18-Jan-2015, 16:49
(17-Jan-2015, 18:26)Tony Wrote: Not really cheap, but built like a brick !"££$%%%! and fantastic sound (but I would say that as I use one)... Chord Blu
I endorse this, I have a Chord Blu too. I bought it in case my Goldmund Mimesis 36+ becomes non-repairable and was delighted how good it sounded (but it is not often in use whilst the Goldmund lives and breaths). It is exquisitely made.
About 20 years or so ago I bought a Mimesis 36 which to my total disbelief sounded better than the other transports on demo (a very expensive belt drive Japanese model and a very expensive Mark Levinson). As an engineer I expected the transports to be the same. I had to repeat the comparison several times before I believed what I was hearing.
When I went to hear the Mimesis 36+ the dealer had 6 of the top model Levinson (the typical high end recommendation at the time) on his secondhand shelf taken in PX against Goldmund Mimesis 36s.
Devialet Original d'Atelier 44 Core, Job Pre/225, Goldmund PH2, Goldmund Reference/T3f /Ortofon A90, Goldmund Mimesis 36+ & Chord Blu, iMac/Air, Lynx Theta, Tune Audio Anima, Goldmund Epilog 1&2, REL Studio. Dialog, Silver Phantoms, Branch stands, copper cables (mainly).
Oxfordshire
