


Her speakers have simply changed from Zu Druid Credenza to Sven Boenicke solid-wood W5 monitors. Reviewedfour year ago, my wife still enjoys her original $2'595 Aura Note Premier. Not that there would be any mystery this time. Even though it wasn't yet April, I was thus happy to accept another review request from faraway Seoul. Be it for his Aura, Stello or Eximus lines, he's into solid engineering, attractive looks and fair pricing as another consistent heavy hitter. Some of my heros are Nelson Pass, Anthony Gallo, Akira Nagai. As the years pass by, we're drawn to certain makers who keep hitting it hard and true. Any writer with sufficient reviews on the clock has 'em. The latter is thus positioned in the middle of this open floor plan without the usual nearby back wall. The listening space opens into the second storey via a staircase and the kitchen/dining room are behind the main listening chair. Room size: 5m x 11.5m W x D, 2.6m ceiling with exposed wooden cross beams every 60cm, plaster over brick walls, suspended wood floor with Tatami-type throw rugs. Sundry accessories: Extensive use of Acoustic System Resonators, noise filters and phase invertersĭesktop system: iPod/AK100 digital transports, Wyred4Sound minT, Gato Audio DIA-250, Gallo Strada II + TR-3D Powerline conditioning: GigaWatt PF-2 + Vibex Two 1R on amps, Vibex Three 11R on front-end componentsĮquipment rack: Artesania Exoteryc double-wide three tier with optional glass shelf, Rajasthani hardwood rack for amps Loudspeakers: soundkaos Wave 40, Boenicke Audio W5, German Physiks HRS-120, AudioSolutions Rhapsody 200, Zu Audio SubmissionĬables: Complete Zu Event loom KingRex uArt, Zu Event and Light Harmonic LightSpeed split USB cables Tombo Trøn S/PDIF Van den Hul AES/EBU AudioQuest Diamond glass-fiber Toslink Power & integrated amplifiers: FirstWatt S1 monos, SIT2 Crayon Audio CFA-02, Bakoon AMP-12R, Goldmund/Job 225, Gato DIA-250, Clones 25i, Aura Note Premier Preamplifier: Nagra Jazz, Bent, Audio Tap-X, Esoteric C-03
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Source: 2TB iMac 27" quad-core with 16GB of RAM (AIFF) running OSX 10.8.2 and PureMusic 1.94g in hybrid memory play with pre-allocated RAM, Audirvana 1.5.10 in direct/integer mode 1, Metrum Hex, SOtM dX-USB HD with Super-clock upgrade & mBPS-d2s, AURALiC Vega, Apple iPod Classic 160 AIFF-loaded, Cambridge Audio iD100, Pure i20, Pro-Ject Dock Box S Digital, RWA-modifed Astell&Kern AK100 This review page is supported in part by the sponsors whose ad banners are displayed below
