Thomas Seok Hwan Kong Class D musings, YouTube vids and other streams of consciousness

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    What do you think about the Lansche speakers, can you hear the plasma tweeter clearly or is it well integrated with the mids and bass? (which with side woofer and a plate amp, is a bit concerning tbh, considering that the rest of the speaker is passive)
    I've been thinking about that tweeter for a long time (it appears to be sold as a separate part too, but couldn't find prices online or other speakers that use it). If matched to a small, high efficiency mid and crossed over high, it should be awesome ngl.
     
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    I had used Lansche 4.1 from 2006 to 2021.

    Plasma tweter make subtle nuanced out of female or male vocal.

    Thus if you like vocal music, you may want to go for it.

    Scaena 3.2 give more dynamics with scale due to multiple drivers and no box.
     
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    Does that extra nuance make the Lansches sound disjointed to you, or is the tweeter well integrated with the mids?
     
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    Tweeter seems to be well integrated with mid driver which is also very efficient and fast.
     
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    After auditioning Orchard Audio Starkrimson Ultra for 8 days, I had been listening to Line Magnetic 508 and Rogue Cronus Magnum II fitted with vintage tubes.

    8 days is too short to reach clear conclusionl without doing cable rolling or comparsion with other refutable class D amp like Atmashphere or Audion.


    But Starkrimson clearly has no serious fault at all.

    It sounds very transparent with lot of details.

    Soundstage is wide and deep enough ( not the best but close to it).

    The reason that my friend Rex found it sound thin compared with Dartzeel 108 could be due to upstream source and super revealing nature of Scaena 3.2

    Starkrimson works nice with both Lansche 4.1 and Vaugn Cabernett II.

    Thus it is a nice value for sure.

    I recommend you try it by being in the line for tour.

    https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/orchard-audio-starkrimson-stereo-ultra-amp-tour.1148415/

    But both Rex and I favor my Line Magnetic 508 fitted with vintage tubes over Starkrimson.

    The reason is my tube amp give halo around each instrument and nuanced details.

    Next week I will visit Korea to see my 100 days' old granddaughter.


    Luckily, I could attend Seoul Audio show which will be held at Kangnam, Seoul.

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    it had been 20 years since I attened the Seoul Audio show which is pretty big.

    After being back to US late March, I plant to audition one of Atma and Audion or Orchard Bosc monoblocks.

    Then I may give more clear conclusion.
     
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    it was fun to attend Seoul Audio Show after 20 years of hiatus.

    I quit vinyl 30 years ago but lot of nice playback using vinyls.



    This uigue speaker using the original magne planar drivers sound fast and clear.

    It was driven by Hifirose all in one amp( class D).
     
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    After being back to my house at Washington Stage, I pulled the trigger for Starkrimson monoblocks with optional Gan power supply and 3 ft short speaker cables.

    TAS_Product_Of_The_Year_2021.pdf

    The above review by Dick Olsher is informative.



    Borrensen speaker driven by Aavik class D amp( 40k $) sounds balanced and nice at Seoul Audio show 2023.

    But my system driven by Line Magnetic 508 SET fitted with vintage tubes sounds as good as. the above.

    For casual listening, I hope Starkrimson mono will be good enough.
     
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    I received Starkrimson monoblocks on last Saturday.

    It sounds pretty nice driving Scaena 3.1 main tower 180 hz and up.
     
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