These were here on consignment. The owner has decided to keep them in his second system.

These Kipods [pronounced key-podes] were displayed at RMAF 2013 in the DEQX room.

We heard the Sonja version of these modded speakers at RMAF 2013 NVS-modded YG Acoustics sonja speakers at RMAF 2013. We loved them. Especially me (I was able to spend more time there than Neli :-)). There was definitely something special going on.

Standard retail on Kipod speakers is $38,800 for standard versions, about $50,000 for the factory Kipod Signatures, and $59,500 for these upgraded NVS versions which were prepared in partnership with YG Acoustics.

Send us an email or give Neli a call if you’re interested.

<Updated April 2016> If you’d like to own these and are ready to make an offer somewhere in the mid twenties (about 40% of the original MSRP for this upgraded model) … I’d be happy to contact the owner and ask if he’s ready to part with them. The crossover is the current Haley model. The subwoofer crossover is using one generation old inductors, but that’s the only thing out of date. Yes, the model itself is older and seemingly discontinued, but YG still carries it if requested.

The Kipod doesn’t have any scratches on it, but on the back panel it appears that the people who had borrowed the Kipods for the RMAF 2013 show painted one screw black. There are slight traces of the sealing material in some of the seams where the panels join together. Also, the original customer had asked for the ‘Customized by NVS Sound’ be painted black after assembly had been completed, so it is not anodized, simply painted. More photos available upon request.

Otherwise, they are in perfect condition.

As of this posting, a new set of front baffles for the Kipods (at a cost of $1,165) can be machined, if the buyer so desires.

You all know we like the YG Acoustics speakers – and these particular speakers are modded to sound even better than the factory Kipods. Someone should get these who is hopefully local so we can go over and hear them once in awhile 

Official page on YG Acoustics website: Kipod speakers

Have more questions about this? Send us an email (mike+neli@audiofederation.com), or give Neli a call: 303.546.6503.

SOLD. Used Tara Labs RSC Air 1 Series 2 speaker cables. Original MSRP $2500, asking $1200 obo. Single wire pair (one black and one red connector per speaker), terminated with spades. 8 feet long. Manufacturer’s description:

As the most neutral and revealing speaker cable in the AIR Series 2 Series, the AIR 1 Series 2 will deliver a presentation that other brands of speaker cables simply cannot match. The AIR 1 Series 2 speaker cable provides high-frequency extension that is not heard in other brands and designs of speaker cables. The frequency-tuned Rectangular Solid Core? conductors are helixed around the outer wall of the TARA Labs air-tube?. The TARA Labs’ Helix Array? Technology is best described as a hollow air-tube with the conductors helixed around the air-tube . This provides an exact conductor arrangement wherein the conductors simulate a thin-walled copper tube – the theoretically perfect conductor. The AIR 1 Series 2 delivers lifelike sounding vocals, pin-point imaging and resolution of fine detail with ease. You will hear an accurate harmonic structure extending upwards in frequency with the finest and most delicate high-frequencies.

Have more questions about these? Send us an email (mike+neli@audiofederation.com), or give Neli a call: 303.546.6503.