That looks absolutely Top Notch, Colin. I look forward to hearing one some time soon at one of our Owston meetings. If it's as good as a Pass F5 but with better bass, then it'll be a real treat .
I had them on again today, and the first words they said was, " Read the 11th Commandment :- No Digital lies" so sorry Dave they will have to stay here.
I've only had about 45 minutes to play them last night, and won't have any more time until much later in the week - I'm preparing for a conference today and will be at the conference for the early part of the week.
Having played them at about 15 (stuff 11!) at Colin's and been amazed by their brute force and bass extension, the experience in my living room (non-soundproofed and with the neighbours hunkered down over Saturday evening TV) was of air, space, sweetness and delicacy. Yikes!
The bass is there when it is on the recording, but I found quite a few last night which appeared to be mixed using Linn Kanns or something!
More thoughts later in the week, when I get to play them loud!
Yin and Yang and coming along very nicely. After about five hours of playing, they seem to be getting less dry-sounding.
The result is a very nice, natural presentation. Relaxed when it needs to be and brutal if the demand is there.
There's appreciably more space between instruments and voices than with the Green Goddess and - this is a real surprise - a load more detail, too.
Si said elsewhere on Chews earlier that he had to move his speakers. Funnily enough, I wondered about moving the Royds last night. Tonight I'm less sure, though.
One thing I forgot to say last night is the way the system is throwing the musical image right into the room. I must be around 10 feet from the speakers and sometimes the musicians are in my lap. Just like in the old smaller room.
I just wish musicians had better personal hygiene.
Mine are a bit different from the kits. In the grand tradition of the Green Goddess, they've got some old stuff in them. As I understand it, they're basically the kit with the PSU with a bit of Iridium stirred in, topped off with a few upgraded components.
They shouldn't sound too far from the kit, and maybe the kits will sound better, as mine are partly from an older generation of Wonfor madness.
Whichever way, I'm very pleased with the results I'm getting, and a kit with the PSU boards has to be a great thing. If you build it they will come :-)
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Interesting...
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What's the successor to the Green Goddess called? The Silver Surfer...?
(You can have that one for free if you like... :P )
Good to read it's sounding as it should. :-)
Ready made Amp £200.00 each
Ready made PSU £195.00 each
Blank unpopulated Amp PCB £20.00 each
Blank unpopulated PSU PCB £20.00 each
I look forward to hearing one some time soon at one of our Owston meetings.
If it's as good as a Pass F5 but with better bass, then it'll be a real treat .
The F5 is push-pull Class A, so may lack some of the magic of single-ended. But who knows until they are compared directly?
@docfoster It's the Green God, of course. The Green Goddess should have been black. The Green God should have been green. Logical, really 8-}
Hopefully it will be all you could possibly wan'for (oops, it's catching!)
Ready made Amp £100.00 each
Ready made PSU £95.00 each
Blank unpopulated Amp PCB £20.00 each
Blank unpopulated PSU PCB £20.00 each
The TOCA needs 30 mins or so, sounding a bit mechanical and strident from cold.
Biggest change is the ID1P pre amp..........I leave this on all the time as seems to take a good few hours to come on song.