SET amp owners thread

[bonzo75]

How did you like the (modded) AirScouts?
What is all modded apart from relocating the JBL tweeter and adding a super tweeter?

external crossover. All mods by Kevin.

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

when I redid my AG Trios to Quattros I added JBL2405 and the rotation of the JBL slot influenced the soundstage width and height

 

[morricab]

when I redid my AG Trios to Quattros I added JBL2405 and the rotation of the JBL slot influenced the soundstage width and height

What orientation did you settle on? Vertical? Horizontal? Or somewhere in between?

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

diagonal

 

[Lee Henley]

Had a good day yesterday with Kedar and the host of the system Jeff, its always nice to hear someone else's system and a first for me to hear an all Kondo system outside of Munich, it was also a first for me to hear these speakers. I felt that the speakers did a great job on the tone of instruments, the trumpets on the Alternate Blues Pablo album was excellent, the classical records we played I am not that familiar with.

The next stop on the amp comparison tour will be to see Bill and his Pnoe's

 

[bonzo75]

Btw, this M7 and Neiro are from the original, Kondo San himself

 

[christoph]

diagonal

Facing like a "V" as in the modded UK AirScouts or like an "A" as in mine?

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

tried both...preferred V in my room, but ended up selling the Trios
I replaced the cheap Community M200 drivers with TAD 4001 mids and the crossovers were redone.........the midbasshorns sang along to over 2K!
messed around with Trio for 12 years before I started on my present setup

 

[Beckola66]

Hi chaps, I'm a newbie and this is my first post. This is an interesting post, Lee Henley and I have been mates for around 5 years and I was a normal hifi dude before I walked into his listening room, now look at me

 

[bonzo75]

Hi chaps, I'm a newbie and this is my first post. This is an interesting post, Lee Henley and I have been mates for around 5 years and I was a normal hifi dude before I walked into his listening room, now look at me

Hi, are you Craig with the AN 2a3 standard gain? Is the Audio Detail valve pre in your signature the 101d preamp?

 

[Beckola66]

Hi, are you Craig with the AN 2a3 standard gain? Is the Audio Detail valve pre in your signature the 101d preamp?

Hi, yes I'm the guy with the standard gain AN Empress, the Audio Detail is the standard pre he does but he's going to upgrade caps etc for me. I have only had the amps since Sunday and so far I'm really blown away

 

[bonzo75]

the Audio Detail is the standard pre he does but he's going to upgrade caps etc for me. I have only had the amps since Sunday and so far I'm really blown away

Ok, that's the one with the Marconi 12AT7W and 6N1P. I love his 101d pre, it is so transparent and musical.

 

[Ron Resnick]

Hi chaps, I'm a newbie and this is my first post. This is an interesting post, Lee Henley and I have been mates for around 5 years and I was a normal hifi dude before I walked into his listening room, now look at me

Welcome to WBF, Beckola66!

 

[Lee Henley]

Hi chaps, I'm a newbie and this is my first post. This is an interesting post, Lee Henley and I have been mates for around 5 years and I was a normal hifi dude before I walked into his listening room, now look at me

You could say I’ve cost you a small fortune in that 5 years lol

 

[Beckola66]

You could say I’ve cost you a small fortune in that 5 years lol

Yes mate, I thought I’d finished until I saw the Audio Notes on Sunday

 

[n+1]

At Bill’s, experimenting with Audio Detail GM70 and 300b and comparing to existing 801a amp. The 70 was excellent, very transparent and gets the musical lines with letting out just flow. those who listen to my also heard this on recent hORNs universum videosView attachment 104000

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Dava on the horning SATI Dynavector arm, vdh master strad on SME V on a TD160 that Bill put a wooden plinth on.

the white horn colour integrates very well with the light floor and light wall colour and the glass door

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A Horning Sati TT! Never seen one in the wild.

At Bill’s, experimenting with Audio Detail GM70 and 300b and comparing to existing 801a amp. The 70 was excellent, very transparent and gets the musical lines with letting out just flow. those who listen to my also heard this on recent hORNs universum videosView attachment 104000

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Dava on the horning SATI Dynavector arm, vdh master strad on SME V on a TD160 that Bill put a wooden plinth on.

the white horn colour integrates very well with the light floor and light wall colour and the glass door

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I’ve never seen a Horning Sati turntable in the wild. Amazing.
I have a pair of his original Algame speakers.

 

[morricab]

A Horning Sati TT! Never seen one in the wild.


I’ve never seen a Horning Sati turntable in the wild. Amazing.
I have a pair of his original Algame speakers.
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Can you describe what you hear with those speakers? I have been curious about them for a long time.

 

[Argonaut]

I ran a pair of Agathon Ultimates for a while, really fine transducers with a prodigious presence due to the internal folded horn married to an adapted DX4 and a Horning wave guide tweeter … A most lovely finish on your Algame’s @n+1

 

[jeff1225]

A Horning Sati TT! Never seen one in the wild.


I’ve never seen a Horning Sati turntable in the wild. Amazing.
I have a pair of his original Algame speakers.
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I heard a pair of these at a show and was really blown away. Congratulations, you have one of the better high efficiency speakers I’ve ever heard. What amp do you use?

 

[bonzo75]

So, yesterday I compared the GM70 you heard in Bill's system the Kondo Neiro 2a3 in the Living Voice Air Scout system I posted about earlier, where I had compared the Audio Note Empress Silver 2a3. As you can see from the below video, totally different sound to the one you hear in Bill's video. This is only a 15 x 12 room.

In Bill's video you heard the Graphite tube, here we preferred the Copper tube. We still have to try the copper at Bill's.

Essentially, with the copper tube the Audio Detail GM70 amp had the Kondo tone, rich with texture, but more oomph, bass, agility in violin inflections ,and more dynamic range. The Graphite is more transparent and even punchier, but on the 105db speaker with the Graphite, the bass becomes too much, we have to lower the volume for the bass, and the highs then get compressed. With Copper, it falls into balance.