly there after to a friend that caught the audio bug. While I need collateral for an engagement ring!
Happy Ending (I think) to my Shahinian story...
Still Married.
"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat" - Confucius
I owned a pair from about 1980 through 1995 or so. Mine were powered with a Hafler DH-500 amp and they really kicked butt. In the right room and with the right tunes (preferably classical) they were magnificent. They also did rock music pretty damn good too. And as you point out, they are grossly underappreciated. Great speakers.
"That was some weird shit".- George Bush
They seem to have no dealers in the USA which is a shame. I was really surprised how the little Obelisks filled my room. If I didn't have Beveridges, I could use these as daily drivers and be quite happy. Another audio nut Dave Cox (Puckerbrush Audio of Maine) and I went to Axpona and we came back to my house and listened to the Obelisks and both agreed they were as good conveying a musical experience as anything we heard at the show.
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The Mind has No Firewall~ U.S. Army War College.
Ours came in with a Bedini marked 100 watts class A (it wasn't class A, as I discussed in a post about 2 years ago). It did sound good with the Shahinians. A Nakamichi PA-7 (Nelson Pass design and very good sounding amp) didn't get along with the Shahinians, the only speaker we tried it on that it disagreed with.
Sadly the amp and speakers sold separately, against my recommendation. It was a consignment sale. I hope both purchasers are happy.
Only the MEG 100/100 was true class A @ 100 watts.
The 25 and the quite rare 200 that John built just before he died, were true class A.
The Mind has No Firewall~ U.S. Army War College.
They now recommend Plinius amps.
Yes, Sadly... Bedini {John and Gary} passed within 4 hours of each other, last year. I attended the funeral... the end of an era.
The Mind has No Firewall~ U.S. Army War College.
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