The compact CD-7 was always very musical.
This is a custom-built one-off Gold Note supplied to me with upgrades from the top of the range Favard including its Burr Brown PCM 1792A DAC, components of its power supply including the power regulator and OP as well as the Clock.
The idea being to have a really compact CD player of superior quality.
DIMENSIONS: Width 200mm x Height 80mm x Depth 260mm
Superb and at my cost price.
Ex-dem with 10 hours of use.
Fascinating power amp with adjustable heater voltage allowing use of different output triodes – 45, 2a3, 300B, VT 50 &52.
Can use UX245, UX345, KR 242 and type 46 with adaptors.
Currently has Electro Harmonix 300B Golds.
JAN 5Z3 rectifier.
Retails for £3750 + VAT.
Rare 9 inch drivers with tweeter on frame in front of bass-driver dust cap.
Alnico magnets.
Not the first time I find a good co-axial driver outperforms a good full ranger. E.g. Visaton B200, Fostex etc.
Peerless did not bother replying regarding driver parameters but sensitivity seems very high – about 95db.
Original Jensen caps (which measure fine) supplied but have replaced them just in case. – see image.
Ex-dem £4295.
Hardly used.
Walnut is the best sounding version.
With B5.1 arm and dust cover.
Electronic speed control.
Class-leading sound quality and ease of use.
Will include new cartridge!
Retail for this spec. is £5445.
These images are of my original Olive wood demonstrator, not the walnut which is darker.
The best off the shelf TPA3116 amplifier.
Genuine Texas Instruments chipset
Built into a compact box.
Will supply with 19V DC power supply. (Needs 12-24V DC)
Surprisingly good sound. E.g. outperforms Temple Audio Bantam Gold – i.e. more open sound and better tonality than TABG.
Selection from old ranges.
E.g. You could change Absolut, Charisma, Epoch Elite, Vitale knob surround label to gold, silver or purple for a new look. I also have a 2 hole stereo pot version of the label available.
I have a few logo lenses too.
Or just replace your missing labels.
In good condition with instructions, leads and damping trough.
95db 8 ohm super fast 5 inch Supravox bass/mid drivers with special wooden phase plugs.
Silver inductors and top quality capacitors in outboard 1st order crossover.
Best sounding bespoke dipole tweeter ever.
Great with 300B amps and amps with fullsome bass e.g Monarchy SM 70 etc.
Retail was about £5000
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And 1 x Impulse H2 loudspeaker grille badge.
Pair of 50K monos
Pair of run-in 50K monos.
All use the superior RN60D type Dale resistors.
Serviced by Arthur K. at Funk Firm with Funk Firm Achromat and acrylic armboard.
Excellent 3D depth and emotional involvement.
It has the bigger Pink Triangle power supply tested and working well.
PT00 fully tested 650 Euros without arm.
1 x 50K TKD 2CP-2511. 1 wafer removed because of faulty track. Other channel wafer fine. TKD do not supply replacement wafers! Works fine as a mono or for spares. £25
1 x 100K Black Alps stepped. £85
1 x 500K Alps Black stepped. £65
2 x 250K Blue Alps £6 each.
3 x 100K 128Y stereo (Bourns) metal frame potentiometers. Stepped. £40
1 x 10K Noble potentiometer (excellent sound) in good condition. £28.
1 x 470K Sfernice – tighter bass than Blue Alps. £15
Top of the range Moving Coil with silver coils.
Amazing detail and even-handedness.
Very neutral.
Will consider exchange for a Miyajima cartridge which has a deliberately warmer tone.
Not run-in yet – less than 50 hours.
Can be inspected.
£6200 retail.
Excellent sub-compact 2 way loudspeakers in natural birch finish.
Extremely good, seamless crossover design.
Better than LS3/5a IMO.
Amazing imaging.
Include elegant magnetic grilles.
Dimensions: 8 X 5.5 X 6.5 inches, 20 X 14 X 17 cm
https://www.roleaudio.com/kayak
Mains powered 12v DC adjustable (from 2v) turntable power supply in extruded aluminium case. Superb component quality such as Hammond choke, Jensen 4 pole capacitors, Audionote 2w tantalums mounted on ebony block, flat silver wiring, ASC polypropylene and oil PSU capacitor.
Gold Note PH-11 MM/MC 3 box phono stage – ex-dem.
Quadruple battery powered MM/MC state of the art phono stage with intelligent battery charging system. Amazing ‘inky black’ background silences.
Same circuit as the PH-10 but PH-11 adds higher quality componentry, superior outboard power supply and intelligent charging system.
Great insight into the musical performance – amazing piece of kit.
Retail is £3995.
Retail £7500
White leather with piano black lacquered baffles.
Classic 3 way design with paper drivers.
Includes bespoke stands and spikes.
Rhodium plated terminals.
Crossover upgrades.
93db sensitivity, infinite baffle (sealed) , thin-wall construction.
Deep, fast bass, great detail. Superb with 300B SE amps!
Like a Spendor SP100R but faster, more responsive and suited to all music types.
A pretty-unique design combining the best practices of classic designs with modern technology.
More information from Gold Note’s website at the time in 2013 directly below the images…
The XS-93 is a real 93dB high sensitivity 3 way sealed loudspeaker designed to achieve the best possible natural audio resolution in an elegant cabinet which cosmetically matches any modern environment. The XS-93s use a new extra light plywood cabinet specifically tuned which features the whole frame treated with real leather that provides a rational frequency resonance control. The rear panel works as passive driver helping the bass response extension of the speaker, thus obtaining an exceptional lifelike sound quality. The 100 litres volume cabinet houses one 12.5″ paper custom cone woofer, the only available on the market today of this size powering a sealed design. This special driver has a soft foam suspension that ensures low bass response, astonishing speed and a very high efficiency. The 6.5″ midrange is the same XS-96 top quality hand made paper semi-flat cone capable of handling high power with fine detail and extremely fast transient and dynamic response. The 1″ soft dome tweeter has a double split phaser which enables great dispersion over the front baffle of the speaker and provides ultra-fine detail that guarantees a wide and deep soundstage with very natural resolution. The hand made crossover is made with custom components such as large size film foil capacitors and precision MOX resistors wired with Goldenote solid core custom cables. The XS-93 features the Goldenote BP-01 binding posts exclusively treated with rhodium 100% nickel free to preserve perfect conductivity.
MAIN DETAILS Loudspeaker – 93dB high efficiency sealed speaker – 6ohm – 3way Floorstanding 105cm tall, 37cm wide, 40cm deep – 40Hz-20000Hz – 12″ paper woofer – 6,5″ paper Midrange – 1″ soft dome Tweeter TYPE: 3 way sealed speaker FREQUENCY RESPONSE: 40-20000Hz ±3dB SENSITIVITY: 93dB spl (2,83Volts/1mt) TWEETER: 1″ soft dome driver. MIDRANGE: 6,5″ paper cone driver. WOOFER: 12,5″ paper cone custom driver. SUGGESTED POWER AMPLIFIER: 5Watts – 100Watt MAX POWER HANDLING: 160Watts RMS IMPEDANCE: 4Ω nominal (8Ω from 500-20000Hz) quite resistive phase CROSSOVER: 350Hz@12dB/Octave – 4500Hz@12dB/Octave UPGRADES CROSSOVER components: PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS: (LxDxH): 360mm x 400mm x 1050mm with Integrated Stand VOLUME: 100 Litres each WEIGHT: 30.00 Kilos (88Lbs.) each packed FINISHES GENUINE LEATHER: Handcrafted real Italian leather with walnut front panel.
With 8mm forks.
Will throw in 2 x WBT banana plugs. (See image)
4 metre pair.
It features solid core silver conductors and the special Gold Note geometry.
A sealed Elastollan® air tube filled with a special mineral oil working as a dielectric enables an almost perfect impedance throughout the whole length of the cable while damping the electrical energy of the conductor.
Silver in oil-damped tubing.
The detail of silver without the sheen.
A really excellent cable – not really known in the UK
Retail £1400
2 per box,
http://www.goldnote.it/wordpress/midas-ebony/
Really excellent, they do not overdamp the sound like many of the plastic types.
£155 retail
