by Michael

Extreme Avantgarde / Burmester System Sighting

Another cool sighting, this time on Avantgarde’s website where users can post photos of their systems.


Avantagarde Trio Classico systems

I think what makes this especially cool is the Clearaudio Statement turntable and how it is positioned right out there in front.

It looks really accessible and awesome there, and one can hope that the basshorn is a side-firing horn so that it is not blasting directly at the table itself.

Considering how dynamic the horns are combined with how extremely dynamic that table is… whoa boy, this must be something … quite dynamic… to hear [even though the electronics, Burmester, is somewhat [much] quite civilized, dynamically, compared to, I think, most other electronics out there – we had a nice Burmester pre here for many years before we decided to go nuts. But, on the other hand, the size of those girnormous Burmie amps might remove any semblance of this being in any way a civilized presentation.]

Yep, love to hear this system [reggae must be AWESOME]. But I would make sure I was holding onto something… 🙂

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 by Michael

ZSHifi: Marten Coltrane Supreme / Bladelius

And here is another entry in our continual pursuit of cool Sightings, in the wild, as it were. People often point us to extreme high-end systems they run across. And here is another written up by a dealer in Taiwan [thanks to Florian for finding this].


ZS HiFi: The world’s first pair of users Marten Coltrane Supreme

Apparently the this Taiwan dealer was one of the first, if not the first, to sell a pair [or is that quad?] of Coltrane Supreme speakers.

Their customer’s system, that we see here, is running a Bladelius CD player and amp. Bladelius makes the subwoofer amp that the Supremes use and is another Swedish company.

I note how that have a video screen mounted in the ceiling behind/between the speakers. We have been wanting to do this for forever but for some husband/wife arguing about precise positioning and size issues [take that however you want :-)].

They also have a little Marten Duke monitor speaker on their equipment rack. And B&O speakers in the ceiling corners.

I love the look of the highly polished floor [wood or bamboo] and the speaker’s reflection but wonder at the sonic consequences.

I used the Google Chrome browser to translate the page, and I have to tell you, even translated it is not easy to understand much of what is being said. They run Karaoke through the Marten Dukes… OK…. but movies too? Seems like such a waste… 🙂

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 by Michael

Another Extreme System Sighting – Acapella Sphaeron Excalibur

Another sighting of an extreme system [thanks, Florian :-)].

This time an Acapella Spharon Excalibur horn speaker, their statement speaker, which has the bass horn built into the wall behind the main speakers. These speakers are for sale on Audiodoo for around $173,251.00 (new $400,000).

The amp in the picture is the Unison Research 845 Absolute integrated in a white custom finish. I believe Acapella is the distributor for these amps within Germany.

Love the clean modern look of the room – all the white that perfectly matches the white of the speakers. These speakers are on consignment and being sold by a dealer – but can’t tell for certain if this is a dealer showroom or someone’s home.

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