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Who here uses Von Gaylord amps or other gear?

I'm curious how many 'Goners are familiar with this sleeper of a hi-fi company (formerly Legend Audio Design) that has been around for 15+ years but seldom mentioned. I have been completely enamored by their products! I recently discovered that a coworker is a fellow audiophile and he told me his system was all Von Gaylord. My first thought was, "Did you say Von GAYLORD??" But being curious, I did a search here and found a pair of Chinchilla interconnects at a reasonable price so I thought I'd give them a try. Boy was I shocked at how good the sound was! So transparent and open, airy yet rich in tone, smooth and musical but so clear and not smeared or soft at all, great bass extension and weight... I mean these cables did it all and really just blew away my Audience AU24e which I liked a lot. I found another pair of Chinchilla interconnects from a local guy and snatched them up. He happened to have some other Von Gaylord gear he was selling to upgrade and let me demo the LAD-L2 preamp. I was even more shocked than with the Chinchilla!

To make a long story short I have replaced my Conrad Johnson CT5 preamp with the LAD-L2, all of my Audience AU24e/powerChord e cabling except for speaker cables (working on that) with Chinchillas, my Luxman M-600a power amp with Nirvana monoblocks, and added the Legend speakers to my bedroom system, and they have all been substantial upgrades. I decided not to replace my Tannoy Turnberry SEs with the Legends in my main system, but that had a lot to do with the size of the room and bass extension/weight. Plus the Tannoy dual concentrics have a unique sound and timbre that I enjoy, though the Legends admittedly do most "audiophile" things better and are more detailed.

This all happened in about a month's time.

From what I have read I am certainly not the first to get sucked in by their interconnects and fully converted! I can't recall reading anything really negative about any of their products, except for a somewhat lukewarm review of the entry level Starlet integrated in Stereophile from a long time ago. Still, there is not a lot of reports about Von Gaylord out there.

Aside from being a very happy customer, I have no affiliation with the company. Also, the owner Ray Leung is a great guy and has given me white glove service in my home for all of my needs!
eugene81
sherod
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I have had the Chinchilla interconnects in my system for many
years. After trying many( and I mean "many")
interconnects over the years, these Von Gaylord interconnects
stopped my impulsive trying out interconnects and allowed me
to just focus on the music. I recently upgraded one of them to
the Legend 7000s and it added another level of improvement. I
also took the plunge and ordered a Lad L-2 preamp this week.
If this preamp makes a noticeable improvement in my system(
has to beat out my Audio Horizons TP 2.0 preamp), my next step
will be to try, perhaps, the Nirvana mono amps(currently have
VAC Musicblocs). Who knows, I might end up with an all Von
Gaylord system.
By the way, would anyone know if the Lad L-2 preamp inverts
the phase?
sherod
1,690 posts
 
I'll answer my own question. No, the Lad L-2 doesn't invert phase.
marshinski15
34 posts
 

Well after reading this thread, I bought a pair of "Return Of The Legend" interconnects. 

I talked to Ray and told him, "you know the Audiogon crowd is talking about you behind your back". "Since they all have glowing reviews, I want to try your cables". They ship tomorrow.

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