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/...search_suggest
Cheers,
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I'm Horacio.
Chiaki Kikuchi's Lumiere amplifier
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/...search_suggest
Cheers,
Last edited by F575M; 05-11-2021 at 02:45.
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I think anyone would be a mug to buy from a Foreign Auction Site.
Any UK distributers?
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I'm Martin.
''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?
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
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I'm Horacio.
It is machine translated.
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Location: Pinecrest, FL, USA
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I'm Horacio.
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,
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You don't say?Originally Posted by F575M
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
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"A little damaged/dirty".
I can just image trying to get that sorted if things went pear shaped.
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SW1X Universal Music Server UMS I Signature with Power Supply Unit PSU I Signature
SW1X USB II
SW1X DAC III Special
Audiolab 6000 CDT transport
Amps
Pre amps -- Hi fi Collective twin mono ladder stepped attenuator, with Charcroft Z-foil and silver wired. And First Watt B1 active no gain buffer.
Power amps -- Welborne 45 SET monoblocks 1.8W / Decware Taboo 6W / Elekit 300B TU-8600SVK plus further improved components 9W / ICE Power 1000W
Speakers
Highly modified Endorphin P17 open baffle speakers containing both vintage and modern alnico drivers and paper cones. All silver wired - 8" Cube Audio FC8 full range drivers and vintage 15" Altec VOTT 416 bass drivers. All sat on Townsend Audio Podium seismic isolation platforms.
BK Electronics XLS400FF Sub.
Cabling
Silver mains cables, interconnects and speaker cables by SW1X
Headphones
HRT HeadStreamer and SennHeiser HD650 headphones
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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.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
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