DartZeel Factory Visit .

[Jazzhead]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4prib7oikgw0sj9/darTZeel Factory Tour, May 2012.pdf

 

[nirodha]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4prib7oikgw0sj9/darTZeel Factory Tour, May 2012.pdf

Thank you! Nice!
Wim

 

[Elberoth]

Thanks for sharing. I find Herve to be one of the nicest and most supportive ppl in the industry.

 

[microstrip]

Thanks for sharing. I find Herve to be one of the nicest and most supportive ppl in the industry.

It is one of the good aspects of dealing with small companies - my emails to Herve were always friendly answered in less two days - sometimes in a few minutes! I appreciate his business ethics - he answers to questions, but always sends a copy also to the distributor who sold and registered the equipment.

 

[joeinid]

Thanks for sharing. I find Herve to be one of the nicest and most supportive ppl in the industry.

A huge plus one! Working with Herve is awesome!.

 

[asiufy]

Indeed, I had a similar tour when I visited Geneva. The guy is a gentleman, and is clearly very passionate about his products.
And I was lucky enough to hear the 458s and the MM3s in that room of his. He almost brought the house down with some fine music (Pink Floyd, Genesis, my faves). It's still my most memorable listening session!


alexandre

 

[Bruce B]

I've sent him a couple of emails and he has always responded in a timely manner.... and I don't even own Dartzeel. Wish it would work in my system..

 

[asiufy]

And why wouldn't it work? Not powerful enough?

 

[Bruce B]

And why wouldn't it work? Not powerful enough?

They perform best with the 50 ohm 'zeel' cables and all I run are balanced XLR for everything. That would require me to rewire the whole studio.

 

[asiufy]

50 ohm Zeel cables are cheap, and thin. I have mine going under the floorboards, 10 meters, from the pre to the power.
You can keep then the pre next to the sources.


alexandre

 

[Bruce B]

Only 1 bal. input and no bal. line out... ain't gonna happen!

 

[asiufy]

If you don't need phono inputs, I understand you can have the 2 slots reserved for the phono cards replaced by XLR inputs...
But yeah, no balanced line out...

 

[Andre Marc]

It is one of the good aspects of dealing with small companies - my emails to Herve were always friendly answered in less two days - sometimes in a few minutes! I appreciate his business ethics - he answers to questions, but always sends a copy also to the distributor who sold and registered the equipment.

This is somewhat of a romantic notion. I have had calls and emails unreturned numerous times from small artisan shops.

 

[NorthStar]

-- ...Great link Jazzhead, as always.

 

[Jazzhead]

-- ...Great link Jazzhead, as always.

Right on Bob Right On

 

[NorthStar]

Right on Bob Right On

Hey, that's part of my sig; from another world.

 

[vess]

Only 1 bal. input and no bal. line out... ain't gonna happen!

There is one pair of XLR outputs.

Vess

 

[Bruce B]

There is one pair of XLR outputs.

Vess

Correct.... a variable XLR out... not a fixed XLR line out

 

[microstrip]

Correct.... a variable XLR out... not a fixed XLR line out

The NHB18 balanced output is obtained using a line output transformer and most of the time I preferred the sound obtained using the SE output with an RCA -XLR quality adapter to that of the balanced output.

 

[rad]

My Dream amps!!!

Most likely never to happen, but we can dream.
The NHB-108 is doing great as well as the NHB-18NS....