Good stuff Ron, best of luck on your new journey!
Would like to hear them someday.
Let's schedule a visit whenever you want! Audio Café is open for business!
Good stuff Ron, best of luck on your new journey!
Would like to hear them someday.
Yes, agree with your decision. When I became a dealer for KR Audio many years ago, I stopped reviewing for Positive Feedback. When I stopped being a dealer I became a reviewer again until I became a dealer for Aries Cerat...then I stopped reviewing again. I just feel it's a conflict of interest and there is no need for it.The word is “was”. I announced here last year that I agreed with members re the conflict of interest and felt that I as an owner should not participate in the sale of or represent any product. I personally feel that was the correct decision
Well, it helped Linn as aural memories are short and the time to bring in better speakers might be awhile...Didn't Linn demand the One Speaker Pair Demo policy from their dealers? Not just one pair at a time, but no other spkrs at all to be in the room.
Al seemed quite taken with your Pendragons...maybe a new speaker for him?Thank you for explaining.
Over time it will be interesting to me to try to discern sonic pros and cons between the Pendragons and the Studio Plus (although obviously the better and fairer comparison to the Pendragons would be Auditoriums).
Out of the box the Studio Plus sounds very good to me. (I have been warned by many people not to judge them until the 250 hour mark.) They sound friendlier and more natural sounding than the Pendragons. Even out of the box there is no brightness or edginess in the 4 to 6 kHz region with which I've been been struggling with the Pendragons.
Al seemed quite taken with your Pendragons...maybe a new speaker for him?
what happened to Swiss neutralityAl seemed quite taken with your Pendragons...maybe a new speaker for him?
We're still strong at it - considering the times we live inwhat happened to Swiss neutrality
Why wouldn't you still review speakers, phono equipment, cables. Anything you don't own.Yes, agree with your decision. When I became a dealer for KR Audio many years ago, I stopped reviewing for Positive Feedback. When I stopped being a dealer I became a reviewer again until I became a dealer for Aries Cerat...then I stopped reviewing again. I just feel it's a conflict of interest and there is no need for it.
i think you have to choose sides. a hobbyist/reviewer/blogger.....or....you are selling stuff.Why wouldn't you still review speakers, phono equipment, cables. Anything you don't own.
Steve, I agree, especially with regards to conflict of interest.The word is “was”. I announced here last year that I agreed with members re the conflict of interest and felt that I as an owner should not participate in the sale of or represent any product. I personally feel that was the correct decision
I love VAC in general. I bet I would like VAC on any planar dipole.
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Ron, three set up questions:
1. Why straight ahead with no toe-in?
2. Do the two large towers behind each speaker affect the back wave of this dipole design?
3. Do you think you will you be changing the acoustic treatments with the panels you mounted up in the forward corners, the various wall panels, the many tube traps and the electronic bass traps?
It had the same rear energy front and back…like the Clarisys ribbon. Both are true dipoles. Having owned both Apogees and my own DIY BG based hybrids I can tell you that they interact similarly with the room.1. Toe in affects twt to Woofer distance to listener , placing tweeter behind woofer , as well as the changes to being on axis , rear reflections off the panel are also affected by their return phase angles , together they alter/change the sonics tremendously.
The Gryphon does not have a wide baffle with woofer attached so you are mostly playing with the on/axis response and being planar magnetic does not have the same rear energy as the ribbon in the Clarysis..!
Regards
Congratulations Ron, nobody is more passionate about audio than you are ! What a great way for potential buyers to hear new equipment !This is to announce that I am now a home dealer for Clarisys Audio loudspeakers and Hegel Music Systems. This home dealer project is in addition to all of my current activities, including my participation on the forum, my interviews and show reports and other videos for the WBF YouTube channel, and my reviewing for Mono and Stereo.
I promise to do my best to be bright line careful when wearing my dealer hat for Clarisys Audio versus my other hats which require neutrality, impartiality and intellectual honesty. I promise to do my best to be explicit and declaratory when I am acting on behalf of Clarisys versus when I am engaged in any of my audio industry interviewing, reporting or reviewing activities.
The name of the dealership is Audio Cafe LLC. The website for Audio Cafe is www.AudioCafeBeverlyHills.com. Please check it out!
If you wish to audition the Clarisys Audio Studio Plus loudspeakers please contact me! I have installed the Studio Plus speakers in my main listening room, starting with my usual sources (Studer A820 tape machine, Brinkmann Balance turntable and Lampizator Baltic 4) and my usual electronics (Aesthetix, VTL and Jadis). Presently I have a Hegel V10 phono stage and a P30A pre-amplifier. I plan to get a Hegel amplifier in the future to be able to offer auditions with a solid-state chain of electronics.
Make an appointment, and let's have some fun!
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You are awesome Ked !i think people who are not should state so in their signature
I might go so far to say, there are enough reviewers out there that don't have adequate rooms or electrical infrastructure to make accurate judgements on what something can really do. At least Ron has a very good power to his gear. And he has taken a lot of time to work on the room. I would prefer he had one set of speakers in the room. Time will tell where he goes on that. Maybe he needs his speakers on a conveyor belt to move them with the push of a button.
How will you get the Pendragon "all squared away" with the Clarisys speakers in front of them?... as I intend to return to comparative component reviewing once my Pendragon system is all squared away.