Tidal Sunray T1

[wizard]

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The T1 version of the Sunray comes with the bigger Duelund Silver Capacitors.

This unique pair of Sunray T1 is the only one ever produced in the amazing African Pyramided Mahogany finish.

 

[amirm]

Wow. What amazing burl/flamed harwood! I thought it was maple at first. All of them are African Mahogany?

 

[edorr]

This is one of the few "large" speakers that I find truly aesthetically appealing.

 

[LL21]

I hope to be listening to Tidals Sunrays again shortly...possibly same model. Will post.

 

[LL21]

La Assoluta will have 9 drivers in each and like Sunray it will be a 3-part speaker.

In the separate bass towers there will be 4 drivers in each.

Hi Wizard...just posted elsewhere on this. Any more news regarding this speaker, as we approach the release date this summer?

 

[georgemg]

Truly the most beautiful building I've ever seen in a speaker, looks more like a jewel.

 

[mep]

Yeah, the wood is pretty. The design doesn't make sense to me though.

 

[Jazzhead]

Yeah, the wood is pretty. The design doesn't make sense to me though.

What's wrong with it ?

 

[NorthStar]

-- Those are gorgeous speakers!

 

[audioline]

Gorgeous! Fantastic woodwork.

//Kim

 

[Audiocrack]

They are indeed absolute gorgeous, also soundswise. I have never seen better woodwork and I listened to a lot top of the kine speakers. Only reason for selling them is that I would like to move up the Tidal kine. Pictures can be found on Audiogon as well

 

[Jazzhead]

They are indeed absolute gorgeous, also soundswise. I have never seen better woodwork and I listened to a lot top of the kine speakers. Only reason for selling them is that I would like to move up the Tidal kine. Pictures can be found on Audiogon as well

Audiocrack welcome to WBF , enjoy your stay here ...

Is the set up above yours .. Tidal + Marten ?

 

[Audiocrack]

Yep

 

[Jazzhead]

Very nice . Do you still have the Supremes , they look awful small alongside the Tidal . How would you compare the two , from your post above I take it Tidal is you preference . I can identify the Kalista Ref with the Kondo pre and phono stages and Prime cabling , could you please identify the amps down below . The only upgrade with Tidal above the Sunray , is the La Assoluta system if I am correct .

 

[georgemg]

Hi Audiocrack

I would like to know about your experience with tidal speaker and jorma cable, this is one doubt I have since I bought tidal piano diacera,now I am using one silver speaker cable better than argento flow , I tryed also Kubala sosna emotion, cardas GR , sterovox, synergistic research tesla, taralabs, but with all them the transparency decreases as the sound stage loses tridimensionality, so the only cable I would like to try is Jorma cable.

 

[Audiocrack]

Hello Jazzhead, all these top of line loudspeakers are very, very good albeit quite different. The T1 Sunray sounds somewhat milder than the Coltrane Supremes. The latter are really amazing in the way they disapear and the bass, although not the deepest I have heard, is incredable tight. I love both. The woodwork of the Sunray is the most beautiful I have ever seen, it resembles velvet in a certain way. The amos are Kondo Gakuoh 300b single end amps and Audio Note/Kondo 211 se amps.

 

[Audiocrack]

Hi Georgemg, I have only experience with the Jorna prime loudspeaker cables. So therefore cannot comment on their ic's. I bought the Jorma cables for my coltrane supremes because Marten uses this cable inside the supreme cabinets. Right now I am playing the T1 Sunrays with the Taralabs zero gold loudspeaker cables. On the Sunrays I prefer the latter to the Jorma prime cables: more room, power and bloom. But with the supremes some kind of synergy is created.

 

[Audiocrack]

Sorry, the Taralabs ic's are called zero gold (which I am also using) but the Taralabs top of the line speaker cables are called the omega gold. As said before, on the Sunrays I prefer them to the Jorma prime loudspeakercabkes (and the Argento master reference (silver) cables that I used in the past).

 

[Jazzhead]

The amos are Kondo Gakuoh 300b single end amps and Audio Note/Kondo 211 se amps.

Audiocrack thanks for the info . I would guess the Kondo Gakouoh and AN Kondo 211 amps would work well with the Supremes , as their bass is actively driven , will the Sunray not need more power to come alive . I believe their website recommends 250W @8ohms to exercise their whole dynamic envelope .

 

[Jazzhead]

Hi Georgemg, I have only experience with the Jorna prime loudspeaker cables. So therefore cannot comment on their ic's. I bought the Jorma cables for my coltrane supremes because Marten uses this cable inside the supreme cabinets. Right now I am playing the T1 Sunrays with the Taralabs zero gold loudspeaker cables. On the Sunrays I prefer the latter to the Jorma prime cables: more room, power and bloom. But with the supremes some kind of synergy is created.

I am running the Coltrane 2 and Imuch preferred the ZenSati Seraphim cables to the Jorma Prime , at least in my set-up . The ZenSati are supposedly very similar sounding to the Tara Labs , or so I am told .