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News after 2010 you can find here
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December
2010 |
Here
is an update
of my experience with the Thomas Mayer 801A SE stereo amplifier.
Definitely a rare species of amp when musicallity is an important
criteria for you.
I
also added two photos of Thomas Mayer's latest amplifier design with
30 Watts of affordable SE magic, at the end of this
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November
2010 |
My
friend Alexander and I had a blast at the Lenco Heaven Meet in
Brussels, another wonderful event for music and audio lovers. We met
great people, had fun listening to wonderful Lenco-based systems,
enjoyed good beer and the famous Belgian cuisine. Visit the Lenco
Heaven Forum, it's in my opinion
one of the best internet-forums around, focusing on vintage Lencos
but also on a variaty of other audio topics including music. Highly
recommended!
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August
2010 |
A
bit late but worth a read. You will find my report on the Vienna
Vibes Festival here
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May
2010 |
A
trip to Munich on the weekend of the High-End turned out to be a fun
musical journey. Find
out more...
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May
2010 |
Finally,
I had some time to update the Favorite
Gear - Analog
page. Some of Thomas Mayer's tube amp designs as well as the
good old Lenco L75 have been added...
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April
2010 |
I
recently had two opportunities to listen to David Haigner's new
3-way monitors in more detail. These monitors were also demonstrated
at the Klangbilder 2009
audio show in Vienna last November (see a photo here).
What shall I say. These speakers are a music fan's dream come true.
100% time aligned they are the best 3-way monitors I've ever heard.
Period! They work with transistor amps stunningly and are a superb
match for tube amps from 7 watts on. If you come to Vienna, it's a
must to hear these speakers...
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April
2010 |
You
want to see more of Thomas Mayer's preamp designs? I added some more
photos of a new LCR RIAA phono stage based on the 6AM4 triode and a
universal line stage (which can use different directly heated
triodes) at the end of this
page.
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February
2010 |
More
photo impressions of
Thomas Mayer's latest designs added (to be found at the end of that page).
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November
2009 |
Top
of the line tube amps. Some photo
impressions of Thomas Mayer designs.
Awesome!
Nov.
8th, 2009:
Personal
listening remarks added at the end of the Thomas Mayer amp designs
page after having auditioned Thomas' top of the line amps paired with
David Haigner's new AMADEO basic 3-way speakers at the Klangbilder
2009 audio show in Vienna.
Nov.
22nd, 2009:
More
pics added of new Thomas Mayer amps and the speakers and system he
uses for development and eveluation purposes of his amps.
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October
2009 |
Update
on improvements to Joe's Dream Audio System can be found here
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September
2009
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Tube
Amp Lovers this report is for you! A description as well as
auditioning notes re. the superb
tube amps Thomas Mayer has designed. |
August
2009 |
Finally,
the report of the Berlin
'School of Sound' Audio Fest
is online. Enjoy reading it...
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June
2009 |
Report
and photos of the Berlin 'School of Sound' festival, May 22 to
May 24, 2009 will follow hopefully soon
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June
2009 |
Update
of the Current
System page by adding photos
of my current 2009 system
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January
2009 |
Report
of the 2nd
"Schall & Rauch" festival
in Munich in Oct. 2008 added to the Interesting Topics section
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November
2008 |
Here's
the link to the 6moons.com
article on David Haigner's
Rho speakers. If you love low powered tube amps and are interested in
some technical background on speaker design this is a great read...
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September
2008 |
Tentlabs
SPDIF problem solved. Read my comments at the end of my March/April report "Building
TentLabs' Musical DIY CD Player"
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July
2008 |
David
Haigner's Rho, his "budget" 2 way horn
speaker design was excellently reviewed in the German High End
magazine "Image Hifi" (No. 82, 4/2008) by Roland Kraft.
Although 90 dB efficiency only, Mr. Kraft found this easy to drive
speaker the right partner especially for tube amps between 6 and 15 watts.
Another
Rho test in the highly regarded internet audio magazine 6moons.com
is forthcoming. I will keep you updated...
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April
2008 |
Martin
Küng's modified Micromega Variodac added to the
'Digital Analogue Converters' section of the Favorite
Digital Gear page
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March
/ April 2008 |
Building
TentLabs' Musical DIY CD Player (read the report here)
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March
2008 |
Because
music rules: I have decided to stay with my old car, a 1990 BMW 318,
and instead order David Haigner's forthcoming horn loudspeaker
system, the Gamma. I can't wait to get the speakers this winter and
will definitely report on my experience... (Meanwhile, feel free to
check out Mr.Haigner's
new website)
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January
2008 |
Impressions
of a fun "shootout" of different affordable power amp
designs as well as David Haigners latest "budget" speaker
creation named Rho can be found here.
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November
2007 |
A
review of David Haigner's Beta Horn LS system can be found in the
German audio magazine LP (issue 1/2008) and the review does these
awesome speakers justice. If you live in Germany, Switzerland or
Austria and you like horn systems, go for this issue of the LP magazine.
Please
note: The efficiency of 93dB/W/m stated in the review is incorrect!
The measured efficiency of the Beta horns is 96dB/W/m.
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November
2007 |
Report
of the 1st
"Schall & Rauch" festival
in Munich added to the Interesting Topics section
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October
2007 |
Favorite
Gear section: The Cartridge Man's Music Maker III cartridge added to
the end of Favorite
Analog Gear;
also a
new page for Favorite
Digital Gear added
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September
2007 |
Interesting
Topics section: More Alpha horn listening impressions added to the 'Haigner
Alpha and Beta Horn Systems'
article of March 2007 (at the end of the article)
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May
2007 |
Interesting
Topics section: 'Follow
up on Joe's Dream Loudspeaker System
- Improvements since January 2006' added to the Interesting Topics section
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