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Mghcanuck,
I was interested in those Yamamoto components as well. It's not often you see Japanese cherry used with audio equipment.
You'll have to tell us how they sound.
Have fun! |
Mghcanuck - thanks for the link. I saw those Yamamoto amps, and have to say those look so nice that even some of the wood 'haters' maybe inclined to change their minds.... |
"Resin-infused Cherry"?!?! Isn't that just a fancy way of saying "plastic wood"? |
jax2 - could be, but the 'resin' may be some kind of glue-like substance used to reduce any resonant vibration tendencies of untreated wood...just a total guess, however. |
Cold the resin be Cyanoacylate? CA is a very,very thin adhesive that is used to hardan and stabilize wood. |
Normally I'd say that i'm ambivolent in this....... but I've had my A-08s a couple of months now and it is a thing of beauty. Gotta Love that cherry wood. |
Hate is my vote as well. My JOR has black wood sideing, an exception. But these pres/small intergrated tube amps with wood trim gives me a impression of cheap/gimick. |
A cheap shot, wood trim went the way of the square wheel, completely outdated! Even worse are wooden knobs. |
Hey, hey, I like my wooden knobs!! :•) |
Gungei, at least you don't have to worry about a static discharge when you touch a wooden knob or plastic for that matter. |
My components are like King Kong in King Kong vs. Godzilla. They like lightning! |
I think I would make up new category-"Depends".
On how it is done that is. Love the two side wood panels on my JOR looks great, but I wouldn't like it as a front panel. Hate the wooden knobs on Art Audio amps. Love the wood work on some of the PATHOS stuff. Otherwise hate it unless finished with black satin finish paint!! IMO. |
Ever hear an aluminum Strataverius? |
Dislike, simply because I don't like the word "hate". Canada |
"Ever hear an aluminum Strataverius?"
Is that like a sheepskin rubber? |
Gunbei, I'm not touching that one...not without latex gloves :-) |
Neutral But I would say only the Italians can use it with an style(Unison Research for example). Some of the Chinese efforts are hideous(Consonance). I quite like some of the wooden knobs you colonials use though(blue circle).
David Oxfordshire UK |
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May be a bit off-topic, but.......
We tried making some wood panels for our expensive amps. Exotic woods did not work. Hard to route out the logo, and it did not stand out they way it did on machined aluminum. However, on "plain Jane" woods, it looked good, and machined nicely. In the end, we scrapped the idea. |
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The new Accuphase reference 2-chasis SACD player has wood trim - looks awful. Cheapens the look of what is probably a world class player.
http://www.accuphase.com/model/dp-800.html
However, as mentioned earlier, Tenor and Pathos do a nice job of integrating wood into their products |
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IM on the fence ..But i have a Pioneer Elite A 71 with the faux rosewood side panels and on this one they look quite nice imho. Randy |
Wood trim?
You guys fooling around with mannequins again? |
Gunbei, only if you have a woody fetish ! |
Give me wood and trim or trim then wood whatever. |
I like fine wood panels or casing, ex., Unison Research, Dodd Audio (I own the Dodd Mono 50s which have wood face, rear and side panels: curly maple in my pieces).
Check out the new Response Audio Musica Bella series. All wood casings in a variety of fine hardwoods that can be mixed or matched. Quite beautiful. Initial reports indicate excellent sound as well.
No connection with Response Audio. |
Love wood and would love to see MORE used in hi-end gear.
It is also a natural composite, non-magnetic (maybe Ironwood is?) and will help in in resonance / vibration control.
Several plusses to me outweigh the aestetic disadvantage to some. |
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I like the wood accents on my soundlab m2's and klyne pre amp;also it has a more important impact; the waf (wife acceptance factor). |
also it has a more important impact; the waf (wife acceptance factor). Really - my wife hates wood on electronics components almost as much as the sexist term WAF. ;) |
Love it as long as it's not being mixed with metal-only gear or, even worse, different wood colours.
Good example: Ancient Audio Lektor (red wood finish) + Yamamoto HA2 headphone amp + Audio Technica ATH-W1000 Sovereign headphones
Bad example: Unison Research tube amp + Unison Unico CD
(country: Germany) |
not a big fan of it, but i do own an Emotive Sira which has wood all around & doesnt match the rest of my system,but then again im all about the sound so its staying cause it sounds pretty damn good. |
Dislike. It can look really good on it's own, but, when you start matching different components and home decor, it can unravel pretty quick. Then there's the added expense, upkeep and space. I'd prefer to do without it. |
Dislike,for me wood doesn't go with electronic devices. Electronics + wood = fire. The combination makes me feels like bad design, uncomfortable. |
So of coarse I landed up with Joule Amps!!!!! |
