New Riviera Reference Phono stage announced

BendingWave said:
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Well, I have no intention of ever buying it, but as one of my favorite products of all time, which I am enjoying more than my prior CH M10 and pre, I can say, if it's close to as good as their pre and amps, those in the market will have an incredibly good option. It's been "obviously" missing from the products offerings.

This company needs more exposure. Truly world class stuff.
 
BendingWave said:
Sorry do not agree Jon is a great guy and knows his stuff. Riviera is a small company that builds to order and they make world class gear.
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You are welcome to your opinion. There are many people who take issue with him and how little he actually does for his brands. Also some of the brands have expressed displeasure with him.

Riviera is non-existent in the US. That's on John.
 
Well I am a Riviera dealer and I don't think its non existent as I sell the gear regularly. Im so sick of the BS "some people say" many people have issues" enough with this crap. Its a very small company, they make the gear to order, Jon is a distrinutor and he runs his business as he sees fit.
I now see why many people think your a pain in the ass!
 
BendingWave said:
Well I am a Riviera dealer and I don't think its non existent as I sell the gear regularly. Im so sick of the BS "some people say" many people have issues" enough with this crap. Its a very small company, they make the gear to order, Jon is a distrinutor and he runs his business as he sees fit.
I now see why many people think your a pain in the ass!
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LOL. Sure Elliot. What ever you say. Funny how people get testy when others talk about things they don't want to hear.

Funny how quickly you forget who was your side re: Massif and how many were against you. You sure are quick to turn on the few people who stood by you.

It's ok, I still like you. :)
 
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Michaels HiFi said:
LOL. Sure Elliot. What ever you say. Funny how people get testy when others talk about things they don't want to hear.

Funny how quickly you forget who was your side re: Massif and how many were against you. You sure are quick to turn on the few people who stood by you.

It's ok, I still like you. :)
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I am not turning on you , Michael you are just wrong. Do you know how long he has represented his lines? I went to Riviera when I first saw it few years back and asked about becoming the US distributor, their answer was see Tone Imports he was their guy and they were not interested in changing. His other lines, most of them he has been the importer for over 15 years. They must really hate him.
You don't ever want to concede that maybe your feelings are not correct. Innuendo and rumor and feelings are not facts.
 
BendingWave said:
I am not turning on you , Michael you are just wrong. Do you know how long he has represented his lines? I went to Riviera when I first saw it few years back and asked about becoming the US distributor, their answer was see Tone Imports he was their guy and they were not interested in changing. His other lines, most of them he has been the importer for over 15 years. They must really hate him.
You don't ever want to concede that maybe your feelings are not correct. Innuendo and rumor and feelings are not facts.
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No innuendo. I've dealt with him. I know others who have. He's a dick. That's my opinion. I won't cover the lines he carries because of him. Others feel the same.

I wasn't going to say that but you felt the need to get triggered and over react by someone else's opinion. Just like you got triggered about people talking about Austria the other day. You're so ready to blow a gasket at everyone.

Not cool Elliot. I could sit here and throw plenty of barbs back at you, your reputation, you raising the white flag faster than the French as soon as you got a bit of heat for your short lived show that you then surrendered to Ron.

But I'm not going to go there with you.

I have no issue with you, even if you do with me. You have my number. You could have called me if you had an issue with what I said rather than take another temper tantrum on a forum.

And I'm fine with what ever you or anyone else thinks of me. I'm still calling out skeletons while you surrendered. See who's on your side the next time you're left virtually alone on an issue like the last time.

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The new phono stage has multiple inputs, every curve imaginable and more. I am trying to get all the details. They are taking orders until 7/15 for the first production run that will be available late in 2026. Price is 69995.00
FYI
 
johnss said:
sure is a nice looking unit. Would be interesting to see how they handle AC noise.
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not sure what you are asking . The unit however will not be shipping till near year end. What noise? Their products are fantastic and I ve never had any comments with anything they make about noise. Please xplain
 
BendingWave said:
not sure what you are asking . The unit however will not be shipping till near year end. What noise? Their products are fantastic and I ve never had any comments with anything they make about noise. Please xplain
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Nice looking unit. Sorry for not being more clear. As for noise, was referring to the high freq AC noise riding in on the AC mains and the high freq. switching noise generated by the rectifiers during the AC to DC conversion. The main filter caps will not remove all of this. Usually extra small film caps are used to shunt some noise to ground, some designers use several stages of regulation to reduce it. If a high freq scope is used this noise can be observed and measured in mv or uv. The lower this noise is the better the resolution is on the phono stage. Its not easy to get rid of. If the high freq noise can be reduced to below 10-15um the resolution should be improved. 5um even better, but not easy to do.
 
johnss said:
Nice looking unit. Sorry for not being more clear. As for noise, was referring to the high freq AC noise riding in on the AC mains and the high freq. switching noise generated by the rectifiers during the AC to DC conversion. The main filter caps will not remove all of this. Usually extra small film caps are used to shunt some noise to ground, some designers use several stages of regulation to reduce it. If a high freq scope is used this noise can be observed and measured in mv or uv. The lower this noise is the better the resolution is on the phono stage. Its not easy to get rid of. If the high freq noise can be reduced to below 10-15um the resolution should be improved. 5um even better, but not easy to do.
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if you require such information I suggest you write to the factory.
 
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