Goldmund year end deals

wisnon

wisnon

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For all interested, I just got contacted by Goldmund about a limited time equipment sale. See below:

"We have a special sale for Goldmund products starting now . It concerns products which will not be continued in the 2015 range.

You can get info about products concerned and prices at [email protected].

If you have some audiophile friends interested please let them know. The address to be contacted in order to receive the list of products and prices is [email protected]. "

Examples of products available (mixture of new and demo units):



Metis 2 analog preamplifier
Metis 5 integrated amplifier
Metis 5 integrated amplifier
Telos 153 3-*‐channel power amplifier
Mimesis 18.4M power amplifier
Telos 350 power amplifier
Telos 352 2-*‐channel power amplifier
Epi 1 Signature unit speaker
Epi 1 Sign upgrade
Epi foot pair
Epi frame 1 pair frame for Epi1+2
Logos pc speaker
Logos 1 passive speaker
Logos 3 Passive Kit infra sub
Speaker cable 3.5 m pair
Speaker cable 2.5 m pair
Speaker cable 2.5 m pair
Speaker cable adaptor S1 pair
Lineal cable special length 7 m
Goldmund Sweeter for AC line
Videocable 2m x3
SR8 8-*‐channel preamplifier
Mimesis 16 acoustic processor
Mimesis 16HD acoustic processor
Mythos 2 analog acoustic processor


All orders must be placed and paid before December 20, 2014 Terms: All prices will be in CHF
Delivery charges extra
Warranty: 3 years
Prices available by using the email link provided.


 
You have come full circle to be a fully fledged Goldmund/JOB spruiker.

I am sure Goldmund's global distributors will be well pleased with your work - not
 
XV-1 said:
You have come full circle to be a fully fledged Goldmund/JOB spruiker.

I am sure Goldmund's global distributors will be well pleased with your work - not
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You really are an unpleasant fellow.
 
It seems Goldmund has some serious engineering chops indeed.

Feedback from a pal who was keen enough to jump on the sale without hesitation. He owned Einstein monoblocs in the past, Accapela Violon speakers, Shindo Vosne Romane preamp, Full Spatial system running on Emerald Physics, etc. He has been around the block and I know he is a dynamics junkie :

I was waiting to contact you until after Bob visited in order to get a reality check on my perceptions.

I can get quite enthused about incremental sound changes that others do not perceive as being quite so momentous as I do.

Nevertheless, and despite the notion out there that Goldmund is audio jewelry for rich, deaf guys, I now hear sound (and more importantly, music) which eclipses everything I’ve ever heard anywhere; including, amazingly, some live music (acoustically bereft venues, less than the best musicians, etc.).

It is simply staggering what lies buried in the pits and grooves of silver and black discs and which, heretofore, has remained hidden. None of the equipment I’ve ever owned or heard comes close to what is revealed by the Mimesis 16 HD and the two Telos 352 amps. My new Acoustic Zen Crescendo II speakers are head and shoulders above any of my previous speakers in every way and I had them (the AZ’s) connected-up to the Prism Titan “the best DAC, preamp, and digital processor on the planet”. Still, the Goldmund duo took the AZ’s to an entirely different place: Live Music Or So Close It Doesn’t Matter.

And, mind you, NONE of my sources has changed. I have the same turntables, cartridges, transport, hard-drive and Mac Mini that fed the Titan, 3 JOB amps, and my previous speakers.

Goldmund, like a few others, refuses to up-sample or over-sample. They say it creates all sorts of problems downstream including jitter and that they will NEVER do it. They want a pure, clean, un-messed-up 16/44.1 signal. Results more than justify their position.

My decision to go this route actually started with the JOB amps. I reasoned that anything this good was made by people who truly understand what they’re doing. Until the Telos duo showed up, the JOB amp was, absolutely, the finest amp I’d ever heard. Tubeophiles would differ vehemently but, to my ears, the JOB does everything I ever wanted an amp to do and nothing I didn’t want an amp to do. It produced the most “real” and “live” sound with no warmth added or taken away, amazing resolution, absolute driver control, etc. etc.

Words fail me at describing exactly how much better the Goldmund gear communicates the music than anything previous, including the JOB’s. One really has to hear the system to comprehend the huge gulf between then and now.

Searching out the Goldmund philosophy, areas of concentration, fanatical attention to detail (including a relentless persecution of ALL forms of distortion worthy of the Inquisition) and absolute time and phase linearity explains, at least to me, what it takes to get to this level: 35 years worth of time and dogged, relentless refusal to accept less than perfection.

I can only surmise how good their reference stuff is but what I’m so privileged to possess now is still beyond my comprehension.

AND, I’m listening without the benefit of either Goldmund’s Leonardo or Proteus technology being enacted and, of which, my Mimesis/Telos is capable. I can’t begin to imagine what they might bring to the party. As you know by now, I WILL find out eventually.
 
wisnon said:
It seems Goldmund has some serious engineering chops indeed.

Feedback from a pal who was keen enough to jump on the sale without hesitation. He owned Einstein monoblocs in the past, Accapela Violon speakers, Shindo Vosne Romane preamp, Full Spatial system running on Emerald Physics, etc. He has been around the block and I know he is a dynamics junkie :

I was waiting to contact you until after Bob visited in order to get a reality check on my perceptions.

I can get quite enthused about incremental sound changes that others do not perceive as being quite so momentous as I do.

Nevertheless, and despite the notion out there that Goldmund is audio jewelry for rich, deaf guys, I now hear sound (and more importantly, music) which eclipses everything I’ve ever heard anywhere; including, amazingly, some live music (acoustically bereft venues, less than the best musicians, etc.).

It is simply staggering what lies buried in the pits and grooves of silver and black discs and which, heretofore, has remained hidden. None of the equipment I’ve ever owned or heard comes close to what is revealed by the Mimesis 16 HD and the two Telos 352 amps. My new Acoustic Zen Crescendo II speakers are head and shoulders above any of my previous speakers in every way and I had them (the AZ’s) connected-up to the Prism Titan “the best DAC, preamp, and digital processor on the planet”. Still, the Goldmund duo took the AZ’s to an entirely different place: Live Music Or So Close It Doesn’t Matter.

And, mind you, NONE of my sources has changed. I have the same turntables, cartridges, transport, hard-drive and Mac Mini that fed the Titan, 3 JOB amps, and my previous speakers.

Goldmund, like a few others, refuses to up-sample or over-sample. They say it creates all sorts of problems downstream including jitter and that they will NEVER do it. They want a pure, clean, un-messed-up 16/44.1 signal. Results more than justify their position.

My decision to go this route actually started with the JOB amps. I reasoned that anything this good was made by people who truly understand what they’re doing. Until the Telos duo showed up, the JOB amp was, absolutely, the finest amp I’d ever heard. Tubeophiles would differ vehemently but, to my ears, the JOB does everything I ever wanted an amp to do and nothing I didn’t want an amp to do. It produced the most “real” and “live” sound with no warmth added or taken away, amazing resolution, absolute driver control, etc. etc.

Words fail me at describing exactly how much better the Goldmund gear communicates the music than anything previous, including the JOB’s. One really has to hear the system to comprehend the huge gulf between then and now.

Searching out the Goldmund philosophy, areas of concentration, fanatical attention to detail (including a relentless persecution of ALL forms of distortion worthy of the Inquisition) and absolute time and phase linearity explains, at least to me, what it takes to get to this level: 35 years worth of time and dogged, relentless refusal to accept less than perfection.

I can only surmise how good their reference stuff is but what I’m so privileged to possess now is still beyond my comprehension.

AND, I’m listening without the benefit of either Goldmund’s Leonardo or Proteus technology being enacted and, of which, my Mimesis/Telos is capable. I can’t begin to imagine what they might bring to the party. As you know by now, I WILL find out eventually.
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Does your friend still using his Goldmund Telos 352 after all this time and whats his experience has been with its reliability, quirks, etc? Would appreciate the feedback greatly! Thanks
 
No...he moved onto the Prologos active speaker model a short while after.
 
nothing m9re...but they are great amps...no doubt.
 
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