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"Now is the time to say it. The Line Magnetic 218 and Auditorium 23’s were amazing. Every change shone clearly and every recording sounded different. Everything we listened to sounded great and most of all fun. ...This was truly edge of the seat listening as every note hung onto the next. The most immersive and engaging experience I’ve had with recorded music." Art Kyle |
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Art Kyle is a local customer of ours who recently started a blog, Art Kyle's Listening. We invited him down to hear some of the great new gear that's been coming in recently, focusing on the Line Magnetic 218IA amplifier (845 SET), DeVore Fidelity 3XL speakers and Auditorium 23 cables. Sources included a Well Tempered Versalex with an EMT TSD 15, a Well Tempered Amadeus GTA with a van den Hul Colibri (both paired with the Art Audio Vinyl Reference phono stage) and a Rega Apollo CD player that turned out to be the surprise of the afternoon. |
Eugene Hi-Fi is now an authorized dealer for EMT cartridges. The TSD 15 has been a treat to listen to as it breaks in. It's easy to understand why this cartridge has been in production for over 40 years. |
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"Overall the Frog Gold has recalibrated a number of my musical expectations. It’s easily my new favorite cartridge and I’m going to have to figure a way of getting one into my system permanently. Having lived with one there’s no going back. It would be too hard to give up its astonishing qualities. The musical insight alone is remarkable and worth the price of admission. If you are a music lover who has forgotten about the Van den Hul range as I had, do look afresh. The fact is I’m a bit unsettled by what I have been missing – and this isn't even the top of the range." Edward Barker |
| 6Moons.com just published Edward Barker's new review on The Frog with Gold coils. The MC-One Special, which was used as a point of comparison, also received a fair amount of attention in the review. It wasn't supposed to, but he could hardly take if off the turntable after sampling it. There are so many great quotes, it was hard to pick one out. Reading between the lines is not necessary on this one. Edward clearly articulates what we have been experiencing with van den Hul cartridges for a long time. This is a great review of a great cartridge. |
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DeVore Fidelity's new gibbon X speakersJohn DeVore introduced two new speakers at CES 2012. Pictured is the new gibbon X, a powerful three-way system. The gibbon 88 was introduced as the successor to the original SUPER 8. Both speakers have solid bamboo cabinets and feature DeVore's newly redesigned driver, the first in DeVore Fidelity's history. |
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Well Tempered Lab Versalex Turntable and LTD TonearmThe flagship turntable and removable tonearm were both introduced at CES 2012.
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