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F575M
05-11-2021, 02:34
Chaps,

A friend of mine in Japan sent me this link, he says that Lumiere amps are as musical as Shindo. Please note that Mr. Kikuchi was the founder of Sansui Electric Co in 1947.

https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/q1000867465?conversionType=search_suggest

Cheers,
bumpy
05-11-2021, 14:19
I think anyone would be a mug to buy from a Foreign Auction Site.

Any UK distributers?
Macca
05-11-2021, 14:32
''Without unnecessary adaptation, the artist's spirit and nori, if it was live, the audience's nori, even the air was reproduced. Even the bulge of the jazz vocalist's body was reproduced.''

There's no arguing with that is there?
F575M
05-11-2021, 15:15
It is machine translated.
F575M
05-11-2021, 15:26
Frightfully sorry mate but I beg to differ. Buyee.jp is as good as ebay if not better. I bought a Shindo preamp, an Uesugi amplifier and two Koetsu cartridges from different sellers in Buyee, everything was as described, packed with utmost care and most everything arrived in less than three days.

The purpose of my post was to share the link of an extremely rare and unique amplifier hand built by a man that has been in the audio field for more than seventy years, not to encourage anyone to purchase it.

Cheers,
Macca
05-11-2021, 17:19
It is machine translated.

You don't say?
bumpy
05-11-2021, 18:03
"A little damaged/dirty".

I can just image trying to get that sorted if things went pear shaped.
Pigmy Pony
06-11-2021, 07:02
''Without unnecessary adaptation, the artist's spirit and nori, if it was live, the audience's nori, even the air was reproduced. Even the bulge of the jazz vocalist's body was reproduced.''

There's no arguing with that is there?

:lol: You're such a card... I prefer my jazz vocalists to have a bulge, but that's just me.

While I'm sure it's a very nice amp, it's also a lot of money, for something a lot of miles away.