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Thats quite an interesting read indeed. I heard the big Kondo against my friends big Transendend preamp on a pair of Thiel CS6 driven by a unknown tube amp builder in Zurich. It sounded fantastic and the Transcendend was extremely close which is quite good especially since it only cost about 9000US which is still quite a bit cheaper than the big Kondo here.
Are you planing on coming to the big High End show next year in Munich?
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I graduate in December -- My hope is to have some money to go to the big CES show in Vegas. Kondo shows in Vegas I believe (so does everyone it seems). AN UK will have two rooms with their Half million dollar set-up in one and an affordable one in the other room.
I want to go because I can directly put them up against some other system I've been curious about like GMA, Merlin, Spendor, JM Reynaud, Innersound, Maggies top system, Harbeth, ATC and the big Dynaudios.
Soundhounds hopefuly will be able to sell Magnepan this time around if they do well then Terry will bring in the 20.1 and then customers can compare it directly against the AN E ?SEC Silver and the B&W Diamond $25k model. The problem for Soundhounds as I see it right now is space and SS amplification as they carry Bryston, MF and McIntosh(sorta) and I would like to see a higher end SS amp maker with the Maggies - and a fairer match with B&W because Bryston to me is not a good match for B&W.
Soundhounds staff went to the CES two years ago and were on the hunt to pick up some better gear. I might be able to be a roving scout (to use a baseball term) for them. To steer them to stuff that may be more saleable and better sounding than some of the weaker lines they carry. Von Sweikert perhaps.
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