Noble Audio - the Wizard returns!

[Dvl Kubo]

I can sell you one. It has the new ultrasecret paperclip-shaped drivers:

Spoiler: For Your Eyes Only

lol no thanks

 

[Eoin]

Incredible!.

 

[FullCircle]

Incredible!.

Love the review!
Simple, & concise!

 

[Eoin]

Love the review!
Simple, & concise!

Glad you enjoyed it .

In fairness the Ragnar has only arrived, but what I'm hearing thus far, I didn't want to mince my words or leave any ambiguity.
I'm really looking forward to its sound developing even more over the coming hours and days, then possibly I'll be able to verbalise succinctly, what my impression are.
But for the moment I stand by my TL;DR Incredible!.

 

[Dvl Kubo]

Hmm ronin

 

[FullCircle]

 

[FullCircle]

 

[drftr]

How do you get from here to the grey & black Sultan that I'm currently burning in? Do you add paint to the structure? Or is it a different material that simply looks similar? Tnx...

drftr

 

[FullCircle]

How do you get from here to the grey & black Sultan that I'm currently burning in? Do you add paint to the structure? Or is it a different material that simply looks similar? Tnx...

drftr

The grey & black plate is acrylic acetate.
That said, the plate is hand cut, hand ground & hand finished

 

[Visveswaran Umashankar]

Is it possible to have a comparison between RAGNAR and JEWEL?

Hey, I have heard both, while I found Jewel to be a bit warmer overall compared to Ragnar, I found the Ragnar to be more accurate, and a slightly relaxed imaging compared to Odin (which was way too intense and slightly distracting for my preferences). Also, I found the Ragnar to have slightly better resolution. Bass is a tad bit more pronounced on the jewel compared to Ragnar, while I found the mids and treble to sound clearer on Ragnar.

I tested both with FTS and Kann Max.
Hope this helps.

Regards,
Vishy

 

[fabio19]

Hey, I have heard both, while I found Jewel to be a bit warmer overall compared to Ragnar, I found the Ragnar to be more accurate, and a slightly relaxed imaging compared to Odin (which was way too intense and slightly distracting for my preferences). Also, I found the Ragnar to have slightly better resolution. Bass is a tad bit more pronounced on the jewel compared to Ragnar, while I found the mids and treble to sound clearer on Ragnar.

I tested both with FTS and Kann Max.
Hope this helps.

Regards,
Vishy

Yes, thank you....after all, for your tastes, which do you prefer between Jewel and Ragnar? I'm looking for something that is faster, more open, detailed than Traillii but at the same time not analytical, aseptic and with little body.

 

[drftr]

Yes, thank you....after all, for your tastes, which do you prefer between Jewel and Ragnar? I'm looking for something that is faster, more open, detailed than Traillii but at the same time not analytical, aseptic and with little body.

With "little body" or "with a little body", Fabio? Makes a big difference in this case and since you're not a native English speaker I'm just double-checking.

drftr

 

[Visveswaran Umashankar]

Yes, thank you....after all, for your tastes, which do you prefer between Jewel and Ragnar? I'm looking for something that is faster, more open, detailed than Traillii but at the same time not analytical, aseptic and with little body.

Details are more or less at par at least to my ears, with Ragnar sounding a bit faster due to its leaner tone, and it sounded more open to me, and it's relatively neutral compared to Jewel, which aids the Ragnar's openness as well. With FTS, I felt Jewel had slightly more body than Ragnar.

Compared to Jewel, the Ragnar may sound a bit dry, but on the whole I found Ragnar to sound like a mini Susvara/Hd800. That god-tier resolution had me and I ended up getting the Ragnar instead of Jewel.

 

[fabio19]

With "little body" or "with a little body", Fabio? Makes a big difference in this case and since you're not a native English speaker I'm just double-checking.

drftr

.Little body ...... I mean a not very full sound, a little liquid, not granite. A bit "empty" sound..

 

[fabio19]

Details are more or less at par at least to my ears, with Ragnar sounding a bit faster due to its leaner tone, and it sounded more open to me, and it's relatively neutral compared to Jewel, which aids the Ragnar's openness as well. With FTS, I felt Jewel had slightly more body than Ragnar.

Compared to Jewel, the Ragnar may sound a bit dry, but on the whole I found Ragnar to sound like a mini Susvara/Hd800. That god-tier resolution had me and I ended up getting the Ragnar instead of Jewel.

..... I think I'll do the same too just for the initial speech: Traillii and Jewel are a bit different but somehow they look alike. Ragnar is perhaps more an extreme (in some ways) than Jewel. And therefore a little more different than Traillii. Although I imagine that Ragnar with a "hot" spring can express himself even better.