There is also super-silent operation and ultra-low power consumption. Even when using the remote, there is an obvious feeling of precise level control. Bent Audio made us a board that contains the motorized Alps pot and associated circuitry for the remote control functionality to fit our space requirements.
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Taking his cue perhaps from the ModWright and other high-end preamps, the Isabella sports a motorized "all on one board" Alps pot "for better reliability, greater ease of manufacturability, quieter operation and a smoother feel during manual adjustments. While Vinnie was collaborating again with John Chapman on a 60-step relay-switched custom stepped attenuator board, "the added cost, complexity and 12-16 weeks lead time required for just that part didn't seem like the right choice". And unlike the Dodd tube preamp which also uses batteries and 6922s, the Isabella runs both halves of each triode.įond of stepped attenuators - his Signature 30.2 runs a custom Bent Audio stepper motor board by John Chapman - the Isabella eschews the DacT or Goldpoint units to offer smooth and continuous manual or remote operation without discrete stops. The stock pair of JJ 6922s (6DJ8, 7306, 7DJ8, 6N23, 6H23 and 6N11 are drop-in options) is driven battery direct, something Mr. The kicker? The Isabella - named after his baby daughter above - runs off SLA batteries without a DC-to DC stepup converter. Apparently keen to remain out front and lead the charge, Vinnie now has authored a much anticipated matching tube preamp with optional NOS non-oversampling DAC. Said platform - class T amps on batteries - proved so popular, Firenze Audio and Sutra from Italy, Passion & Sound from Spain and KingRex from Taiwan have caught the same wave since. And as his own tastes have become more rarefied and gourmet, Vinnie's been diligent to revisit his core designs and squeeze more performance from their platform. The cheese in his audio mouse trap is top quality. But neither is he just a nice cuddly guy everyone likes to do business with. There's a lot more to it than a superior gizmo. The recipe to success in this racket hinges not merely on a better audio mouse trap. He's good at communications, conscientious at managing expectations. One of the reasons must be that Vinnie excels at customer service. Underground and establishment? It sounds like a contradiction in terms but isn't. His Red Wine Audio brand is already firmly established as an underground phenomenon. Vinnie Rossi's is a fantastic entrepreneurial success story. From beginning to present status of story? Three short years. Add full-time employees and new facilities. Demand quickly outstrips production capacity. Soon real-world job quitter to embrace full-time unreal world job. Review Component Retail: $4000 as preamp, $5,500 as preamp/DAC (with remote control in either case)Įlectrical engineer turned hifi DIYer. Room size: 16' w x 21' d x 9' h in short-wall setup, with openly adjoining 15' x 35' living room room 2 with sound platform 3 x 4.5m with 2-story slanted ceiling four steps below continues into 8m long open kitchen, dining room and office which widen to 5.2m with 2.8m ceiling sound platform space is open to 2nd story landing and 3rd-floor studio concrete floor, concrete and brick walls, converted barn with no parallel walls nor perfect right angles short-wall setup with speaker backs facing the 8-meter expanse
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Sundry accessories: GPA Formula Carbon/Kevlar shelf for transport GPA Apex footers underneath stand, DAC and amp Walker Audio Vivid CD cleaner Walker Audio Reference HDLs Furutech RD-2 CD demagnetizer Nanotech Nespa Pro Acoustic System Resonators and front wall sugar cube matrix Powerline conditioning: 2 x Walker Audio Velocitor S fed from custom AudioSector 1.5KV Plitron step-down transformer with balanced power output option Furutech RTP-6 on 240V line feed
Stands: 2 x Grand Prix Audio Monaco Modular 4-tier Speakers: DeVore Fidelity Nines WLM Grand Viola Monitor with Duo 12 Rethm Saadhana Mark & Daniel Ruby and Maximus Monitor with optional OmniHarmonizer Haigner Rho Ĭables: Ocellia Silver Signature loom Crystal Cable Ultra loom Zanden Audio proprietary I²S cable Crystal Cable Reference power cords double cryo'd Acrolink with Furutech UK plug between wall and transformer Stealth Audio Indra and Meta Carbon
Preamp/Integrated: Supratek Cabernet Dual ModWright LS-36.5 with PS 36.5 Wyetech Labs Jade Almarro A318B Melody I2A3 APL Hifi UA-S1 Woo Audio Model 5 Esoteric C-3 Īmp: 2 x Audiosector Patek SE 2 x First Watt F4, 1 x F5 Yamamoto A-08s Fi 2A3 monos Yamamoto A-09S Esoteric A-100
Source: APL HiFi NWO 3.0-GO Ancient Audio Lektor Prime Raysonic Audio CD-168
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