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Myles B. Astor, PhD, Administrator
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-Zellaton Plural Evo speakers
-Goldmund Telos 440 and 1000 Nextgen mono amps
-Goldmund Mimesis 37S Nextgen preamplifier
-Doshi EVO and Goldmund PH3.8 phonostage
-VPI Vanquish direct-drive turntable
-VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy dual pivot tonearm, VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy gimballed and SAT LM-12 arm
-Lyra Atlas SL Lambda, vdh Colibri Master Signature, Mutech Hayabusa,
-Technics RS1506 with Flux Magnetic heads, Doshi V3.0 tape stage (balanced)
-Assorted cables including Skogrand, Kubala-Sosna, Audience FrontRow; Audience FrontRow, Genesis Advanced Technologies , Goldmund and Ensemble Power Cords
-Accessories including Stillpoint Aperture panels, Cathedral Sound panels, Furutech NCF Nano AC receptacles; Silver Circle Tchaik 6 PLC, Symposium ISIS and SRA Craz 3 racks, Audiodharma Cable Cooker, Symposium Ultra and assorted SRA OHIO Class 2.3+ platforms. -
Akihabara or "electric town" has changed considerably, its now overrun with aname. I haven't been to the store in the vid but there was one multi-story building I visited with a different high-end dealer on each floor.-
Yes, Akihabara has changed, all the vintage shops I knew are gone and there seems to be an invasion of low end electronic and souvenir stores and the anime store as you mentioned. Can't get over plastic dolls costing thousands, who's buying them?
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You might be talking about Dynamic Audio. They have "themes" at every floor like German high-end, American high-end etc.
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Doesn't Singapore have something similar with many of the high-end dealers in one or two buildings?Myles B. Astor, PhD, Administrator
Senior Editor, Positive-Feedback.com
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-Zellaton Plural Evo speakers
-Goldmund Telos 440 and 1000 Nextgen mono amps
-Goldmund Mimesis 37S Nextgen preamplifier
-Doshi EVO and Goldmund PH3.8 phonostage
-VPI Vanquish direct-drive turntable
-VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy dual pivot tonearm, VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy gimballed and SAT LM-12 arm
-Lyra Atlas SL Lambda, vdh Colibri Master Signature, Mutech Hayabusa,
-Technics RS1506 with Flux Magnetic heads, Doshi V3.0 tape stage (balanced)
-Assorted cables including Skogrand, Kubala-Sosna, Audience FrontRow; Audience FrontRow, Genesis Advanced Technologies , Goldmund and Ensemble Power Cords
-Accessories including Stillpoint Aperture panels, Cathedral Sound panels, Furutech NCF Nano AC receptacles; Silver Circle Tchaik 6 PLC, Symposium ISIS and SRA Craz 3 racks, Audiodharma Cable Cooker, Symposium Ultra and assorted SRA OHIO Class 2.3+ platforms.Comment
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This is exactly how I remember it. Winston took me there and we spent the whole morning just browsing!Comment
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What else do you remember about the store? Anything more than browsing? Tempted?Originally posted by Bruce B View PostMyles B. Astor, PhD, Administrator
Senior Editor, Positive-Feedback.com
________________________________________
-Zellaton Plural Evo speakers
-Goldmund Telos 440 and 1000 Nextgen mono amps
-Goldmund Mimesis 37S Nextgen preamplifier
-Doshi EVO and Goldmund PH3.8 phonostage
-VPI Vanquish direct-drive turntable
-VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy dual pivot tonearm, VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy gimballed and SAT LM-12 arm
-Lyra Atlas SL Lambda, vdh Colibri Master Signature, Mutech Hayabusa,
-Technics RS1506 with Flux Magnetic heads, Doshi V3.0 tape stage (balanced)
-Assorted cables including Skogrand, Kubala-Sosna, Audience FrontRow; Audience FrontRow, Genesis Advanced Technologies , Goldmund and Ensemble Power Cords
-Accessories including Stillpoint Aperture panels, Cathedral Sound panels, Furutech NCF Nano AC receptacles; Silver Circle Tchaik 6 PLC, Symposium ISIS and SRA Craz 3 racks, Audiodharma Cable Cooker, Symposium Ultra and assorted SRA OHIO Class 2.3+ platforms.Comment
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Yup it's the Adelphi Mall in Singapore. Being in that mall is like being in a small show.Originally posted by MylesBAstor View Post
In this vid, it looks like Yodobashi. A block away is Big Yodobashi, which as the name suggests........Comment
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Places I dare not go, I would be overwhelmed and max every piece of plastic I have thus descending into financial ruin.Comment
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Mind Blowing. More inventory than probably all stores in the U.S. combined.Last edited by mep; 03-12-2016, 07:40 PM.Micro Seiki SX-8000 table with flywheel, SME 3012R arm, SME 312S arm, Lyra Etna SL and Dynavector XV-1S cartridges, ARC Ref 3 phono stage, Otari MX-55 tape deck, Ampex 350 repros, Roon Nucleus Plus server, PS Audio DSJ DAC, ARC Ref 6 pre, ARC Ref 75 amp, Parasound JC5 amp, JBL 4345 speakers, and Def Tech Ref subs.Comment
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Damn, that place is like a supermarket for high end audio...Magnepan 1.6 QR Loudspeakers, Amherst A-2000 MOSFET 150 WPC Amp, Conrad Johnson PV-10A Modded Tube Line & Phono Stage, Electrocompaniet MC II Class A Head Amp, Audio Technica AT-OC9XML Cart (Stereo) , Graham Engineering 2.2 Tonearm (Stereo) , VPI Aries-1 Turntable (Stereo) , VPI Clamp, Denon DL-102 Cart, (Mono) , Luxman Tonearm (Mono) , Kenwood KD-500 Turntable (Mono) , Michell Clamp, Marantz 20B Analog FM Tuner, Pioneer SACD, Onkyo DX-6800 CD Transport, DIY 24B/192K DAC, Sennheiser HD-650 Headphones, Headroom Max Balanced Headphone Amp, DIY Silver InterconnectsComment
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First was thinking Costco but upon further reflection, maybe Whole Foods.Originally posted by JCOConnell View PostMyles B. Astor, PhD, Administrator
Senior Editor, Positive-Feedback.com
________________________________________
-Zellaton Plural Evo speakers
-Goldmund Telos 440 and 1000 Nextgen mono amps
-Goldmund Mimesis 37S Nextgen preamplifier
-Doshi EVO and Goldmund PH3.8 phonostage
-VPI Vanquish direct-drive turntable
-VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy dual pivot tonearm, VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy gimballed and SAT LM-12 arm
-Lyra Atlas SL Lambda, vdh Colibri Master Signature, Mutech Hayabusa,
-Technics RS1506 with Flux Magnetic heads, Doshi V3.0 tape stage (balanced)
-Assorted cables including Skogrand, Kubala-Sosna, Audience FrontRow; Audience FrontRow, Genesis Advanced Technologies , Goldmund and Ensemble Power Cords
-Accessories including Stillpoint Aperture panels, Cathedral Sound panels, Furutech NCF Nano AC receptacles; Silver Circle Tchaik 6 PLC, Symposium ISIS and SRA Craz 3 racks, Audiodharma Cable Cooker, Symposium Ultra and assorted SRA OHIO Class 2.3+ platforms.Comment
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Man, I need to get to Japan -- bad
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Pretty much like you saw in the video. Anything money could buy.... but, there was not a "listening room" anywhere. All the really high-end stuff was crammed in little rooms with no way of actually knowing what it actually sound like!Originally posted by MylesBAstor View PostComment
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Most of the high-end stores and vintage shops have moved out of Akihabra area during last ten years. All the electronics are 100VAC input so can't bring them home. I go there to buy rare connectors and other metric parts.Comment
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Here are a few links to other information about Akihibara and a few stores of interest in the vicinity. Let's see if the multiple links work.Originally posted by Ki Choi View Post
---Gary
Last edited by GaryB; 03-21-2016, 02:53 AM.Analog: Scheu + Immedia RPM tonearm + Koetsu Black + Pass Xono or Threshold FET 10pe
Amps: First Watt F7, HK Citation II
Pre-Amps: CJ Premier 14, Threshold FET 10e, DIY 417a with output transformer
Speakers: Horning Eufrodite, Reference 3A mm de capo
Tuners: Sansui TU9900, McIntosh MR78
Digital: i7 Server (Roon) + SSD, Sonore urendu + Mutec MC3+ USB + Berkeley Alpha Dac, Audiomeca Mephisto
Power: Audience AR12, Torus Tot, DIY filtersComment
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Had lots of trouble with the previous post - can't seem to find a way of using the "post link" button to add multiple links. But embedding links in the text seems to work fine. But couldn't remove the old link - it kept giving me an error. Thus I changed it to a link back to audionirvana - sorry about that.
Anyway, what I meant to say before all the text was lost as I played with links is that I've been traveling to Japan on business for more than 20 years. I often stop by Akihibara and have seen how it's changed over the decades. It's moved from being a haven for electronics enthusiasts with a predilection towards DIY first towards PCs and later towards software and then anime. But if you look around a bit you can still find some places of interest. It's definitely worth a trip. A bit of planning ahead and careful shopping will get you relatively inexpensive flights. Tokyo is relatively easy to navigate for the non-Japanese, so don't let concerns about the language hold you back.
---GaryAnalog: Scheu + Immedia RPM tonearm + Koetsu Black + Pass Xono or Threshold FET 10pe
Amps: First Watt F7, HK Citation II
Pre-Amps: CJ Premier 14, Threshold FET 10e, DIY 417a with output transformer
Speakers: Horning Eufrodite, Reference 3A mm de capo
Tuners: Sansui TU9900, McIntosh MR78
Digital: i7 Server (Roon) + SSD, Sonore urendu + Mutec MC3+ USB + Berkeley Alpha Dac, Audiomeca Mephisto
Power: Audience AR12, Torus Tot, DIY filtersComment
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