Shindo and synergistic components

John: I think the Vosnee Romanee preamp is balanced and is meant to be great. Maybe Bsal is right, or maybe not. You might love the combination of Shindo Pre with the the great MX-R amps - I'm sure you will. I wouldn't trade even think of trading in your amps for the time being, just focus on the analogue. Try the Shindo amps out in time.

I've ordered the Masetto, the one below the Romanee as I don't need balanced. If you live near a dealer, I'd take in the MX-Rs and try what you can. I think Don Better is a Shindo and Ayre dealer - so you might want to start there (just my recollection, could be wrong).

Best wishes

I own the Vosne-Romanee. It is balanced. Checking with Don is a great idea. He's an excellent dealer and an absolutely terrfic guy.

Having gone through some various things...knowing what I seek...my end reference being 1/2 track recordings made on my tape machine....I think the Ayre's are keepers...again to me changing speakers just to gain more efficiency doesn't make much sense to me....most speakers are more efficient simply due by, for a given size, sacrificing low frequency extension...there being some laws of physics at work here...in spite of what some folks advocate....thus I wish to consider pre amp performance...not to tune stuff to fit certain pieces of gear...

John

I have just discovered this very interesting thread.
Now it is 11 years old, and the market changed a lot.
Now there are many newer speakers like Zu Audio, Living Voice, Blumenhofer, but also the Verity Audio Leonore, designed for smaller tube amps.
Shindo made some new amps, too.

Hatari, do you still have the system you have described here? What is you long time experience on it? Or did you changed it? What is new? Why? What does it better or in a different way?

Now I stepwise complete my Shindo system from the source on, had a Platine and Nouvelle Verdier for a long time, a Shindo Meursault and SPU with A23 Hommage T1 as well, and just purchased a Giscours.
The next steps will be an amp and speakers, but I don't know which way I should go. Modern speakers, Altec horns, single driver units, all of these have their weaknesses...
Until now I listen with an active studio main monitor, a big three way, neutral, very detailed and correct speaker, even this is a good match with the Giscours, but I would like to try the "whole Shindo magic".

Thanks for any input, advice and information, or just your subjective experience.