My goal in audio has always been to create a system that is capable of providing me with the most emotional connection to the music. It has taken me approximately 10 years to get there. I wish I would have met Jonathan Halpern and Shindo much sooner... System Strengths: Goosebumps... Close your eyes in front of this system and you find yourself hovering in the clouds with the musical artist perfectly presented before you. Be prepared to be emotionally connected to the music like never before...
Shindo made cabinets and crossovers utilizing vintage Altec drivers. Absolutely stunning looking and sounding. Hands down the most beautiful sounding and looking speakers I have ever laid ears/eyes on! They can easily bring a tear to your eyes and goosebums to your skin...
Shindo Lafon Monoblocks 8 watt SET
Produces glorious sound with Western Electric 300B tubes.
Shindo Monbrison
Amazing sound quality from this little green box!
Sony DVP-CX777ES
Heavily modded by Steve Nugent at Empirical Audio. All analog mods were performed and modded Superclock2 was added. The best CDP I have yet to hear!
Shindo Arome CD transformer
inserted between CDP and preamp
Shindo interconnects
used throughout my entire system
Auditorium 23 Speaker cables
3M length
Shindo Mr. T
Dropped the noise floor to unbelievably low levels.
Shindo Upgraded Power Cords
used to connect every piece of gear in my sytem
Home Depot Birch plywood
1/2" sheets beneath and behind speakers. 1/3" sheets beneath all gear.
I figured the absence of an analog source would yield some discussion... This is something I am definitely not opposed to adding in the future. In fact, you may see it implemented in this system in years to come. However, having my entire music collection available at the disposal of my fingertips, combined with suprisingly good quality sound, has made me put the project on hold for the time being.
I am glad to hear that you are enjoying your vintage Altec speakers as well as I am! Combining Altec's vintage driver technology with Shindo's obsession for reproduced musical integrity has been like finding the Holy Grail after a life-long search through the hi-fi jungle.
Marley, beautiful system. And I bet it sounds awesome. I am not familiar with Shindo, but am going to do a little searching. I also have a vintage system with Altecs. I love em. Have you considered adding analog to your system?
The Valencias that Shindo manufactured for me utilize the same drivers as the original Altec Valencia speaker system. They are the 806-8a compression driver with 811b horn and the 416-8a low-frequency driver. The crossovers that Ken Shino constructed for them are nothing short of amazing. The size of the hand-wound transformers and capicitors are enormous. I am enjoying owning a vintage classic system that performs far better than most all modern-day systems. I'd be glad to email you some additional photos directly if you would like.
Just a phenomenal system. I'm curious to know whether the valencias are a single driver or multi way system? Do you know which altec drivers are used? Happy listening!
