Get together at Bob's Rhapsody

[NorthStar]

The reviewer was Key, this guy:

ASI Grand Stereo amplifier and Liveline Preamplifier

I thought the pic in the review was of the amp 'designer', but it's Key himself.

If you click on the above quote's link (like I always do myself so that I can learn everything there is to learn here at the aquarium),
you'll find out indeed that Key is not George Clooney (Nelson) but very truly Franck Tchang. ...The audio reviewer from StereoTimes.

EDIT: Me too I made the same mistake as you Allen; I thought that the picture of the gentleman at the very beginning (top left) was indeed the one of the designer himself (Franck Tchang).
But it isn't; it's the photograph of the audio reviewer himself at StereoTimes, Key Kim. ...Jeez, finally! :facepalm:

* Stuff like that shouldn't happen in a professional audio review.

 

[Petro85]

Thank you Joe,
I think Bob & I will do something in the near future. We have the same taste and likes ....




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Nelson you need to spend more time in NY. I'd help you any way I could!!!

 

[joeinid]

If you click on the above quote's link (like I always do myself so that I can learn everything there is to learn here at the aquarium),
you'll find out indeed that Key is not George Clooney (Nelson) but very truly Franck Tchang. ...The audio reviewer from StereoTimes.

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ir is the carrier of sound waves. If not hermetically sealed off by air locks, all the rooms, nooks, crannies and closets in a house including the refrigerator, oven and all furniture with doors communicate with each through the air. Traditional heavy damping can absorb excess acoustic energies. But such damping also tends to kill off the finest harmonics, dumbs down the performers' tone modulations and dries out harmonic textures. Overdamping further undermines the swing of free timing. If one addresses air disturbances directly (primary causes are the loudspeakers and how they interact with a room's geometry), the quality of sound propagating through the air improves automatically. This is a direct cause/effect result and our acoustic resonator technology strategically exploits it.

ur Tango speakers avoid any internal damping or fillers for the same reason. Instead, a series of interconnected breathing bores evens out the air pressure differences between the three discrete internal chambers and, via the spinal holes, between the backs of the drivers loaded into the chambers and the room. This also flattens out the speaker impedance. Three acoustic resonators based on the Pro models but smaller line up in front of the oval bass chamber bore to reduce turbulence. This benefits improved harmonic transmission and makes a silk dome tweeter perform like a hyper expensive diamond unit.

ur HeartSong racks use decompression holes in their shelves and lower legs very similar to the two small upper bores in the Tango's back and inner chambers and the small holes in the RCA barrels and bayonet bananas. These details and more evolved from the acoustic resonator approach of converting air pressure to tension. Our LiveLine cables adapt the resonator metallurgy of precious metals and alloys to the active signal path. This applies my experience with the acoustic properties of specific metals to achieve minimal group delay, high propagation velocity and undiminished harmonics in signal and power delivery cables.
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[dlb2]

I'd like to hear those Absolare SET's on a pair of LM755 field coil speakers or perhaps a pair of Shindo Latours...

 

[highEndguy]

If you click on the above quote's link (like I always do myself so that I can learn everything there is to learn here at the aquarium),
you'll find out indeed that Key is not George Clooney (Nelson) but very truly Franck Tchang. ...The audio reviewer from StereoTimes.

EDIT: Me too I made the same mistake as you Allen; I thought that the picture of the gentleman at the very beginning (top left) was indeed the one of the designer (Franck Tchang). But it isn't; it's the photograph of the audio reviewer at StereoTimes, Key Kim. Jeez, finally! :facepalm:

Bob,
I'm George Clooney



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[joeinid]

Bob,
I'm George Clooney



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You are way more handsome. Clooney has NOTHING on you my friend.

 

[highEndguy]

You are way more handsome. Clooney has NOTHING on you my friend.

I love Your blindness my dear Friend


I want Destination and date of our next AS reunion
Maybe next NYC Audio show 2014?


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[joeinid]

I'm in.

 

[NorthStar]

This is a great idea! Except I need to experience Katz in person, no delivery! Mark, you in?!

Who is Katz? ...Is he another audio reviewer, audio designer, or member here, or a member's friend, a chef, or the name of a fish in someone's aquarium?
...A cat's name?

 

[NorthStar]

This is Key Kim, a reviewer from Stereo Times.

Here is a link to Frank TChang's site FranckTchang.com, home of the original acoustic resonators, LiveLine cables, Tango loudspeakers and HeartSong hifi racks with Franck's pic on the front page. Key lives in NYC. Franck lives in Paris, no not Paris, Texas

Thank you Bob; you seem to be living in the present moment.

 

[dlb2]

Nelson, George has nothing on you. I bet George can't even get an ARC tee shirt!

 

[Petro85]

I love Your blindness my dear Friend


I want Destination and date of our next AS reunion
Maybe next NYC Audio show 2014?


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I'd say next week
Then again in November .
And yes in April during the audio show. I think I'll be staying up there overnight for that . Can't take it in all in 1 day. And I owe you dinner Nelson!!

 

[dlb2]

Who is Katz? ...Is he another audio reviewer, audio designer, or member here, or a member's friend, a chef, or the name of a fish in someone's aquarium?
...A cat's name?

It's a Ted Nugent album Bob. Katz Scratch Fever!

 

[NorthStar]

Mi Casa is your Casa
But I'm pretty sure after you see our beautiful beaches and women you will want nothing to do with audio

I'll hit directly for the beaches then, and see what I can find out to keep my interest passionately exposed! :exciting:

 

[NorthStar]

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ir is the carrier of sound waves. If not hermetically sealed off by air locks, all the rooms, nooks, crannies and closets in a house including the refrigerator, oven and all furniture with doors communicate with each through the air. Traditional heavy damping can absorb excess acoustic energies. But such damping also tends to kill off the finest harmonics, dumbs down the performers' tone modulations and dries out harmonic textures. Overdamping further undermines the swing of free timing. If one addresses air disturbances directly (primary causes are the loudspeakers and how they interact with a room's geometry), the quality of sound propagating through the air improves automatically. This is a direct cause/effect result and our acoustic resonator technology strategically exploits it.

ur Tango speakers avoid any internal damping or fillers for the same reason. Instead, a series of interconnected breathing bores evens out the air pressure differences between the three discrete internal chambers and, via the spinal holes, between the backs of the drivers loaded into the chambers and the room. This also flattens out the speaker impedance. Three acoustic resonators based on the Pro models but smaller line up in front of the oval bass chamber bore to reduce turbulence. This benefits improved harmonic transmission and makes a silk dome tweeter perform like a hyper expensive diamond unit.

ur HeartSong racks use decompression holes in their shelves and lower legs very similar to the two small upper bores in the Tango's back and inner chambers and the small holes in the RCA barrels and bayonet bananas. These details and more evolved from the acoustic resonator approach of converting air pressure to tension. Our LiveLine cables adapt the resonator metallurgy of precious metals and alloys to the active signal path. This applies my experience with the acoustic properties of specific metals to achieve minimal group delay, high propagation velocity and undiminished harmonics in signal and power delivery cables.
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WoW, what a real sweet post Joe! :heart:

 

[Petro85]

Who is Katz? ...Is he another audio reviewer, audio designer, or member here, or a member's friend, a chef, or the name of a fish in someone's aquarium?
...A cat's name?

bob Katz has the best sandwich i ever ate!!! ive only been there 3 or 4 times in my whole life but i always can wait to go back
and being the movie guy you should know it!!!heheheh!!!

PHOTO GALLERY
Mind if we drop a few names?
When you're sitting in front of the best pastrami sandwich in the world, you gotta concentrate on the food. We understand and respect that. But when you're done noshin', take a tour around the place and check out our photo gallery. It reads like a who's who in culture, sports and entertainment—Barbra Streisand, Kathleen Turner, Bruno Kirby, Bruce Willis, Dan Aykroyd. And let's not forget our political guests. Four U.S. presidents have enjoyed Katz's hospitality, Vice President Al Gore brought the Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin to lunch, and most of the hotshots on New York's political scene have eaten here.
Katz's Deli is no stranger to the silver screen either. Remember that scene in When Harry Met Sally where Meg Ryan was, uh, faking it? Yeah, that was at Katz's. (And we're not so sure she was really acting. If you've had our brisket, you catch our drift.) Or how about when Johnny Depp meets up with his FBI contact in Donnie Brasco? Katz's again.
You can check out a few snapshots here on the site, but to see the full collection, you gotta come in and eat.

http://katzsdelicatessen.com/

 

[NorthStar]

Bob,
I'm George Clooney

No you're not; but your cute anyway.

Are you really Nelson Clooney? :|:S:disbelief:

 

[highEndguy]

No you're not; but your cute anyway.

Are you really Nelson Clooney? :|:S:disbelief:

 

[NorthStar]

It's a Ted Nugent album Bob. Katz Scratch Fever!

Ah, I knew it was something eatable and digestible.

 

[Rhapsody]

I'd say next week
Then again in November .
And yes in April during the audio show. I think I'll be staying up there overnight for that . Can't take it in all in 1 day. And I owe you dinner Nelson!!

Yes Steve, you have it correct. For those that want to come next week, then in November and then whenever the heck they want to.....let's just do it like that.....continuous AS meetings.