My first Shindo experience...

[pitch perfect]

Originally Posted by bplexico

I have heard quite a few combinations at Matt's, and I can state that anything when paired with the the Shindo Latours sounds insanely good. Even a more "basic" pairing of Shindo Cortese and Masseto.

[Freestone]

Matt

You should host an evening sometime. Be nice for everyone to meet.

Everyone brings their favorite album and a bottle of wine!

[pitch perfect]

Originally Posted by Freestone

Matt

You should host an evening sometime. Be nice for everyone to meet.

Everyone brings their favorite album and a bottle of wine!

Yep, I'm thinking of having another Greenhaus get together soon.. Though, perhaps just one evening instead of two.

-M

[Jerome W]

Originally Posted by Freestone

Matt

You should host an evening sometime. Be nice for everyone to meet.

Everyone brings their favorite album and a bottle of wine!

I would bring a bottle of Corton Charlemagne !

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Originally Posted by C220MC275

I would bring a bottle of Corton Charlemagne !

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Already have a couple at the shop - bring me a bottle of Petrvs!

-M

[Jerome W]

Originally Posted by pitchperfect

Already have a couple at the shop - bring me a bottle of Petrvs!

-M

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[gortnipper]

Originally Posted by Puma Cat

I commented I would like to hear it with my Bob's Devices SUT going into the MM stage, as the Bob's Devices SUT in my system is better than the SUTs built into my EAR834P. David related the info that many Monbrison owners in fact do not use the built-in Shindo SUTs, but the Auditorium 23 SUT, so that may be consistent our hypothesis.

Yes. My friend uses an EAR MC4 with his Koetsu and Monbrison, and I have a Bob,s Cinemag 1131 Blue I use with my Shilabe. Both of them are much better into the Shindo(s) than the using the internal SUT.

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Originally Posted by gortnipper

Yes. My friend uses an EAR MC4 with his Koetsu and Monbrison, and I have a Bob,s Cinemag 1131 Blue I use with my Shilabe. Both of them are much better into the Shindo(s) than the using the internal SUT.

Yep, this is because the internal step up is not ideal for the impedance characteristics of those cartridges.

Shindo give you the 'MM' input, not necessarily for MM carts, but to allow the user the ability to bypass the internal step up, so that your hifi can be optimized for the cartridge in use with an outboard step up.

Enjoy,
-M

[AudioKiwi]

Howdy all,

is there a list of Cartridges (or specs) that the internal Shindo SUT likes to work with? I'm running a Masseto at the moment - and loving it with a Wood body Denon 103 (though I suspect that match is not optimal).

Thankyou and good listening.

[Freestone]

Originally Posted by Still-One

No, that is not what I meant to say and if you read Jerome's response (post#73) you will see that he is well aware of my position. Just to be clear the odds of me ever considering owning any tube gear other than a phono stage is so small that my finger would get tired of tying zeros after the decimal point. Jerome and many other here are aware of that.

I was only jabbing Jerome regarding his comment "No serious music lover can say seriously that he does not like Shindo. Impossible." There are no absolutes in this hobby as both he and I have discussed many times.

If you re-read the first part of my post I state' "I can appreciate it. I might enjoy it"...... That is exactly how I feel about tube systems. I listen to other peoples tube based systems and appreciate the overall sound and I can enjoy listening for a couple of hours. Then I prefer to go back and listen to something else.

Jim

Ah, ok. Understood. Context.
Was just trying to bridge what I thought were controversial positions!