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Originally Posted by patrickamory
Hello everyone,
I own a mostly Shindo system. Garrard 301 in LignoLab plinth with EMT 997 arm and Shindo Super-SPU cartridge, A23 Hommage into Shindo Masseto into Shindo Cortese, Shindo silver interconnects, A23 speaker cable and... a pair of original Snell K loudspeakers. Power via a Shindo Mr. T.
I think the Masseto was one of the great improvements in my system... I think probably more meaningful than the Hommage or the Cortese (previously had A23 regular step-up for SPU and the Monbrison into Montille). I don't know whether it's the presence of output transformers or what, but there's something outstandingly & vividly solid about music through the Masseto that's tremendously involving and ultimately satisfying and final.
(Interesting on the SUT question - I believe Art Dudley in the latest issue of Stereophile says that he sometimes prefers the built-in Shindo step-ups to the A23s, even the Hommage - first time I've ever heard anyone say that. I'll give a try... sometime.)
Anyway, hello everyone. This is my first post on the forum.
Patrick
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Hi Patrick -
Not sure you have been back here for some time.
I know you are seriously into music, and the system you have put together looks wonderful - but... Why the Snell K's? A great bookshelf speaker from the 1980's, but even your interconnects cost several times what these are worth, let alone any of your electronics - my point being you clearly could have chosen more expensive "typical" mates to Shindo.
What was it about the pairing that really appealed to you
(unless I completely made a mistake on remembering what the K's were!)