yesterday I had a look and listen to the new Raven. I was disappointed. At the shop there they had 3 Raven turn tables. The new Black night, AC and One.
The Black Night and AC were demonstrated using the Raven Acustic phono pre,
Lyra pre amp,
tri TRV-M300SE 300B mono block amps
Klips klipschorn speakers.
I spoke with several people and no one liked the speakers and neither did I. So they killed what could have been a great introduction of a good looking product.
The Raven One was hooked up to:
T+A V 10 integrated valve amp
Goldenote (used to be blue note) Pamphili phono pre
Isophon Vescova speakers with diamond tweeters
Now this sounded a lot better to my ears this set really made some music. It is always difficult to judge a set during a show. People were talking, laughing etc. But what I could hear made me smile. Now if only they wouldn't have down-firing port I much prefer a rear or even front port.
I even bought a new LP Countdown to extinction by megadeath a recording taken from the original master tape. Now lets hear if that 55 is well spend.
The Black Night and AC were demonstrated using the Raven Acustic phono pre,
Lyra pre amp,
tri TRV-M300SE 300B mono block amps
Klips klipschorn speakers.
I spoke with several people and no one liked the speakers and neither did I. So they killed what could have been a great introduction of a good looking product.
The Raven One was hooked up to:
T+A V 10 integrated valve amp
Goldenote (used to be blue note) Pamphili phono pre
Isophon Vescova speakers with diamond tweeters
Now this sounded a lot better to my ears this set really made some music. It is always difficult to judge a set during a show. People were talking, laughing etc. But what I could hear made me smile. Now if only they wouldn't have down-firing port I much prefer a rear or even front port.
I even bought a new LP Countdown to extinction by megadeath a recording taken from the original master tape. Now lets hear if that 55 is well spend.