NEWSLETTER Nr.21 - MAY 2012

Newsletter highlights:

T.H.E. Show Newport Beach is just around the corner (June 1st-3rd 2012) and this year you will find our products in several rooms. The mighty KR Audio Kronzilla SXi MkII will be in room 529 with George Warren turntables and Van Schweikert's VR-5 Anniversary loudspeakers. In the Chrystal Ballroom B1 Kimber Kable will use the new KR Audio VA880 integrated tube amp.

In room 309 you will see and hear for the first time in the US KR Audio's P-130 tube preamp with the the VA320 - the Baby Kronzilla - driving Stereophile's Product of the Year - VOXATIV Ampeggio loudspeakers from Germany.

The first five customers who show up in room 309 with a print out of this newsletter receive a free gift from us (a value of $90 each).

This show is really big. There's something for everyone - stereo and home theater systems for every pocket, wine tasting, live jazz (Tierney Sutton!), gourmet food, a car show and much more...

HighEnd Novum PMR Premium

Sam Tellig wrote: "...the PMR focused my soundstage. Pimped up my power, especially in the bass. Enhanced resolution, especially space. I could hear orchestra members and chamber players breathe, even burb, fart... the sound became single-ended-triode like..."

"...for me, the PMR imported a bell like clarity to the music,a richness of timbre that rang true. It burnished the sound, especially of brass instruments, but the sounds of woodwinds and strings, too, seemed enhanced-intensified, but not taken over the edge or made in any way shrill. Maybe I'm so old and deaf that I need such sonic enhancement. I was already crazed pre-PMR; now, more so..."

"...I tried it on my wife, Marina, who, after 20 years with me, has heard it all. Without prompting, she said that she noticed more clarity, greater focus, more vivid sound, superior definition, and tighter, more extended bass."

Check out the entire review

VALVET P2c tube preamp with MM/MC phono

VALVET's re-designed mid-line tube preamp P2c with MM/MC and separate power supply caused quite a stir all over Europe (US $5690).

Roland Kraft, Image HiFi 03/12 in Germany wrote: "...it plays in heaven, it poaches in a league in which, given the price, it actually has no business to be in. In this league proper five-figure sums (in Euros!) are not only the norm, they usually are law and represent the entry gate to exalted sound pleasures.... To secretly sneak into this league and upset the established pecking order is actually quite cheeky. But to keep this a secret amongst the circle of your ‘initiated’ customers is simply mean. Well, bad luck there, Knut. I am going to sing it from the mountains – and simply declare: for this kind of money, this is sensational, no ifs or buts!"

Check out the entire review

WA-Quantum Bio-Energetic Chips

CLICK HERE for the entire review on StereoTimes

In October of last year we introduced a new kind of tuning - Bio-Energetic Chips from WA-Quantum Germany.

Mike Silverton, StereoTimes 04/12: "...I’ve applied and removed the chips often enough to be as sure as I’ll ever be that they’re effective. Since I’m so tickled by what they accomplish I’m reluctant to wear them out with further, quite unnecessary, on-off comparisons. Given a decent recording, they bring life to the occasion..."

Clement Perry, StereoTimes 04/12: "In essence, the overall presence and transparency of my big rig has been improved by the inclusion of the WA Quantum Speaker Chips. At $130.00 a pair, I consider these a steal..."

Gregitek Dissipater DF1

The middle part of the Dissipater is a dynamic damper, similar to Gregitek's Stab1 platform and StabTower component rack. It sits on a spring and can wobble freely up and down and counteracts vibrations entering the casing. It also can be tuned by tightening or loosening the upper part. Introductory price is $375. Already in stock.

CHISTO Easy Groove Concentrate

For all analog fans who prefer to clean their vinyl with record cleaning machines and/or vacuum cleaning machines. Same formula, still no alhocol inside and high biodegradability to save our planet Earth. Price is $45 per bottle, available around middle of June. Now accepting pre-orders for the introductory price of $40 shipping included.