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    Cantate Domino 1 step 45 rpm

    Received today my copy n. 12 on 420 of Cantate Domino ,One Step,produced from a small Italian company,Audionautes. There is a 33 rpm and same in 2 45 rpm, total 3 vynil and a very nice book Really impressive for sound, silence and natural, sure absolutely the best recording of Cantate Domino...
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    New Italian book for hi end

    My friend Claudio Cricca,live in Bologna and has a horn speaker 6 way he did himself. His job is Journalist,not for hifi, and photographer and he had the idea 2 years ago to do a book for hifi. He visited 30 people in Italy,in 2 years, with among the best system in Italy,also me I am in the book...
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    Kondo Melius

    Someone has or listened the amp Kondo Melius? I am a big fan of ANJP and Kondo and i think Melius is really no bad. 32 watt are good for many speakers,at not very high volume,and use tube EL 34 that i like,not like triode 2A3 or 845 but is really a good tube for me,i had in Leak and Radford sta...
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    what's best sounding speaker you have ever heard?

    I saw this question in a facebook hi end group and in 168 answer there are 100 different speaker,From ATC,to MBL,imf,quad 57,Dalquist dq 10,Tad,AR,Hill Plasmatronic,Harbeth,Tannoy,Kharma,Avantgarde,Dali,Focal,Snell,ESS,B&W,Avalon Isis,TG,Melodya,Genesis,Infinity,Jbl,Adyton,Zellaton Plural...
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    Grand Cru Elite

    I saw in Munich show in VDH box the new Grand Cru Elite I asked and told me,VDH was not on show,and told me is a step over the normal grand cru But dont understood why
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    Today listened a Fantastic system

    Today i listened from my friend distributor of Metronome,Kalista,WB,Analog Domain,Thrax,DS Audio a really fantastic system In my life i listened few times system of this quality System was TT Dps with DS Audio W2 Thrax Lybra Thrax mono amp Heros MK II Speaker Analog Domain Argus Speaker is a 3...
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    Zyx Astro

    Someone listen the new Zyx Astro?
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    Which will be your next purchase?

    All we have fantastic system,but sure all we have always in mind something new we would like to buy. I would like to buy CH L 10,80% stereo and could be 20% mono And yours next purchase?
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    Triplanar Ultimate Se 9.8" arrived

    Last week Mike worked a lot for his new digital Wadax and i worked a lot for my analog Grand Cru,Triplanar and Vyda phono cable I have many cartridges and few tonearm and i founded a new Triplanar ultimate se 9.8". I listened old triplanar from friends and i liked,good scene,depth,mid and...
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    Grand Cru arrived

    I tried in last years VDH Colibri,but was not satisfy and sold After reading all Enthusiastic post of MS and GC i found a very good offer from a friend for a new Grand Cru and i bought last week. I put on Elite 12" with a new Vyda phono cable,and all have 5 hours but i can say sound is...
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    Vyda din Phono cable

    Yesterday i received from Vyda,a din phono cables to try. Cable is in pure silver solid core,with dielectric and all component inside of natural fiber like cotton,ecc,ecc connector are home made,in pure copper with 12 micron pure silver and the cover very heavy in stainless steel 303. I use...
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    New Incredible Top Italian Speaker

    I want to share a new top speaker made in Italy. I own an italian speaker Montagna,for me one of the 3/4 best listening in my life,but now a new fantastic speaker is born. My firend since 35 years,old Italian distributor of AudioTekne,Acapella,MBL,Mactone,ecc,ecc,has another company where...
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    How many hours will be perfect the cartridges?

    How many hours our cartridges will be in perfect conditions? Shure tell 800/1000 hours Some tell more than 2.000 and some maximo 1.500 hours This nobody knows Do you have one idea?
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    VDH Grail SE

    I read a lot about VDH Grand Cru and MS But someone listened VDH phono top of the line Grail sb or se?
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    Zyx Astro

    Someone listened the new Zyx Astro? My Italian distributor friend sent me copy of mail he received from Zyx directly,i dont want to write the name,could be is secret that explain to my friend that the best model is Ultimate Diamond,low output 0.24. Astro is a new model and the difference is...
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    Gian 60 is back,Kalista,Acoustat,clearaudio

    Dear all, After one year and half of my bad situation for my job in textile business due this stupid Covid,i was very quiet,but now finally situation is very very good,so i start to think to music and hifi with clear mind and happy heart. I had Quad Corner Ribbon,few used because havent a good...
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    Analog Tangenta Supreme

    Someone know or listen this tonearm?
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    Kondo Ongaku

    I had 2 ANJ Ongaku,bought,sold after 3 years and bought again and used for 7 years,then sold for an Audio tekne system I listen many times from my friend the Ongaku number 1,the first made from Kondo,smaller than the normal Ongaku and only 7 made. I compared at home 2 times ANJ Ongaku with the...
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    New Covid Vaccine

    Sorry if is not inherent with hifi UK monday start to do Vaccine I asked Ked to start first so later i decide to do or not Ked told me will try all 3 vaccine and will do report on Zero-distortion
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    Top Vintage system

    Today all prices are incredible crazy!!!! There are fantastic old products and system you can find cheaper than a cartridges What do you think if with 7/15.000 usd you can have system like ML JC1 with Acoustat X or Monitor Pre and Speaker Beweridge 2 ML 6 and N 20 with Tympany IV A Bedini with...
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    Incredible Kuro Fake from China

    Emiliano,owner of Kuro,yesterday call me for this incredible thing. His supplier of connector Bocchino,Mr Carmine Bocchino,that speak Italian because is half Italian,told him that saw in China Kuro cable with certificate and told Emiliano. But this are fake cables because Kuro are different and...
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    Gobel history

    In google,you can check,,In Soundstageglobal, From Germany,Gobel hiend There is a brief history of Gobel company and his production,interesting
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    Shell for SME and FR

    If ona have interest Madformusic in Milan has in sell 2 rare shell,a FR S1 7gr. without lead wire at 35 euro and a SME years 60 around without lead wire at 65 euro He put the photo,not the product he sell but took from web If someone has interest can contact him
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    Elite 12" arrived

    I had problems with Basis Superarm 9 and gave back to distributor and he gave to me Elite 12" new in box,Audiograffiti,friend since 35 years,is distributor of both brand. Yesterday i put on AF3P and put Coralstone Diamond. I dont know if Elite is a good match with Koetsu but sound is very good...
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    Techdas titanium screw

    I have no good screw to connect cartridge to tonearm and after talking with Italian distributor friend i push him to gift to me the Techdas Screw,130 euro in Italy. And he gift to me. I read are light and hard so the cartridge is better connected to the arm. I listened with old screw on...
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    My visit to CH Precision

    Next monday morning if all ok,i will be in CH Company,that is far 313 km from my home. In august we stay and did holiday at home,we also live in a beautiful place,6 km from Lake Maggiore,but my wife is little tired and would like to do a weekend in some place,and she loves also Swiss. I had...
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    Big Meeting

    After Covid will be completely finish Will be fantastic find one place and do one meeting for a week with all forumer who can come Will be fantastic meet Tang,Ron,Mike,Vienna,Ked,Howie,hieukm, Micro,Lagonda,Steve,Marty,Act,ecc ecc ecc Will be fantastic, drink together and enjoy
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    Which are your future plan?

    Which are your future plan to improve the system? My plan is,if business start after Covid, pre CH L10 sub Montagna for my speaker A second rack Finite Elemente to put Torqueo TT near Vyger and AF3P and L 10 power supply
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    MM cartridge

    I have a friend near Milan that has 9 turntable and 5 phono stage. He has 40 cartridges,Koetsu Blue Lace,Dynavector XV1S and 1T,Lumiere,ART 1000,AudioTekne,IOM,Proteus,GFS,and many others and he has also many MM and he likes a lot MM cartridges,old MM like Shure,Stanton and others.He is...
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    M 10

    In Monoandstereo photo of new M10 with size and interview to Florian

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