@lalitk Having heard both Shindo and Wolf Von Langa you're on a great track there! And to the OP my one friend who had a full Shindo system sold it to help fund opening a restaurant. So it's not always something better that necessitates a sale!
Shindo vs the world
Shindo keeps coming up as a highly responded brand with incredible products that have great sound quality. My question only to prior owners is do you still have your shindo amp or preamp? If not why did you sell and also did you find something else you liked better? What about something cheaper that you liked more.
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Thank you @ghasley. The pairing makes sense and bet it’s sublime. I plan to put together Shindo Pre and amp with one of these speaker brands ~ Wolf Von Langa / Horning or Cessaro’s. |
@lalitk Audio Note amp, Devore speakers.
@luxmancl38 A friend has that Luxman preamp and he loves it. I’m guessing you love it too based on your choice of username. |
@jasonbourne71 His final reference speakers were Devore Orangutans. He did however own and restore some Flamencos.
@smodtactical I’ve owned a number of Shindo pieces: Apetite 6v6 integrated, Aurieges preamp (3 different versions), Monbrison preamp (2 different versions), the el84 Montille amp, the 6v6 Montille amp, the CV391 Montille amp and the 300b Cortese amp. I regret selling each and every one of them! Even though I presently have a non-Shindo amp I genuinely love, I could live happily ever after with a Shindo setup mated with the right speakers. Even though Leben is not affiliated with Shindo, it sure seems to have alot of the same attributes.
The Shindo dealers (Pitchperfect, Don Better, Goldprint, etc) with whom I’ve dealt are each very knowledgeable and know their stuff. Tone Imports (Jonathan Halpern) does an exceptional job supporting the dealers and customers. If I had an electronics company and needed an importer/distributor for North America, hopefully he would be willing to take it on.
It’s hard to find faults with Shindo and any of the cons I’ve ever heard of or experienced usually fall into the camp of “sins of omission” rather than sins of commision”. Some might say there are fewer speakers which mate well but most Shindo amps are optimized for higher impedences and higher sensitivity speakers. Many have a love/hate relationship with the Switchcraft rca inputs which are optimized for Switchcraft terminated interconnects. I’ve heard some wish for remote control volume, more power, some wish it played better with other equipment makes, etc. For Shindo lovers these things are advantages. Shindo doesn’t seem to be interested in selling gear to people whose values don’t align with theirs. I appreciate that. If your speakers are suitable, there isn’t much better. |
There is more audiophile in Japan than in America.. 😊 It is my guess ... I dont know for sure but i will bet... Even with less population... Perhaps i am wrong about the numbers... But i am right about this : they are more fanatically driven to pay more for better sound... Anyway my Sansui alpha amplifier please me a lot... It was designed in Japan gold age era... Shindo i am pretty sure dont make junk at all ...The look is very good...
Myself though for four reasons i will go with Americangenius physicist Berning Zotl amplifier or pre-amp... ---Tube life span 10, 000 hours --- No hot tube at all they stay cold as ice... --- Fatastic sound quality praise all over everywhere --- relatively low cost ( it is relative to your needs) |