@jasonbourne71 His final reference speakers were Devore Orangutans. He did however own and restore some Flamencos.
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@smodtactical Iâve owned a number of Shindo pieces: Apetite 6v6 integrated, Aurieges preamp (3 different versions), Monbrison preamp (2 different versions), the el84 Montille amp, the 6v6 Montille amp, the CV391 Montille amp and the 300b Cortese amp. I regret selling each and every one of them! Even though I presently have a non-Shindo amp I genuinely love, I could live happily ever after with a Shindo setup mated with the right speakers. Even though Leben is not affiliated with Shindo, it sure seems to have alot of the same attributes.
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The Shindo dealers (Pitchperfect, Don Better, Goldprint, etc) with whom Iâve dealt are each very knowledgeable and know their stuff. Tone Imports (Jonathan Halpern) does an exceptional job supporting the dealers and customers. If I had an electronics company and needed an importer/distributor for North America, hopefully he would be willing to take it on.
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Itâs hard to find faults with Shindo and any of the cons Iâve ever heard of or experienced usually fall into the camp of âsins of omissionâ rather than sins of commisionâ. Some might say there are fewer speakers which mate well but most Shindo amps are optimized for higher impedences and higher sensitivity speakers. Many have a love/hate relationship with the Switchcraft rca inputs which are optimized for Switchcraft terminated interconnects. Iâve heard some wish for remote control volume, more power, some wish it played better with other equipment makes, etc. For Shindo lovers these things are advantages. Shindo doesnât seem to be interested in selling gear to people whose values donât align with theirs. I appreciate that. If your speakers are suitable, there isnât much better.