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Arian in Rick’s room, Kawero speakers, Berning 211 amps, Stillpoints equipment stand
A Unique Audiophile Learning Experience – What exactly is the Sonorus Audio ProximitySub Controller?
The older I get, the more resistant I become to change. Sometimes it takes a collision with something that your belief system cannot explain to cause you to re-examine those beliefs. For me this was occasioned by my recent visit to the home of an audiophile who had a rather memorable system, comprised of equipment which I had previously heard only at audio shows and never in a home setting.
The system that I heard was set up in a rectangular space (26’ by 16’ by 9’) with the speakers set up about one third of the length of the room from the front wall and the listening position about the same distance out from the opposite wall. Free standing Real Traps was also utilized for room treatment. This is not intended to be an exhaustive review of any of the equipment, which can really only happen when a single piece of equipment is inserted into a known environment and auditioned over an extended period of time. The equipment that I auditioned included the following:
Kawero speakers, Berning amps
Room treatment
Listening was exclusively to vinyl records played on a Spiral Groove 1.1 turntable + Centroid tone arm with the excellent Lyra Kleos cartridge. The phono stage was the digital Wadax PRE 1 Mk 2. It utilizes signal patterns captured as played on your turntable with a Wadax mapping lacquer, recorded with a hand held digital recorder, factory analyzed and sent back as fully individualized and calibrated ‘plug n’ play’ RIAA maps. The benefits include perfect channel balance and frequency linearity. The Wadax performed flawlessly and at no point called attention to itself. Records played included the following:
Arian adjusting the Proximity Controller