One curious thing: the dynamic range is so wide that the sound-field stretches far beyond the walls of our Listening Room #3, meaning, in practical terms you can tell what recording is playing even if you are, as I sometimes am, on the house’s third floor. This table is, in my considered judgment, in a class by itself, and I am hoping for its use as a long-term loan for reference purposes.
I could not agree more. I heart this gem at the Munich Show 2014, with a graham elite tonearm, tech das cartridge, nordost odin tonearm, vivid speakers, ch electronics, einstein phono pre. In dealers day, turntable was only static, second day(first public day), when we were passing through their room, I had seen a preperation made by a couple of far east man, I had asked one of them if af1 will be played, he said wait, and them we sat and waited. After 5-10 minutes preparation, a 1970-80 model bond case appeared, and these far east gentelmens started to argue with eachother. We were really laughing, scene was absurd. One of them pick a record, "Miles Davis - Live Around The World(9632-46032-1)", and put the record(song was Time after time) on af1. After 1-2 minutes of vta arrangements, needle touched the record.
I cannot find a words to express the experience we had been through. Everything was vanished, only music, only Miles, his trumpet, and the concert audience was there. I had forgotten my friends which were sitting my left and right side, just Miles trumpet, no treeble, no mids, no bass, no transparancey, no stage, even My existence had been vanished. When the song was finished, I started applause with the concert audience, thinking that I am in the concert. One of my friends sitting on my left side was literraly crying, and one of my friend sitting at my right side was shaking hands with Hideaki-San and they were shouting eachother "this is analog". Of course we listened more songs, and we talked with the other tech das represantatives. Also we asked the af2 and they gently took us to their af2 demo room. We listened af2 too, also it was extraordinary(if u wonder i did not applause, my friend did not cried). Af2 was partnered with a more modest system, and a modest cartridge), I assume it is one of the best tt I have ever heart(clearaudio statement, kondo, sme 30/2-12, onedoff etc) but af1 is not game changer, in my opinion af1 is the game itself.
I really dont know why I talked about it, but I really know each and every person intersted in high end audio, should listen af1 in a decent system. It may change your perspective like mine...
I could not agree more. I heart this gem at the Munich Show 2014, with a graham elite tonearm, tech das cartridge, nordost odin tonearm, vivid speakers, ch electronics, einstein phono pre. In dealers day, turntable was only static, second day(first public day), when we were passing through their room, I had seen a preperation made by a couple of far east man, I had asked one of them if af1 will be played, he said wait, and them we sat and waited. After 5-10 minutes preparation, a 1970-80 model bond case appeared, and these far east gentelmens started to argue with eachother. We were really laughing, scene was absurd. One of them pick a record, "Miles Davis - Live Around The World(9632-46032-1)", and put the record(song was Time after time) on af1. After 1-2 minutes of vta arrangements, needle touched the record.
I cannot find a words to express the experience we had been through. Everything was vanished, only music, only Miles, his trumpet, and the concert audience was there. I had forgotten my friends which were sitting my left and right side, just Miles trumpet, no treeble, no mids, no bass, no transparancey, no stage, even My existence had been vanished. When the song was finished, I started applause with the concert audience, thinking that I am in the concert. One of my friends sitting on my left side was literraly crying, and one of my friend sitting at my right side was shaking hands with Hideaki-San and they were shouting eachother "this is analog". Of course we listened more songs, and we talked with the other tech das represantatives. Also we asked the af2 and they gently took us to their af2 demo room. We listened af2 too, also it was extraordinary(if u wonder i did not applause, my friend did not cried). Af2 was partnered with a more modest system, and a modest cartridge), I assume it is one of the best tt I have ever heart(clearaudio statement, kondo, sme 30/2-12, onedoff etc) but af1 is not game changer, in my opinion af1 is the game itself.
I really dont know why I talked about it, but I really know each and every person intersted in high end audio, should listen af1 in a decent system. It may change your perspective like mine...
You will cost me an AF1 soon, I know I know
Selling? What's up with that?
http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649166781-techdas-air-force-one-mint-condition/
Selling? What's up with that?
http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649166781-techdas-air-force-one-mint-condition/
wow that is surprising...Our own DEV selling his AF1. I wonder if he is going back to his Micro-Seiki ? I also saw that he had his VAC monoblocks up for sale on A-gon....
It's on a-gon too...
http://app.audiogon.com/listings/turntables-techdas-air-force-one-2014-12-22-analog-l4h-1k7
$65k USD vs. $79K CAD is quite a big price discrepancy, or did the Loonie take a dive last week??
$65k USD vs. $79K CAD is quite a big price discrepancy, or did the Loonie take a dive last week??
wow that is surprising...Our own DEV selling his AF1. I wonder if he is going back to his Micro-Seiki ? I also saw that he had his VAC monoblocks up for sale on A-gon....
It's on a-gon too...
http://app.audiogon.com/listings/turntables-techdas-air-force-one-2014-12-22-analog-l4h-1k7
Selling? What's up with that?
http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649166781-techdas-air-force-one-mint-condition/
I thought you were looking for a new table
No MS was sold after hearing the AF1 in my system - AF1 is to date my favorite
I really want one of these so hence my decision to sell now; "I will produce Air Force Zero. That will be my last design, because it will be the best turntable I know how to make. I can’t say much on this now, but it will have a far larger platter for better turning moments, as well as a bigger power supply, and because of the size, its own stand - Hideaki Niskikawa"
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