New products from Sakura Systems

Marlowe · 23rd April 2006, 10:39 PM

Kore-eda Amplifiers -- preamp and power amp, both are chip-based design. How about?

http://www.sakurasystems.com/products/koreeda.html

sinski · 23rd April 2006, 10:48 PM

It looks like chip diy design ...
Original Gaincard or Peter Daniel design (Patek) looks much better.
But the most important is the sound. We don't know nothing about it.

Eva · 24th April 2006, 12:41 AM

The prices make me wonder if it's a serious thing or a joke.

widman · 24th April 2006, 01:19 AM

The price seems a lot lower than previous Sakura equipment. If I didn't know better, I'd say the competition has dropped the price point of handmade chipamps.

widman

KT · 24th April 2006, 01:53 AM

If I'm correct, Sakura Systems is the name of 47 Labs' distributor.

KORE-EDA amps might be a new and independent product line that Sakura Systems is carrying. It may or may not have anything to do with Junji Kimura or 47 Labs. If no connection, the product has to be judged on it's own merit, not as a new product under the 47 Labs label.

There is a little 47 Labs logo on the top of the page, though, so I don't know if it is, indeed, a 47 Labs product or not.

The amps have that very clean, utilitarian Japanese look to them. In a vague way they remind me of the early Audio Note Ongakus. The rib-sided chassis reminds me of an off-the-shelf (as opposed to a custom designed, machined, and manufactured) chassis from a DIY project, however.

As always, the sound's the thing, and I'm very curious as to how good or not this thing sounds.

BTW, here's a review of one of KORE-EDA's tube offerings:

http://tinyurl.com/p2m7a

Best,
KT

Peter Daniel · 24th April 2006, 03:03 AM

If you also notice, those are the only 2 products you can buy directly from a website, using paypal.

Nuuk · 24th April 2006, 09:35 AM

If I was paying that sort of money, I would not want to be looking at exposed screw heads and computer generated labels behind clear plastic (no matter what it sounds like)! That looks more DIY than most of the stuff we see here.

tifosi_f1 · 24th April 2006, 09:42 AM

I just fail to see what you get for the money here...

The pics can be enlarged on the website if anyone is interested to see what you get in the boxes:

http://www.sakurasystems.com/graphics/pla2.jpg
http://www.sakurasystems.com/graphics/lla2.jpg

Eva · 24th April 2006, 10:29 AM

Anybody can manufacture at least 10 units for the money they ask for a single one, not to mention the fun of building and improving it yourself as opposed to paying $1600 for it done by anybody else

Marlowe · 24th April 2006, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by tifosi_f1
I just fail to see what you get for the money here...

The pics can be enlarged on the website if anyone is interested to see what you get in the boxes:

http://www.sakurasystems.com/graphics/pla2.jpg
http://www.sakurasystems.com/graphics/lla2.jpg

A Good job you do. I have saved all the enlarged pictures.

The preamp and power amp both seem very simple. I am curious the sound of them.

In addition, there are no information regarding them on 47Labs official website ( http://www.47labs.co.jp/ ). I think Kore-eda is another products line of Sakura Systems, not the 47Labs'.

23rd April 2006, 10:39 PM	#1
Marlowe diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2003	New products from Sakura Systems Kore-eda Amplifiers -- preamp and power amp, both are chip-based design. How about? http://www.sakurasystems.com/products/koreeda.html __________________ Here's looking at you, kid.

24th April 2006, 12:41 AM	#3
Eva diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Near the sea	The prices make me wonder if it's a serious thing or a joke. __________________ I use to feel like the small child in The Emperor's New Clothes tale

24th April 2006, 03:03 AM	#6
Peter Daniel diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada	If you also notice, those are the only 2 products you can buy directly from a website, using paypal. __________________ www.audiosector.com “Do something really well. See how much time it takes. It might be a product, a work of art, who knows? Then give it away cheaply, just because you feel that it should not cost so much, even if it took a lot of time and expensive materials to make it.” - JC

24th April 2006, 09:35 AM	#7
Nuuk diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Somerset, SW England	If I was paying that sort of money, I would not want to be looking at exposed screw heads and computer generated labels behind clear plastic (no matter what it sounds like)! That looks more DIY than most of the stuff we see here. __________________ The truth need not be veiled, for it veils itself from the eyes of the ignorant.

24th April 2006, 10:29 AM	#9
Eva diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Near the sea	Anybody can manufacture at least 10 units for the money they ask for a single one, not to mention the fun of building and improving it yourself as opposed to paying $1600 for it done by anybody else __________________ I use to feel like the small child in The Emperor's New Clothes tale


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23rd April 2006, 10:48 PM	#2
sinski diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004	It looks like chip diy design ... Original Gaincard or Peter Daniel design (Patek) looks much better. But the most important is the sound. We don't know nothing about it.

24th April 2006, 01:19 AM	#4
widman diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Deep Elem	The price seems a lot lower than previous Sakura equipment. If I didn't know better, I'd say the competition has dropped the price point of handmade chipamps. widman

24th April 2006, 01:53 AM	#5
KT diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: USA	If I'm correct, Sakura Systems is the name of 47 Labs' distributor. KORE-EDA amps might be a new and independent product line that Sakura Systems is carrying. It may or may not have anything to do with Junji Kimura or 47 Labs. If no connection, the product has to be judged on it's own merit, not as a new product under the 47 Labs label. There is a little 47 Labs logo on the top of the page, though, so I don't know if it is, indeed, a 47 Labs product or not. The amps have that very clean, utilitarian Japanese look to them. In a vague way they remind me of the early Audio Note Ongakus. The rib-sided chassis reminds me of an off-the-shelf (as opposed to a custom designed, machined, and manufactured) chassis from a DIY project, however. As always, the sound's the thing, and I'm very curious as to how good or not this thing sounds. BTW, here's a review of one of KORE-EDA's tube offerings: http://tinyurl.com/p2m7a Best, KT

24th April 2006, 09:42 AM	#8
tifosi_f1 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: British Isles	I just fail to see what you get for the money here... The pics can be enlarged on the website if anyone is interested to see what you get in the boxes: http://www.sakurasystems.com/graphics/pla2.jpg http://www.sakurasystems.com/graphics/lla2.jpg

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