Live from Munich : High End 2016, Part 5 - Silbatone System

Hi!

Silbatone got their system up and running.

This set up is a sight to behold!

The trumpets of Jericho!

And they are fun too:

Matching to the vintage of the parts of the speakers there are similarly old tubes too.

VT-1 and VT-2 tubes

WE205 'tennisball'

Mesh plate tubes:

Some more views of the 'trumpets':

And here an impression of the sound:

Another clip:

Best regards

Thomas

Live from Munich : High End 2016, Part 4 - Ready for the Show

Hi!

Some fine tuning and clean up done today. We are ready for the show to start tomorrow

This is how the room looks now:

We will play the SON and PureAudioProject Trio15 speakers in turns.

The 211 monos are the main amps. In case of interest a Stereo 300B amp can also be hooked up.

The two turntable are equipped with different tonearms and cartridges (more about those in an upcoming post).

The set up went quite smoothly and we are happy with the sound.

Here s a short video of the system playing:

Visit us in room F231c, Atrium in Hall 4, and have a listen.

Looking forward to see you

Best regards

Thomas

Live from Munich : High End 2016, Part 3 - Silbatone's Trumpets

Hi!

This morning I had a peek into the Silbatone room to see how the set up progresses there.

This year they will be showing something completely different.

A system which does not have a historic pendant but is a new creation. The straight 'trumpet' horns actually predate electric recording.

Two of these horns are accompanied by a Western Electric 24A horn. All equipped with 555 drivers.

And a tweeter for the top end.

The large bass cabinet in the center uses two different types of woofers:

So apparently at least 5 ways. We need to see how all this will play together.

This set up will quite certainly attract a huge crowd again.

Stay tuned for updates and first sound impressions from this room.

Best regards


Thomas

Live from Munich : High End 2016, Part 2 - Setting Up

Hi!

Set up of the system progressed well.

Here Wolf is hooking up one of the two turntables Bernd brought.

A view of the initial set up:

The two turntables are equipped with different tonearms.

The Reference tonearm:

The Arrow:

Line and Phono:

One of the 211 amps with PSU:

Globe tubes in the line preamp:

The most important equipment which was operational before everything else:

First Sound:

Set Up is pretty much complete. Tomorrow we'll do just some more fine tuning.

Stay tuned!

Best regards

Thomas

Live from Munich : High End 2016, Part 1 - Arrival

Hi!

Arrived in Munich and started to set up. Here some first photos.

All the stuff unloaded into the room.

Now it's time to hook everything up.

The 211 monos will serve as the main power amps for Wolf von Langa's SON.

This year Ze'ev of PureAudioProject is joining us with his Trio15 speakers wich use Wolf's A5000 field coil wide band chassis.

Bernd von Hemmen of PrimaryControl brought the Kinea turntable, which is now in final production version.

The turntable can be used with tonearms from 9 up to 13 inch length.

I also had a quick peek into the Silbatone room got see what they are up to this year.

Lot's of straight horns and large woofers.

And of course the mandatory Western Electric 555 field coil drivers.

Stay tuned for further updates from this years High End.

Best regards

Thomas