October 12, 200718 yr nah, i'm not as interested in the luna as I was a month or so ago, and roam's grado tweaking sounds 2 xtreme for me. I'm just going to get my rs-1 balanced and get a 4chbeta22. Sounds like a good plan. Have you talked to Thrice yet? PFK is doing that too but apparently hasn't heard back from him in a little bit.
October 12, 200718 yr Sounds like a good plan. Have you talked to Thrice yet? PFK is doing that too but apparently hasn't heard back from him in a little bit. Yeah, I'm #1 on the build list, "Jack J". Thrice is still banging out the specifics on my amp (balanced loop out, two xlr ins, one rca in, I think is what I finally went with).
October 12, 200718 yr The Luna is based on a design by K&K Audio. It's easy to spot with the transformers and the design. Lundahl makes great stuff but installing them on a PCB is such a waste... :'(
October 13, 200718 yr Lundahl makes great stuff but installing them on a PCB is such a waste... :'( Not another PCB's don't sound as good as point to point debate...
October 13, 200718 yr Author because he with the most posts wins. Says the man with over six times my posts.
October 13, 200718 yr Not another PCB's don't sound as good as point to point debate... No debate here. P-P is much better if it is done well while PCB's are cheaper and it is easier to get the same result time and time again with no skill. There are some things that have no place on a PCB such as signal and the filament wiring while I'm seeing this integrated more and more. Btw. Post count is the only true measure of everything in this world...
October 13, 200718 yr Post count is the only true measure of everything in this world... Says the people who have small penises.
October 13, 200718 yr No debate here. P-P is much better if it is done well <snip> I disagree, as an engineer I see nothing inherently superior in PTP and more often than not it's not done well resulting in a product far more likely to fail or have issues.
October 13, 200718 yr I disagree, as an engineer I see nothing inherently superior in PTP and more often than not it's not done well resulting in a product far more likely to fail or have issues. More often then not it is very badly done (Single Power...) with no care take to damp the wire and the components and even less thought about the layout. The connecting wire is much better then a trace and the connections as well since they are mostly mechanical with the solder just to hold it together. Still I've yet to try out a solid silver/teflon PCB as they could be the best of both worlds. I wanted to get one for an Aristaeus that Carl and I were planing to build but Justin was reluctant to order them for me...
October 16, 200718 yr Kondo is the name of the guy behind Audionote. The real Audionote aka Audionote Japan now mostly called Kondo or Kondo Audinote or vice versa or something.Ugh. I've heard some audionote speakers, and they sucked. They turned any music that was in any way "busy" into a wall-of-sound mess. And no, I don't listen loudly, ask anyone.
October 16, 200718 yr With more than twice that of next guy, yeah, I'd say you win.Jesus. When did that happen? BTW, what you win is, the "I have no life"/I am a net.addict contest. Congratulations, says the runner-up. Oh, and: YOU ARE NOT YOUR POST COUNT!!!1!(eleventy)
October 16, 200718 yr If the speakers were just called Audio Note and not Kondo then they were the UK clone company and it is far from comparable to the real thing.
October 16, 200718 yr Oh, okay, I misunderstood. I thought they were the same thing, only before some sort of split.
October 16, 200718 yr AN UK was the international distributor and owned the name worldwide except in Japan. The distribution deal was canceled after some disagreements over the sales so Audio Note JP had to change its name and AN UK started to manufacture its own gear based on the original designs. Their gear is ok but they just don''t get the Japanese attention to detail and the design talent Kondo had.
October 16, 200718 yr I've talked to the people at Audio Note UK via e-mail before. I got the feeling that they're rather snobby people. I've also seem them actively attack anyone who claims that Kondo gear are on another level on forums and discussion boards. It's also funny how they copied some of the names of Kondo's gear.
October 16, 200718 yr They are very elitist and the tiered upgrade system doesn't really work. The simple truth is that they are cutting corners by building on cheap PCB's and using fast drawn wires instead of P-P and age annealed wires. The name thin is just silly. They also have an Ongaku and it is more expensive then the Kondo one with inferior components...
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