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joeinid said:
Bob,

Are those stands under the Absolare gear from Absolare? I really like them.
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Hi Joe,

Yep, the stands are made from select African Rosewood and are manufactured in Turkey by Absolare. The stands that I have are $3K each. Absolare also builds custom "made to customer specifications" complete shelve units vs. the stand alone stands. They are designed with specific acoustic design principles in mind.

From the Absolare site regarding the stands/furniture:

To achieve the most natural resonance characteristic possible, slices of East African Rosewood are laminated with organic epoxies to form the basis of Absolare’s racks and custom wall mounted helmholtz resonators. The Absolare Racks and Acoustic Panels have the perfectly beautiful timber facsia (Walnut, Bubinga or Pallisander). As with all of Absolare’s products there are never any short cuts taken during manufacture with production spanning weeks and sometimes even months. The result is tailor-made resonance and acoustic components that will maximize any system’s performance whilst adding the visual sophistication of an elegant architectural touch.
 
Wait until you hear the Absolare pre driving into the direct inputs of the Ongaku -----> into the Wave 40's.......:disbelief: You REALLY somehow need to hear it at night. It makes a BIG difference. SET's/Night time = Magnifico!

We get the same type of sound now with the Absolare or the Ongaku as we do with the Raidhos when amplified appropriately. The Raidhos have magnificent world class sound as well as long as you understand that you can't drive them in a tremendous size space with SET's like the Absolare or Ongaku. You CAN drive the Raidhos with SET's in a small to medium size space but in the larger spaces you will not get the maximum performance that the Raidhos are SO CAPABLE of providing.
 
Absolare said:
Wait until you hear the Absolare pre driving into the direct inputs of the Ongaku -----> into the Wave 40's.......:disbelief: You REALLY somehow need to hear it at night. It makes a BIG difference. SET's/Night time = Magnifico!
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Uh oh. If I understand correctly, the parking garage down the street is 24 hours. So, I'm in.
 
Haha !!!! I was dying to hear that the other day but I was thinking the 30 something watts wouldn't really work in the raidhos. I need to hear that setup!!
Cause ya know I might buy it. Lol!! I'm j/k Bob :)
 
highEndguy said:
OMG !!! OMG!!!
I love this speakers and Absolare combination.
They sound incredible good and don't need a subwoofer.
I think ribbon tweeter is the next upgrade.
This wave40 did everything the D3 does and some. They are not as beautiful as the Rhaidos but Man, I love how
They sound. I'm very impressed
I will upload a video I made with a Patricia Barber song
Joe and Steve, you should hear them before you make a speaker decision
THEY SOUND NICE and they can go low without no you now what, aha hahahahhah
:)



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Wow, they must be something!! Nelson, I so trust your ears! You are :scholar::audiophile:

Steve, Doug, give me a holler when you guys head up there. Would like to join you if I can.

Doug, would love to meet you!!
 
socfan12 said:
Wow, they must be something!! Nelson, I so trust your ears! You are :scholar::audiophile:

Steve, Doug, give me a holler when you guys head up there. Would like to join you if I can.

Doug, would love to meet you!!
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Ditto my friend! I'll be in touch.
 
joeinid said:
I really need to hear the SK Wave 40's.
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Yes you do:evil::audiophile:

And in your size space Joe, the Raidhos might actually be the ticket. The Raidhos truly are world class. You heard how special they are. It's just good to hear all the options available as well as the options that all the other dealers and the manufacturers in the world have to offer and you have the chance to hear.

After saying all this about the Raidhos and the Waves Joe, after you listen to them all and I would hope that you could hear other speakers as well, then you might end up seeing that at this level all of these great speakers are just different. Your existing TAD's might be the exact right one for you, but it's great to be able to hear all of the available options.
 
Btw everyone, with all of the talk about Raidho's and SoundKaos this week, to me they are like Maserati and Ferrari. One is not better than the other, and I would throw in Tad, Magico, YGA, Avantgarde, Goldmund and the list goes on and on. All great speakers, I feel audiophiles are so lucky at this point with so many great options. Each person needs to find out what works for them in their room. Just want to be clear that I personally think all of these offerings are really special and incredible sounding.....that's why I have a bunch of them!!!
 
good call Bob and good morning ....there are great speakers at every pricepoint, im just not sure what my pricepoint is yet.lol.
 
mdkim said:
I take it there was no follow up re the bass kit for the Raidhos?
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Lars said there is NO bass kit so I am not sure where that came from. I'll have to follow up with kiwi and ask him.
 
Bob,

Totally agree. Everything we heard, I thought, was superb and I could live with any of the ones you mentioned. I do have to say you have a great selection of gear and the best sound I've ever heard. I still have to pinch myself to believe it was all real. Thanks again!!!!



Absolare said:
Btw everyone, with all of the talk about Raidho's and SoundKaos this week, to me they are like Maserati and Ferrari. One is not better than the other, and I would throw in Tad, Magico, YGA, Avantgarde, Goldmund and the list goes on and on. All great speakers, I feel audiophiles are so lucky at this point with so many great options. Each person needs to find out what works for them in their room. Just want to be clear that I personally think all of these offerings are really special and incredible sounding.....that's why I have a bunch of them!!!
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joeinid said:
Lars said there is NO bass kit so I am not sure where that came from. I'll have to follow up with kiwi and ask him.
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I had a very nice and long conversation with Lars this morning. Here is what I took away from the conversation - There is NO bass upgrade kit for the D3's or any Raidho speakers.

Lars and Michael are really at the forefront of speaker design. They know EXACTLY what the Raidho speakers can and cannot do. Do the Raidho speakers have limitations? Yes they do. What are those limitations? If you try to drive them too hard ESPECIALLY in a very large space and especially with possibly not an ideal amplifier(s) match, it is possible to overdrive the speaker or in many cases the amplification that is driving the particular Raidho speaker, might clip.....it's just physics. One of the issues is that the sound of the Raidho is so clear and clean that there is a natural tendency to keep turning them up.

With the Raidho speakers, one of the finest family of speakers to have come along in a long time, you should be aware of your environment when choosing your particular Raidho speaker, ie. Size of your room, what type of music do you normally listen to, how loud do you play your music, what type of amplification are you planning on using etc. Case in point, if you play Zepplin at 105db in a large space and that is your thing (which there is nothing wrong with) then you are probably going to be best suited best with another type of speaker. The Raidho speakers or ANY other speaker for that matter are not going to suit everyone's requirements. That's ok. It really doesn't make sense to be asking speakers with 5ish inch drivers to be moving air in a large space at max pressure levels with highly dynamic source material. Why would you choose a Raidho speaker if this is your set of requirements? But don't say it should be doing something that literally it was not designed to do.

The way Lars and Michael have designed the speakers and their specific choice of components are what gives the Raidho speakers that magic that they deliver. Sure they could put larger drivers in the speakers and move more air and would not ever be over driven.....there are a thousand speakers out there like that.....the Raidhos do what they do because of the drivers that are used and yes they have limitations, but actually for most listeners they would never even reach the limitation level anyway.

If you would like to listen to either classical, jazz, light rock, regular rock, opera or really whatever genre of music and have an average size listening space, and appropriate "quality" amplification vs. "quantity of watts"....watts are definitely not the same among amplification manufacturers AND you are ok with listening in the 90db to 95db range and even higher with MOST source material, then the Raidho speakers which can deliver a soundstage that is literally gigantic (side to side and front to back) with the highest resolution of the entire soundstage that these ears have ever heard, then the Raidho's might be for you. Additionally layering and a "suck you into the music" sound that is provided by Raidho is really as good as it gets. Of course personal preference is always paramount but in general the Raidhos can reach heights until recently were unattainable. You just have to understand what the Raidho speakers can and cannot do. Then see if this all works for you or if not, that's ok as well. But don't say "Why can't that fish fly"? That's not what fishes were designed to do (except flying fishies I guess). Understand the Raidhos and their capabilities and limitations and see if they work for you.

Sorry for the long winded reply!
 
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