Von Gaylord Audio VG-8 MK II Speakers 10% off Without Trial

Hi Audiophiles friends,
I am Ray Leung, Chief Designer of Von Gaylord Audio.
For those who know me, I would like to say " HI " to you all.
For those who don't know me,
I like to briefly introduce myself :

Me and my partner Mr. Von Gaylord established LEGEND AUDIO DESIGN 1996' and has served Audiophiles for almost 3 decades.

* We changed our name to VON GAYLORD AUDIO in 2001' due to a law sue against a company base on LA and claimed we use their name.

We are also few Audio Manufacturers in the US that produced the entire system.
That included : Power Amp, Preamp, Speaker, Tube D/A Convertor, Speaker Cable, Interconnect Cable, Digital Cable, Power Cord, BNC and USB Cable.
We are so lucky that since 98', we have been rated the Best Sound Room in every Audio Show all over the globe.

In 2003', we developed the MOST Powerful Single-ended Amps (Four pieces System, two Power Supply and two Amps.) 200 Watts per channel.

In 2012, we developed the WORLD FIRST " LIQUID COOLED MONO AMPS ", ( Four pieces System, two Power Supply and two Amps. ) 200 Watts per Channel.

The purpose of this forum is to use our knowledge and experience to assist Audiophiles who might have questions on their stereo set up.
We would try my very best to make suggestions and answer your questions.

* Buyers are welcome to join our upgrade program and upgrade to any of your favor Models in the future.

Thanks again


Von Gaylord Audio
www.vongaylordaudio.com
(415) 328 - 9572
"Hearing is believing!"


ENTRY LEVEL SPEAKER WITH REFERENCE LEVEL PERFORMANCE. -- please see below.

For your consideration is a pair of VG-8 MKII speakers brand new in box.
This is the Best bookshelf speaker in $7,000 range.

Entry level does not mean entry sound!

Von Gaylord offer 3 years parts and labor and 1 year on tubes 's warranty.

We offer 2 weeks trail period, start from the date you received the unit. If you are not satisfy, you are welcome send it back in its original package and condition, we will fully refund you after we receive the unit, the buyer should responsible for both way shipping and insurance.

We would offer 10% off the retail price for the buyers who buy it now, without trail.


Below are some great reviews:

MAGIC MONITOR --- VG-8 MKII

https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2014/08/25/cas-2014-von-gaylord/

Every high-end audio enthusiast has his or her likes and dislikes, whether they will admit it or not. When the person is paid to write about the hobby, we tend to call them biases, a word that has a little more edge.

As for me, I’ll admit I’ve never been a stand-mounted speaker fan. Yes, I get the whole pinpoint imaging/throws a huge soundstage/unsurpassed microdynamics thing, but what I’m not willing to give up is deep bass, weight, solidity and image height.

To me, that’s kind of like buying the Mona Lisa and then reframing the painting to crop out her forehead and bosom. Sure, the most important elements are still there — and maybe you’re focused on them even more – but I want the whole package. And my bag of chips.

So, when I popped my head in the Von Gaylord Audio room at CAS 2014, I didn’t have high expectations. I saw a pair of stand-mounted monitors and a modest-looking integrated amp.

As I settled in and fished through my camera bag for a demo disc, a large gentleman bounced into the seat next to me.

“Try this,” he said, pushing his own CD forward.

I glanced at the cover. It was the Sheffield Drum Record.

“Oh, for the love of ….” I muttered under my breath. I grabbed by bag and started to make a beeline for the door.

That’s when I heard the initial snare whacks and cymbal flourishes. I paused for a second, and then slowly crept back to my seat. Something was going on here.

I listened carefully to every roll, snap and kick. I’ve never been able to tolerate this kind of hi-fi fireworks before, but with the Von Gaylord system I was enthralled.

“Good, huh?” the big guy said, as he took his disc back.

photo3I quickly dug out my remastered copy of The Feelies’ pastoral second album, The Good Earth, and handed it to Von Gaylord honcho Ray Leung. He dropped it in the CD player and cued up track one, “On the Roof.”

The track kicked off with a burst of quickly strummed acoustic guitars and the inimitable driving rhythms of drummer Stan Demeski. Slowly, guitarist Glenn Mercer, a reluctant lead vocalist if there ever was one, began singing from what sounds like the back of the studio.

I’ve heard this track a million times, and Mercer’s bashful vocals are part of its appeal. On many systems, his voice is more of a buzzing drone that sounds like he may have taken refuge in the hallway. But the Von Gaylord system isolated Mercer in the mix and allowed me to actually try to decipher the cryptic lyrics.

Another part of this song I’d been listening to carefully all day was Dave Weckerman’s tambourine. On too many systems, it merges with the snare into a single, distracting sound. On the Von Gaylord rig, however, the tambourine retained a delicate jangle while the snare had a non-fatiguing mix of impact and touch.

Equally startling to me was the bass. On small monitors that try to “cheat,” there’s an exaggeration in the upper bass that creates the fullness until you also notice it’s masking the texture of the acoustic guitars and messing up the pace of the rhythm track.

The Von Gaylord system had no such problem. The bass had impressive depth, but also admirable pitch definition and a complete lack of bloat.

Nit picks? The stand-mounts didn’t go as deep as the REL Stadium subwoofer in my home reference system, but that’s not a fair comparison. And, when I closed my eyes and really focused, I also noticed a slight bit of strain on transients when the speakers were pushed hard.y

After auditioning tracks from Donald Fagen’s “Morph the Cat” and Dire Straits’ self-titled first album, with similar results, I found myself scribbling “best sound of show so far” in my notebook and turning to ask Leung how he does it.

“All of our components are custom-made here in the U.S.,” he said. The company is based in West Sacramento, California.

He pointed out that the VG-8 speakers ($4,995 a pair), which have an 8 inch fiberglass woofer and 1.5 inch titanium dome tweeter, were still breaking in. Based on what I heard, I wondered just how much better they could get.

The speakers have an efficiency level of 93 decibels, which makes them a good match for the company’s Starlet 4 ($4,995), a 50 watt-per-channel integrated amp that runs in triode mode and features an active preamp. Tubes were 6550s.

Tying everything together was the company’s own Legend II speaker cables ($1,495 for a 10-foot pair), Lemma interconnects ($395 for a 1-meter set) and Power 3 electrical cords ($495 for 6 feet)

At those prices, you could add a nice CD spinner, turntable and phono stage and not be too far above $15,000. And, even better, you could get off the upgrade merry-go-round and just enjoy the music.

Heck, you’d have plenty left over to buy a decent Mona Lisa print for the listening room, too. And, when the Von Gaylord system was playing, I’ll bet her smile would look even bigger.


AUDIOHOLICS 2023'

https://www.audioholics.com/trade-shows/t.h.e.-show-2023-2

My friend Aaron is not an audiophile and had never been to an audio show before he tagged along to T.H.E. Show 2023 with me. We’ve been friends since we were 3 years old, and it was a fun opportunity to hang out and introduce him to the (sometimes bizarre) world of high-end audio. Since he doesn’t know his TAD from his NAD, I enjoyed seeing how he responded to the different rooms with no preconceived notions about what he’d be hearing. Of course, most audiophiles went into the show already knowing which brands are famous, and which gear is super expensive. So it was interesting to me that Aaron’s favorite room at the show wasn’t from a well-known brand, and that the gear we heard was considerably less expensive than most of the stuff at the show. That room belonged to Von Gaylord Audio, a relatively small boutique manufacturer of speakers and electronics from California, started by Von Gaylord and Ray Leung back in 1994.
I had seen Von Gaylord Audio in passing at a few other shows over the years, but didn’t really know what to expect when Aaron and I entered the room and saw some attractive tube amps powering a pair of stand-mounted speakers with an interesting trapezoidal silhouette and a mahogany high-gloss finish. I later learned that the speakers were Von Gaylord’s VG-18 ($6,900/pair), and that the electronics included the company’s Sweet-preamp/DA ($4,500) being used as a DAC, the Harmony preamp ($5,000), and the Nirvana Signature Mono Amps ($10,500/pair) running Tungsol KT120 tubes. The system delivered crystalline clarity on “The Tennessee Waltz” by the Holly Cole Trio, with the harmonica in particular sounding arrestingly present. At first I thought the system might have been exaggerating the sibilance in a way that I found disagreeable, but after hearing that same track on two other systems, I am convinced that the sibilance issues are present on the recording. Just goes to show the dangers of drawing conclusions based on unfamiliar recordings! (As a side note, I have always been a fan of “The Tennessee Waltz” in general, but don’t particularly care for the Holly Cole version. Check out the album Vol. II by Watkins Family Hour to hear a version that’s more to my liking.)
Because Aaron and I both enjoyed the Von Gaylord Audio room so much, we went back the next day and got to hear a different system based on the less expensive VG-8 MKII speakers ($5,000/pair), finished in high gloss black. The system also used the Sweet-preamp/DA DAC and Harmony preamp, this time with a pair of Von Gaylord’s smaller, 50-watt Triode Mono Amps ($6500/pair), which use Psvane KT88 tubes. As before, a Cambridge Audio CXC CD transport ($599) was being used to play CDs. This system would win my “Best Value” award, if such a thing existed. The overall character of the sound was very similar to the more expensive system from the previous day. On selections from the 1976 album Jazz at the Pawnshop from recording engineer Gert Palmcrantz, Arne Domnérus’s alto sax sounded natural, with just the right amount of reedy buzz in the transients, and Lars Erstrand’s vibraphone reverberated and decayed in a way that felt right. Von Gaylord’s speaker designer, Ray Leung, explained that his aim was to build stand-mount speakers that sound like small floorstanders and therefore don’t require subwoofers. Leung believes that integrating subs into a two-channel system is more trouble than it’s worth. Whether you agree with that or not, there was no denying that the bass guitar on “Somewhere, Somebody” by singer Jennifer Warnes sounded full and deep in a floorstander kind of way. Both the percussion and vocals had good transients, and the overall sound was easygoing and inviting. I heard this system about 24 hours after the first Von Gaylord system, with a few dozen other systems in between, so I hesitate to draw comparisons. But the less expensive system didn’t seem to give up much to the first one. If pressed, I might say that the first system had slightly higher resolution overall, and the soundstage might have been a few inches bigger in every dimension. But considering the price difference, the $5,000 VG-8 MKII loudspeakers would be hard to pass up. Given how nicely they played with tube amps of modest power, I can imagine pairing them with something like PrimaLuna’s EVO 100 integrated amp ($2,795) and being very happy for a very long time.