Speakers for Kondo Ongaku... Please Help

[Uwiik]

I just had a lower back surgery and have to stay home for 2 weeks, made appointment with the dealer to set everything up for home audition on Tuesday. I’ll post pictures and my thoughts.

 

[Uwiik]

Damn the anxiety!! Today is the D day! Anxiously waiting for the audio guy to come with all the toys, especially the WVL Berlin! I couldn’t sleep last night due to the pain from my back surgery recovery and also browsing and contemplating about upgrade to Kondo Kagura and G1000….LOL!!! But @gian60 said that he dont like Kagura alot and much prefer Ongaku…Why?.

 

[Uwiik]

The blank canvass, no treatment or finishing yet due to family health issue this year



What replaced my Kondo for a couple of weeks. My 10 years old daughter told me yesterday “Daddy, I realized now that your big speakers sounded so good after listening to this small speaker for a week”



Temporary seating arrangement until I recover, can’t stand sitting in a soft sofa even for a second. My dog love to sleep there.



I have liked this painting since I was 25 years old, finally managed to take it off my mom’s wall….LOL..

 

[LL21]

Damn the anxiety!! Today is the D day! Anxiously waiting for the audio guy to come with all the toys, especially the WVL Berlin! I couldn’t sleep last night due to the pain from my back surgery recovery and also browsing and contemplating about upgrade to Kondo Kagura and G1000….LOL!!! But @gian60 said that he dont like Kagura alot and much prefer Ongaku…Why?.

Ibuprofen and lots of hifi reviews! Take it easy and enjoy!

 

[Uwiik]

Ibuprofen and lots of hifi reviews! Take it easy and enjoy!

Ibuprofen won’t do it, I am on Tramadol mix, was on Fentanyl for 3 days, wasn’t pleasant at all that terrible drug. Thanks, enjoying this so much, much better than doing nothing at all

 

[Uwiik]

They were late due to problem with elevators, 4 hours late to be exact so I took a nap to skip a dose of Tramadol, woke up from the nap to this!!! Way toooo excited!!!!


Soooo closeeeee yet so unreachable!!! Damn you spinal injury!!!



Looking super high end already!

 

[Uwiik]

I am itching to jump in and touch everything but I can’t!!! Damn!!


the most delicate parts



WHOAAAA!!!



Everything made in house they say



Mission Impossible…

 

[Uwiik]

Watch ya back mate!!



So whose tummy sexier??


I wish a have a bigger room…me and wife agreed for next year… YAY bigger room…


Tall eh…

 

[Uwiik]

I love Siltech Triple Crown with Kondo..


The Taiko Extreme for me is still being made, few months ahead methink…. Can’t wait.

 

[Verdier]

Very, very nice speakers!!! Congratulations!! In your room they look quite compact.

But what kind of hifi system is that? Is anything broken? I don't see a turntable!!!

 

[Klonk]

Lovely speakers. Enjoy them.

 

[Ron Resnick]

Congratulations! Enjoy that beautiful system!

 

[Uwiik]

Very, very nice speakers!!! Congratulations!! In your room they look quite compact.

But what kind of hifi system is that? Is anything broken? I don't see a turntable!!!

Not so quick, I have Kuzma XL DC upstairs and I am tempted to steal that from the system to try to pair with HSE Reference Phono.

 

[Uwiik]

Everything I expect and more (less too)….after some initial struggle to find an OK baseline we finally found it. As always involvement of Siltech DC/TC were always the one that brought most change for the better. I can get away without second amp to biamp because my Ongaku can do an average of 90db max 100-107 with relative ease, I usually listen at average 80db anyway but tomorrow we will still try biamp effort. Sound is a lot more nicer then it was when I auditioned it. One huge drawback is the bass, the bass was totally non existent compared to what I listened during audition, there was definitely no chest thumping happening this afternoon. Will play around with speaker positioning tomorrow To find the missing bass, I think speakers are too close to front wall and I gotta move the rack and all gears except power to the side too. I over exerted myself though, gotta go to sleep now and continue tomorrow. Ciao…

 

[Uwiik]

It sounded heavenly for sure

 

[Bobvin]

Happy for you… a very nice way to distract from your recovery. Enjoy — I’m sure the sound is glorious.

 

[LL21]

Congrats and hope they provide some pain relief! Is that a Torus as well? Which unit?

 

[Uwiik]

Happy for you… a very nice way to distract from your recovery. Enjoy — I’m sure the sound is glorious.

Thanks a lot! FYI putting the Pilium Elektra on action was one of the greatest moment of this afternoon. It was an ear opener…Too bad I got a slightly defective unit and dealer said waiting for replacement as they have AK chip shortage due to the fire

 

[Uwiik]

Congrats and hope they provide some pain relief! Is that a Torus as well? Which unit?

That’s Torus AVR-20 I stole from upstairs. I bought Shunyata Everest for downstairs and regretted it, no comparison, not even close And the worst part is my dealer have Torus AVR Elite on stock. Now I have almost new Shunyata Everest US plugs with 220-240V for sale.

 

[gestalt]

I'm very eager to hear the BERLIN here in the States and have high expectations for this loudspeaker. Thanks for sharing your experiences!