Herman van den Dungen’s connections with Japan Part 1

Geplaatst op 22/07/2014 door beheerder


durobbrieflogovierkant21Durob Audio distributes different high end audio brands in the BeNeLux and in the past Durob Audio was also the European distributor for Koetsu cartridges. The Koetsu cartridges were manufactured by Sugano Yoshiaki. Dave Fletcher (from Sumiko and also designer of The Arm) handled Koetsu business in the US and Durob Audio in Europe; each of us getting around 30 cartridges per month, delivery strictly prepaid. Communication was quite difficult with hands and feet and a German dictionary since Sugano’s daughter only spoke a bit of German next to her native language. That created very funny and expensive situations while I was trying to talk to her over the phone in the middle of the night in German; the first 5 minutes were not much more than Hallo, Hallo, Hallo… until the operator, listening to us, interrupted us to say “this call is going to be damned expensive if you only say Hallo!”. To be continued.

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Absolutely raving review about the Kiseki PurpleHeart N.S. by Robert H. Levi

Geplaatst op 15/07/2014 door beheerder

What better way to start the week than finding out about an absolutely raving review about our latest product The Kiseki PurpleHeart NS cartridge.

KISEKI PurpleHeart MC Phono Cartridge

as reviewed by Robert H. Levi

Kiseki PurpleHeart N S

A legendary cartridge with a pedigree that spans three continents returns to the marketplace and to audiophiles everywhere, thanks to some fantastic entrepreneurs who believe in the LP! With the brilliant engineering efforts of Herman van den Dungen of PrimaLuna fame in the Netherlands, and the superb marketing and financial efforts of Kevin Deal of Upscale Audio in Upland, California, the Kiseki N.S. (which stands for “new stock”) has been renewed, improved, upgraded, and perfected.

For the full review we refer you to the webpage of Positive Feedback. Click here to read. We hope you enjoy as much as Robert Levi did!

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HP stands for High Power . . . and HeadPhones!

Geplaatst op 01/07/2014 door beheerder
HP stands for High Power . . . and HeadPhones!

It’s easy to get more power from a tube. Run it harder. You will see claims of up as high as 100 watts from a pair of KT120’s. Initially, the customer is happy. More power is better, right? Well … talk to the same customer in a year. PrimaLuna amps are famous for long tube life, running cool, and being absolutely the easiest amplifier to own. What we’ve done is increase the power and output transformer size, added another Adaptive AutoBias board, and all the supporting circuitry required to run eight power tubes instead of four. Doubling the power and increasing bass slam. Customers can use almost any tube on the market. EL34, KT88, KT120 and even KT150’s.

The new headphone amp may be the best you ever heard. Why? It’s running from all the power tubes! An elegant, well designed circuit allows you to switch from speakers to headphone as you wish. Also if you love private listening, this amp will wow you!

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M2Tech Marley: High-quality headphone amplifier

Geplaatst op 05/06/2014 door beheerder

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The M2Tech Marley is a Class A headphone amplifier with the possibility to use 2 main phones simultaneously, which both possess an independent volume control. It is a nice sleek device with an honest, natural sound. According to the magazine Enjoy The Music: “Using a good set of headphones the resulting sound places the Marley in the company of high-end products that aspire to be the best available”.

Durob Audio is the distributor for M2Tech in the Benelux. For contact details visit www.durob.nl

More information about M2Tech you find on www.m2tech.biz

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