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"Master of Sound" event in The Hague, July '19
A couple of weeks ago, we attended another splendid demo in The Hague, at Chattelin Audio.
Those who follow my posts know I really appreciate the approach of the Chattelin team. Ben, in the middle, treated our room in such a professional way last year that we gladly stayed in contact to see his other activities in the music business. As I wrote in earlier threads, he's involved in the whole audio chain: from recording in a fantastic studio, over importing and selling of gear, till installing it and treating the room of his clients. This time, the show featured a couple of premieres. First, Brendon Heinst, recording engineer, was going to present his work at the trptk studio and label. Second, Benelux debut of the Hegel C-55. Third: a surround set-up with 5 KEF Blade 2s. Just like in the trptk studio. Fourth: explanation by a composer of his works, in the presence of some musicians (fifth). Chattelin sell high end, but also nice entry level gear.
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Stereo: Hegel H590, Grimm Audio MU1, Mola Mola Tambaqui, Burmester 948 - V3 & V6 racks, Vivid Audio G2 Giyas, REL Carbon Special (pair), Silent Angel Bonn N8 Ethernet Switch & Forester F1, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse IC and SE SC, Furutech Digiflux AV: Hegel C-53, Marantz AV8802A, Oppo BDP-203EU, Pioneer Kuro 60", Vivid Audio C1 & V1w's, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse, SE & E Second system (veranda): Halgorythme preamp and monoblocks, Burmester 061, Avalon Avatar, Sharkwire & Wireworld cables Last edited by bart; 08-19-2019 at 04:06 PM. |
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Stereo: Hegel H590, Grimm Audio MU1, Mola Mola Tambaqui, Burmester 948 - V3 & V6 racks, Vivid Audio G2 Giyas, REL Carbon Special (pair), Silent Angel Bonn N8 Ethernet Switch & Forester F1, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse IC and SE SC, Furutech Digiflux AV: Hegel C-53, Marantz AV8802A, Oppo BDP-203EU, Pioneer Kuro 60", Vivid Audio C1 & V1w's, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse, SE & E Second system (veranda): Halgorythme preamp and monoblocks, Burmester 061, Avalon Avatar, Sharkwire & Wireworld cables |
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Okay, into the room!
5 Blade 2s. Cabling by Furutech, that sponsors the label. Brendon told us he could never afford those crazily expensive custom-made cables without their support. Everything in the studio is high end: the microphones, room treatment, cables, electronics.
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Stereo: Hegel H590, Grimm Audio MU1, Mola Mola Tambaqui, Burmester 948 - V3 & V6 racks, Vivid Audio G2 Giyas, REL Carbon Special (pair), Silent Angel Bonn N8 Ethernet Switch & Forester F1, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse IC and SE SC, Furutech Digiflux AV: Hegel C-53, Marantz AV8802A, Oppo BDP-203EU, Pioneer Kuro 60", Vivid Audio C1 & V1w's, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse, SE & E Second system (veranda): Halgorythme preamp and monoblocks, Burmester 061, Avalon Avatar, Sharkwire & Wireworld cables Last edited by bart; 08-19-2019 at 05:14 PM. |
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The Hegel C-55.
5 x 150W into 8 Ohms, doubling each time into 4 Ohms and 2 Ohms. 5 modules, each with its own power supply. This amplifier also exists as a C-53 and C-54 (3 and 4 channel versions). The rears and the centre channel were driven by it, the fronts by a H590. That beast delivers 2 x 300W into 8 Ohms. I don't know exactly why, because the C-55 seemed more than capable enough to deliver the power for all 5 KEFs. Ben told us he wanted to imitate the trptk studio as closely as possible: the H590 houses the H30s the studio has. Power handling: A more than full room.
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Stereo: Hegel H590, Grimm Audio MU1, Mola Mola Tambaqui, Burmester 948 - V3 & V6 racks, Vivid Audio G2 Giyas, REL Carbon Special (pair), Silent Angel Bonn N8 Ethernet Switch & Forester F1, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse IC and SE SC, Furutech Digiflux AV: Hegel C-53, Marantz AV8802A, Oppo BDP-203EU, Pioneer Kuro 60", Vivid Audio C1 & V1w's, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse, SE & E Second system (veranda): Halgorythme preamp and monoblocks, Burmester 061, Avalon Avatar, Sharkwire & Wireworld cables Last edited by bart; 08-19-2019 at 05:41 PM. |
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Johan Coorg, brand ambassador for KEF - I've seen him a lot of times during shows!
He's now doing PR work for Hegel also. He's always an entertaining person when he speaks about his beloved KEF (and now Hegel).
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Stereo: Hegel H590, Grimm Audio MU1, Mola Mola Tambaqui, Burmester 948 - V3 & V6 racks, Vivid Audio G2 Giyas, REL Carbon Special (pair), Silent Angel Bonn N8 Ethernet Switch & Forester F1, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse IC and SE SC, Furutech Digiflux AV: Hegel C-53, Marantz AV8802A, Oppo BDP-203EU, Pioneer Kuro 60", Vivid Audio C1 & V1w's, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse, SE & E Second system (veranda): Halgorythme preamp and monoblocks, Burmester 061, Avalon Avatar, Sharkwire & Wireworld cables Last edited by bart; 08-19-2019 at 05:43 PM. |
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Brendon Heinst, that is the young audio engineer we came for in the first place!
He's 28 years old but has already quite a lot of experience. Studied music and art, and finally audio engineering, together with musicology and IT. He wanted to really understand how for example Shostakovich came to his music, how a composition is built up, how it is played, and finally how to record it under the most ideal circumstances. Worked with Bert van der Wolf (from Challenge Records and Turtle - see my separate thread). I've already posted a lot of the trptk albums. They are all exceptionally well recorded. Brendon explained how he came to the specific positioning of his microphones. Basis: the classic 3 microphone set-up of Decca (the 'Decca Tree') in the 50s and 60s, that Bert van der Wolf further refined, and that he now develops even more. It has to sound natural in 5.0, but also in 2.0, and even in mono (transistor radio), he said.
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Stereo: Hegel H590, Grimm Audio MU1, Mola Mola Tambaqui, Burmester 948 - V3 & V6 racks, Vivid Audio G2 Giyas, REL Carbon Special (pair), Silent Angel Bonn N8 Ethernet Switch & Forester F1, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse IC and SE SC, Furutech Digiflux AV: Hegel C-53, Marantz AV8802A, Oppo BDP-203EU, Pioneer Kuro 60", Vivid Audio C1 & V1w's, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse, SE & E Second system (veranda): Halgorythme preamp and monoblocks, Burmester 061, Avalon Avatar, Sharkwire & Wireworld cables Last edited by bart; 08-19-2019 at 05:44 PM. |
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The empty spot in the middle is Bart's seat....
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The 'sweet spot' in 2 ways: ideal positioning for sound, and next to my sweet audiophile wife...
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Stereo: Hegel H590, Grimm Audio MU1, Mola Mola Tambaqui, Burmester 948 - V3 & V6 racks, Vivid Audio G2 Giyas, REL Carbon Special (pair), Silent Angel Bonn N8 Ethernet Switch & Forester F1, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse IC and SE SC, Furutech Digiflux AV: Hegel C-53, Marantz AV8802A, Oppo BDP-203EU, Pioneer Kuro 60", Vivid Audio C1 & V1w's, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse, SE & E Second system (veranda): Halgorythme preamp and monoblocks, Burmester 061, Avalon Avatar, Sharkwire & Wireworld cables |
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We went home but first got our own special moment!
Our new H590! It's been playing a whole month now - I estimate about 350 hours - and it is utterly fantastic! The C-53 is on order... More about the install later...
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Stereo: Hegel H590, Grimm Audio MU1, Mola Mola Tambaqui, Burmester 948 - V3 & V6 racks, Vivid Audio G2 Giyas, REL Carbon Special (pair), Silent Angel Bonn N8 Ethernet Switch & Forester F1, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse IC and SE SC, Furutech Digiflux AV: Hegel C-53, Marantz AV8802A, Oppo BDP-203EU, Pioneer Kuro 60", Vivid Audio C1 & V1w's, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse, SE & E Second system (veranda): Halgorythme preamp and monoblocks, Burmester 061, Avalon Avatar, Sharkwire & Wireworld cables Last edited by bart; 08-19-2019 at 05:29 PM. |
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A day or two after the install Bart was away from home for the better part of the week. While he was away I kept the Hegel playing non-stop to put mileage on the clock ...
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