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Joachim Gerhard · 7th February 2012, 12:37 PM

Interesting point of view. In Germany we say that the shoemaker has bad shoes.
Yes, the Adyton plus Virgo and Forsell frontend was really something. That was my golden times, when i had all this amazing designers around me plus Malkolm and his team. Also my engineer of that time, Berd Theiß was pretty decent. He graduated as a RF engineer with "Summa cum Laude". When i saw the layouts for the Cerubin bass amp spread out in his lab is was so pretty that i could not help but went up in tears.

Joachim Gerhard · 7th February 2012, 12:42 PM

This monster draws 3kW at idle and weights 180kG. It is a 4 man lift.

jacco vermeulen · 7th February 2012, 01:01 PM

And the world's largest power-on button to this date, can be found even without wearing glasses.

Audiofanatic · 7th February 2012, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Joachim Gerhard

This monster draws 3kW at idle and weights 180kG. It is a 4 man lift.

That is not a monster it's a beauty

Look at the tiny toroide trafo's in real they are like 300VA

Audiofanatic

RCruz · 7th February 2012, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joachim Gerhard

Interesting point of view. In Germany we say that the shoemaker has bad shoes.

Here we say: "Em casa de ferreiro, espeto de pau" (In the house of a blacksmith, wooden skewer)

PS: My caps are already in transit

Hope I can listen to the Paradise this weekend.

Joachim Gerhard · 7th February 2012, 01:47 PM

Fine, i hope it works right away. I assume you got Heseners sider web grounding instructions.
Marcin, the Zeners have arrived. They look beautiful. Many thanks.
Jackko, i designed the on-off switch as a foot switch, it is massive.

Audiofanatic · 7th February 2012, 01:49 PM

Hi Joachim,

Do you have this MC Anna?
How does it performs compare to e.g. Shelter 901 if you know this one.

Thanks in advance.

José

Audiofanatic

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joachim Gerhard

Products - Cartridges - MC Anna - Diamond

Joachim Gerhard · 7th February 2012, 03:08 PM

No, i do not have it but it is prove that there is still a lot of juice in an old lemon ( vinyl ) when they name a cartridge after an opera Diva.

Joachim Gerhard · 7th February 2012, 03:18 PM

What i find interesting is the replicant stylus. It looks very similar to the chisel that cuts the grove. The original Gyger was that way.
It has a rather unfortunate combination of 6 Ohm and only 0,2mV output so when you use an active pre-pre it has a more then 6dB noise disadvantage against the Lyra Titan i that puts out 0,5mV with 5,5 Ohm. The Diamond Dove could serve it well.
Also interesting is that the mechanical design is somewhat the opposite of the minimalistic MC90. I could imagine that is works better in heavy arms and gives a more romantic sound. What i really desire is the Atlas but it is out of reach at the moment and the Titan i has a long way to go until it is worn down.
I will get a Spiral Grove Centroid arm soon though and Frank Schröder has already tested his arm board on my SG1. It fits, so when Frank puts his new tangential arm in production there is hope that i can listen to that too.

Joachim Gerhard · 7th February 2012, 05:38 PM

My little Paradise factory.

7th February 2012, 01:01 PM	#5223
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7th February 2012, 12:37 PM	#5221
Joachim Gerhard diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2009	Interesting point of view. In Germany we say that the shoemaker has bad shoes. Yes, the Adyton plus Virgo and Forsell frontend was really something. That was my golden times, when i had all this amazing designers around me plus Malkolm and his team. Also my engineer of that time, Berd Theiß was pretty decent. He graduated as a RF engineer with "Summa cum Laude". When i saw the layouts for the Cerubin bass amp spread out in his lab is was so pretty that i could not help but went up in tears.

7th February 2012, 01:47 PM	#5226
Joachim Gerhard diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2009	Fine, i hope it works right away. I assume you got Heseners sider web grounding instructions. Marcin, the Zeners have arrived. They look beautiful. Many thanks. Jackko, i designed the on-off switch as a foot switch, it is massive.

7th February 2012, 03:08 PM	#5228
Joachim Gerhard diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2009	No, i do not have it but it is prove that there is still a lot of juice in an old lemon ( vinyl ) when they name a cartridge after an opera Diva.

7th February 2012, 03:18 PM	#5229
Joachim Gerhard diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2009	What i find interesting is the replicant stylus. It looks very similar to the chisel that cuts the grove. The original Gyger was that way. It has a rather unfortunate combination of 6 Ohm and only 0,2mV output so when you use an active pre-pre it has a more then 6dB noise disadvantage against the Lyra Titan i that puts out 0,5mV with 5,5 Ohm. The Diamond Dove could serve it well. Also interesting is that the mechanical design is somewhat the opposite of the minimalistic MC90. I could imagine that is works better in heavy arms and gives a more romantic sound. What i really desire is the Atlas but it is out of reach at the moment and the Titan i has a long way to go until it is worn down. I will get a Spiral Grove Centroid arm soon though and Frank Schröder has already tested his arm board on my SG1. It fits, so when Frank puts his new tangential arm in production there is hope that i can listen to that too.