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![]() By Lampros Valleras , Stelios Mitsionis & Nikos Kamvysis This was a classic A.C.A. meeting with lots of heated discussions about our High End world, very good food, drinks, sweets, and a friendly atmosphere. We are thankful to our host for his efforts towards the success of yet another meeting, his first, since he is one of our newer members. Stamatis is a very active High Ender, who is constantly and feverously trying to reach the level of performance of his wildest dreams! There is always, every week that is, something different on trial at his house, usually borrowed from a friend, to experiment with... We wish him all the luck that he needs in this exciting and beautiful, but also so hard and difficult road to perfection, where the closer you are getting at your goal, the further it seems to be moving away! Everybody was very curious about the famous Kharma speakers, since no other member has them in his system. These speakers are truly beautiful with a great finish and a balanced unpretentious design. It seemed to everybody that the speakers are the last component that should, if ever, be changed in the system! N.K who had listened briefly to the system with the previous speakers thought that the improvement was considerable. First impression
When we arrived, the room was very crowded and noisy (and full of smoke, very unfortunate for us non-smokers). We had to put a lot of effort to listen to the music playing and the sound was overall rather aggressive, with an unexplained lack of mid and low bass. Fortunately, by the time a handful of us remained in the room the sound was much better. For some reason, this happens more often than not. On CD, we listened to the latest Blind Boys from Alabama album and FIM SACD 029, audiophile reference IV. The soundstage was big with average definition. This was one of the less 'sweet spotted' systems that we have heard. Anywhere in the room, one would listen to good music. In fact, at the further back seats the sound was more relaxed and was preferred by some members, while others liked the more aggressive but accurate front row. The low frequencies were very controlled, very clear but missing some of their harmonic envelope (acoustic bass for example was drier and less woody than real life). High frequencies were airy, open, with good definition, but rather gray in color. Music program highlights
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We wish to thank Stamatis and his very generous, inviting and friendly mother for this enjoyable evening. |