Glorious tubes at Alma Music and Audio

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Air Tight Event-2.jpg [h=1]The magic of tubes and vinyl![/h]There's an undeniable magic in the sound of vacuum tubes, that, like good vinyl reproduction, it just brings us closer to the music.
For our next event, February 24th, we're opening our doors to two incredible brands: Air Tightand Transrotor! We'll also be showing the gorgeous new Franco Serblin Lignea speakers.

It's all happening Saturday, Feb. 24th from 1pm.

Our address:

7847 Convoy Ct., #101
San Diego, CA 92111

See ya!

 

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Alex, this should be an excellent meeting, i am looking forward to attending.

The little baby Lignea might struggle a little in the big room...Ktema perhaps???
 

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This amp is huge :)

The Franco Serblin Lignea are set up along the side wall, very close to it, for that nice extra bass reinforcement. With the smaller Air Tight stuff, the imaging is breathtaking, palpable!

We'll have the ATM-1S there and a turntable for the event (instead of the CD player). This ATM-2 will likely go outside with the Brodmann or maybe even the Sabrinas.
 

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Another good event! Very different presentation on the YGs, and we got the usual "best sound I've ever heard from these speakers"! YGs are true chameleons, they adapt to the sound of the electronics being used.
The little system with ATM-2 and Franco Serblin Lignea speakers turned a few heads, with impressive bass out of such small speakers!
If you couldn't make it for the event, we'll have most of this stuff set up for the coming weeks, so stop by!


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Underground Furniture :)

Shameful, I know... We like to spread the speakers quite a bit, and the room is fairly big, so when using stereo amps, our usual 2,5m cables won't reach, or when they do, it'll look silly like this... But we've got 3,5m cables on the way...
 

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This was one of the best events that the good folks at Alma have put on, IMO. The Air tight amps are the real deal. The large stereo model (2001 Reference model..?) is one heck of a good sounding piece. Drove the not too easy to drive YG’s with aplomb. This with the Air tight preamp and the Transrotor front end along with the Prana wire cabling made for excellent sound.
The smaller Serblin Lignea system was as Alex reported, an eye opener and one that I feel you could set up and call it a day if you wanted to get off the train.
Great sound and an excellent event, thanks to Alex, Fabio and the rest of the gang....including the good folks from Axiss distribution.
 

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Thanks, Dave!
 

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