Gallery Five
 
 

Rives Audio
 
 
Equipment List:

  • Rives Audio PARC (Parametric Adaptive Room Compensation)
  • Classe amplification and B&W Nautilus 800
 
 




Song Audio
 
 

    From top to bottom:
  • Song Audio SA-300MB power amp
  • Song Audio SA-1 preamp & power supply

    Also:
  • Song Audio Type II Silk DM speaker
  • Zu cable Druid speaker
 
 
    (Alternate system)
    From top to bottom
  • Song Audio SA-300MB power amp
  • Song Audio SA-1 preamp
  • Vasant K solid state integrated amp
  • Audio Analogue Puccini CD player
 
 
 
 

    From left to right:
  • Song Audio SA-34SB tube SET integrated amp
  • (soon to be released) SA-34SB Cecilia Edition
  • Vasant K Solid State integrated amp
 
 

Clara Kim
 
 




Sounds Real Audio
 
 
System 1: (with Jim Riddell of Sounds Real Audio)

  • deHavilland GM-70 mono blocks, 50 watts single ended
  • deHavilland Mercury 2 preamplifier with type 85 tubes
  • Wilson Benesch ACT's carbon fiber loudspeakers
  • Audio Aero Capitole CD player
  • Eurolabs Premier table, Morch DP-6 arm, Dynavector Karat cartridge
  • All Cardas Golden Reference interconnects and speaker cables
 
 

System 2:

  • Wilson Benesch Curves speakers
  • deHavilland Ios Stereo 845 single ended amplifier
  • deHavilland Ultra Verve preamplifer
  • Gamut CD player  
  • Cardas Golden Cross and Golden Reference cables
 
 

George Kielczynski and his Aries GM-70 monoblock power amplifiers
 
 




YG Acoustics
 
 
Equipment list:

  • Krell SACD Standard (only normal CD used for demos)
  • Krell KAV 280p preamp
  • Krell KAV 2250 power amp
  • YG Acoustics Anat Reference Studio ($55,000/pair)
  • Kimber Select 1120 interconnects, Kimber Select 3030 loudspeaker cables,
    Kimber PK14 power cables

YG Acoustics Anat Reference Studio
 
 

Yoav Geva (Gonczarowski) demonstrating.
 
     
 




Raw Acoustics
 
 
RA8 Array specifications:  

  • bass-reflex design
  • parallel crossover network
  • 1 RA104.5 Ribbon tweeter
  • 8 M-130 paper woofer per speaker
  • In room response mid 40Hz
  • Sensitivity is 95 db (1watt/1m)
  • Recommended amplification is 8-100 watts RMS
  • Impedance: 6-8 ohms nominal
  • high quality components are standard: Sonicaps, Foil Inductors, Metal Oxide
    resistors,14g Teflon coated silver wire
  • 3/4" MDF sides/back, bracing
  • Dimensions: 65" H X 8" W X 14" D
  • cabinet tuned to 49Hz

Highlights:

  • Eight M-130 drivers matched with a RA104.5 ribbon tweeter in the middle per
    speaker
  • Four M-130 drivers on top of a RA104.5 ribbon, four M-130 drivers below
  • 3/4" MDF construction due to using the top mount M-130 drivers, which are not
    flush mounted except the RA104.5 ribbon
  • Less router time results in relative ease in building this line source
  • High 95db sensitivity, 6 to 8 ohm impedance
  • No point source/line source radiation pattern variances
  • No 3db/6db distance doubling issues (consistent output at all distances)
  • No lobbing errors
  • Consistent off-axis responses horizontal
  • Large vertical off-axis window (consistent over a wide range)
  • Low distortion design
  • -3db in the mid to low 40's
  • Narrow profile
  • High quality crossover parts
 
 

50 watt mono's: as show in the photos

"New push-pull design using only 1 tube in the output.  The tube is the 829B.  The
amps use all Cardas terminations and have IEC power connectors for use with any
power cord.  The amps have a wonderful open sound with extension from top to
bottom, and a very lush midrange.  They are especially suited for speakers of 91dB or
higher sensitivity.  The front end tubes are 5687's 2 of them and again all transformers
are custom designed and built.  They have 4 and 8 ohm taps for speakers.  Bias is set
by means of a built in meter, it is ultra simple and the sound is incredible!

The cost for a pair is $3600.

The newest versions of these will be probably much smaller than the ones in the pics
now.  There are other finishes available for additional cost.  Standard finish is brushed
front and Oak sides."
 
     
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