The Duelund-WRSE Project: Peavey Color Coded Microphone Tape
I just wanted to let you know about something handy I've run across: Peavey color coded microphone ID tape. The Peavey color coded microphone ID tape includes eight rolls of tape in different colors: yellow, blue, red, orange, brown, green, white, and silver. While the intention of the Peavey tape is to identify various stage... Read More »
The Duelund Westminster Royal SE Project: A Few Listening Notes & Next Steps
I've been listening to the breadboarded versions of the Duelund crossovers on the Westminster Royal SE's this week, in the evenings after I got home from the office, and man, what a revelation! I decided to take today off and get some more work done on Duelund-WRSE Project. Before getting started on what I need to... Read More »
Siedy Checking in from The Netherlands: The Sablon Audio Panatela, Gran Corona, and Petit Corona
If you've been following along you know that Siedy (photo below) has been a true inspiration for yours truly. If it wasn't for Siedy I would never have had the opportunity to try the superb ASR electronics that are hand-crafted by Friedrich Schaefer in Herborn, Germany. It was a wonderful experience writing about the ASR electronics... Read More »
The Duelund-WRSE Project: A Stereo Pair for Sunday
I just finished up installing the other Duelund crossover on the right Westminster Royal SE, so now I have a stereo pair up and running. Not bad progress for a weekends worth of work! I was able to improve the layout of the right channel pair of Duelund crossovers and make it quite a bit more... Read More »
The Duelund-WRSE Project: First Listening Impressions of the Duelund Crossover
I was chatting with Frederik Carøe in Denmark this morning by email while waking up with some nice hot coffee (medium roasted Kenya beans). I wanted to give Frederik an update on how things are going with the Duelund-WRSE Project, and ask Frederick for any suggestions he might have on improvements and such. I... Read More »
The Duelund-WRSE Project: A Fine Friday with Pete & Stephaen - Updated
Stephaen sent an early morning email: "I'm going to stop at the El Fat Cat Grill taco truck and get us lunch, and I'll meet you and Pete at your place at noon." While the El Fat Cat Grill is actually a taco truck, referring to it as 'taco truck' is like referring to the... Read More »
The Duelund-WRSE Project: Duelund Coherent Audio Silver / Carbon Resistors
In the Duelund-WRSE Crossover Project we are using the Duelund Coherent Audio Silver / Carbon resistors exclusively in the circuits (seen on the far right in the photo below). Resistors are inherently simple electrical devices that are used to control the flow of current in a crossover circuit by providing a constant resistance that does... Read More »
It's going to be a Duelund sort of Day!
I'm up early this morning drinking coffee and listening to the Beatles' Rubber soul LP from the new box set through the Sophia Electric 91-03 300B integrated amplifier. Particularly considering the 91-03 hasn't even been playing for an hour, its sounding really good. Very natural, sweet, and musical. Today Pete Riggle & Stephaen Harrell (6Moons) are coming over to... Read More »
Today's Fresh Catch: The Sophia Electric 91-03 300B Integrated Amplifier
As most of you know, the Sophia Electric 91-01 300B mono amplifiers that I reviewed for Positive Feedback Online back in January of 2011 reignited my interest in SET amplification, because they made incredibly beautiful music with my Tannoy Westminster Royal Special Edition loudspeakers. Richard Wugang, the President of Sophia Electric, just sent me a... Read More »
Today's Fresh Catch: The New Duelund Coherent Audio CAST Mylar 200uF Capacitor
Today's Fresh Catch is the new Duelund Coherent Audio CAST Mylar Capacitor. For those of you who have been following the developments of the Duelund-WRSE Project, where we are building custom outboard crossovers for the Tannoy Westminster Royal SE loudspeakers using the state-of-art Duelund Coherent Audio CAST components, you know that Frederik Carøe created a... Read More »
The Duelund-WRSE Project: Breadboarding with Pete & Stephaen
I can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday than eating wood-fired pizza, drinking some nice Italian & Argentinian wines, and laughing & talking with Pete Riggle and Stephaen Harrell while breadboarding the Duelund-WRSE crossovers. We started with a full set of the Duelund CAST components for the crossover. (seen below sitting on... Read More »
ASR Basis Exclusive Phono Equalizer Review Live at Positive Feedback Online!
The ASR Basis Exclusive phono equalizer review is now live at Positive Feedback Online here. Here's a few snippets from the review: "Like the Emitter II amplifier, the ASR Basis Exclusive phono equalizer is a remarkable product that will delight those vinyl lovers lucky enough to own one." "The Basis Exclusive consists of two chassis... Read More »
Send a photo of your Tannoys in your room!
Pambos just sent me an email with an excellent suggestion about posting photos of peoples' Westminster Royal or Canterbury loudspeakers in their listening rooms, based on the interactions we've had for upgrading the crossovers on those two speakers. We've got a lot of Tannoy owners that drop by, and I didn't want to exclude anyone,... Read More »
The Duelund CAST Air Core Inductor: A Breath of Fresh Air for Low Frequencies!
In my last post I described all of the attention to detail that goes into producing the hand-made & labor intensive Duelund CAST capacitors, and in this post I want to tell you about the Duelund CAST Air Core Inductor that we will be using in the Duelund-Westminster Project as shown in positions L1 and L2 below. An inductor... Read More »
The Duelund Coherent Audio CAST Capacitor: The World's Finest Capacitor!
Many of you who read Jeff's Place consider the Duelund Coherent Audio CAST capacitors to be the best capacitors in the world for audio applications, so I thought it would be interesting to learn about them in a little more detail. I asked Frederik Carøe (founder of Duelund Coherent Audio) if he would tell us... Read More »
The Duelund Project: Canterbury Tales
I know that a number of you have been inquiring about upgrading your Tannoy Canterbury SE loudspeakers with Duelund components, so I thought I'd post this note from Pambos: "Today I visited my customer with the inboard upgraded Canterbury crossovers. I took some pictures. Are not the best pictures because I didn't remove the crossovers and... Read More »
The Duelund-WRSE Project: Duelund, Parts ConneXion, and Pambos
A number of you who have been following the Duelund-WRSE Project have been asking about if it would be possible to arrange for a group purchase of the Duelund Coherent Audio components at a discounted price to use for crossover upgrades for your Tannoy loudspeakers. Frederik Carøe (founder of Duelund Coherent Audio) became aware of... Read More »
The Duelund-WRSE Project: The Path Forward
The energy & excitement behind the Duelund-WRSE Project is really ramping up and I'm thrilled about all of you who are joining in to do your own Tannoy loudspeakers project at the same time! I will document every step of the project here at Jeff's Place so everyone will have real-time information flow, and I... Read More »
Duelund - WRSE Project: The Duelund Coherent Audio Components Arrive from Denmark! Shock and Awe!
I got a message from FedEx this morning notifying me the Duelund Coherent Audio components from Frederik Carøe - the founder of Duelund Coherent Audio - for the Duelund / Westminster Royal Special Edition Project had arrived and were being held for pickup. I had a little break from meetings in the office so I went straight... Read More »
It's a phono equalizer sort of day here at Jeff's Place
I've been working hard on writing up listening impressions for the review of Friedrich Schaefer's ASR Basis Exclusive phono equalizer over the weekend, and I thought I'd take a moment to give you a little behind the scenes glimpse about my interim thoughts and how things are going. In case you haven't been following along,... Read More »
Positive Feedback Exchange Goes Live!
All around cool guy and Editor of Positive Feedback Online, Dave Clark, just sent me an e-mail about the new Beta Positive Feedback Exchange buy, sell, trade, and discussion site and asked me if I'd help get the word out. Dave and David over at PFO are great guys, and through the Exchange site they're trying to... Read More »
Frederik Carøe Checking in from Denmark - Duelund Components for Westminster Royal SE Crossover Project Are On The Way!
I just heard from Frederik Carøe - the founder of Duelund Coherent Audio - that the exotic perfectionist Duelund Coherent Audio components for the Westminster Royal SE Crossover Project are on the way to Jeff's Place from Denmark! Below is a teaser photo Frederik sent from the start of parts production. Not since the days of The... Read More »
Today's Fresh Catch - The Mhdt Labs Stockholm V2 USB DAC
As I mentioned in my last post on upcoming reviews, the Fab Four of Mhdt Labs: Mouse, Horse, Dog, and Tiger, sent me their Stockholm V2 USB DAC to review for Positive Feedback Online. As you know, I've reviewed both the Mhdt Labs Paradisea+ and Havana for Positive Feedback Online, and I've really liked what I've heard. You... Read More »
Upcoming Reviews at Positive Feedback Online
Happy Sunday everyone! 😀 Here's what's in my current review queue and what you can expect to see reviewed at Positive Feedback Online in the future. Next in the queue is the ASR Basis Exclusive phono equalizer that is the matching equalizer for the ASR Emitter II Exclusive Version Blue amplifier just reviewed at Positive... Read More »
The ASR Basis Exclusive Phono Equalizer
This Saturday morning I was up at 4:30 AM getting ready to start the review process for the ASR Basis Exclusive phono equalizer. Now that's dedication! Reviewing is a long process of equipment setup, comparative listening to other components, listening for enjoyment, shooting photos, and writing (and re-writing) articles. I repeat the process until I... Read More »
Rodrigo Y Gabriela, The Civil Wars, and Patsy Cline
I'm gearing up to start the Positive Feedback Online review of the ASR Basis Exclusive phono equalizer over the weekend, but just for kicks tonight I installed my Fi 300B mono amps, Leben RS-100U line stage, and the New Valve Order SPA one phono equalizer for a little vacuum tube listening session. What a sweet... Read More »
A Quest for the Third Order
If you read the review I wrote for Positive Feedback Online about the remarkable ASR Emitter II Exclusive Version Blue amplifier designed by Friedrich Schaefer in Herborn, Germany, you know that in that article I discussed how high-performance audio breaks naturally into three groups of performance attributes that relate to their overall performance level, or... Read More »
Live at PFO: The ASR Emitter II Exclusive Version Blue Amplifier
The ASR Emitter II Exclusive Version Blue amplifier review just went live at Positive Feedback Online here. What an amazing amplifier the ASR is, and it truly is in another league musically from anything I've ever experienced. See below for some snippets from the review. "Friedrich's design goal for the Emitter amplifiers was to combine... Read More »
Pete Riggle Checking In: deHavilland Model 222 Preamplifier Now Available with Phono Stage
A while back, fellow audio enthusiast Pete Riggle of VTAF fame brought over a one-off deHavilland / Chaffee Engineering Model 222 tape-head amplifier that Kara Chaffee had added a phono section to specially for Pete. Here's Pete's description of it during a little phono stage shootout he did: "The first of these phono stages is the... Read More »
Back Home From Sicily - Part 2
I'm jet lagged after returning from Sicily, and still waking up at 1:30 AM to start the day, so I figured I'd make good use of the time and start another blog post. In Part 1 I left off with describing the eruption of nearby Mount Etna and the Old World Elegance of Taormina. Below is a... Read More »
Back Home From Sicily and Checking In - Part 1
I just got back home after a ten-day visit to the Mediterranean island of Sicily, located off the ‘toe’ of the ‘boot’ of Italy. As an autonomous region of Italy, Sicily is proudly independent, and has a rich history that places human activity there from 8000 BC on. Sicily is a gateway between North Africa... Read More »
Today's Fresh Catch: The Acoustic Revive RR-777 Schumann Generator
If you read my 6Moons review of the original Acoustic Revive RR-77 Schumann generator you're familiar with its rather remarkable effect on the listening experience (shown below in my listening room). If you haven't yet read my RR-77 article at 6Moons let me offer a quote to explain it's operation: "The Acoustic Revive RR-77 ultra-low... Read More »
The Big History of Musicality - Coming Full Circle - Part 1
If you read the post I made about Jim Smith's upcoming Through the Sound Barrier offerings that are intended to teach Hi-Fi enthusiasts and music lovers how to achieve maximum musicality from their Hi-Fi rigs, you know I couldn't be more excited. After all, the whole reason Jeff's Place exists is for that very reason - to... Read More »
Breaking the Sound Barrier with the ASR Emitter II Exclusive Version Blue Amplifier - My New Benchmark!
I've been listening to music with the ASR Emitter II Exclusive Version Blue amplifier for a while now, while steadily working towards its turn in my review queue. It's been a wonderful experience listening to music with the Emitter II Exclusive Version Blue as it really sings with my Tannoy Westminster Royal loudspeakers, just as it did with... Read More »
Breaking News: Through the Sound Barrier with Jim Smith!
Most of you know about the high regard I have for Jim Smith. Jim has a stellar reputation for his good taste in all things high-fidelity, for his expertise in Hi-Fi system setup & voicing, as well as for being an honest and solid guy. Jim Smith has been in the Hi-Fi business for over... Read More »
Today's Fresh Catch: The Acoustic Revive RL-30 Mark III Demagnetizer
Today's Fresh Catch is the impressive Acoustic Revive RL-30 Mark III Demagnetizer. The RL-30 Mark III Demagnetizer is designed Mr. Ken Ishiguro primarily for analog records, but he says you can also demagnetize cables and multiple CDs/DVDs/Blu-Ray discs in it as well. Like a number of the Acoustic Revive products the RL-30 Mark III Demagnetizer also utilizes... Read More »
