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Stefano Bertoncello. A holistic approach to music.
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kool bubba ice
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GARRARD 301 GREY (EX) GREASE BEARING WITH SHINDO LAB EXTRA HEAVY PLATTER, GIANT SPINDLE AND 800 GRAMS BLUE LEADED-CLOTH MAT, WITH A CUSTOM-MADE SLATE 45 KILOS PLINTH AND TWO SEPARATE CUSTOM 25 KILOS BRONZE ARM BASES: ONE WITH THOMAS SCHICK 12" HAND-MADE ARM AND LUMIERE/NEUMANN DST REPLICA MC-CARTRIDGE IN A KIMURA LABS. RS-3 ROTARY HEADSHELL OR TYPE "B" LUMIERE/NEUMANN DST REPLICA INTEGRATED SHELL OR SCHICK TYPE "A" LONG ARM WITH TYPE "A" LUMIERE DST OR MIYAJIMA LABS. "SHILABE" OR ALLNIC VERITO "Z", AND THE SECOND WITH EMT 997 (BANANA) 12" ARM WITH EMT TSD 15 CONICAL TIP OR HASEGAWA CUSTOM, HAND-MADE 12" STRAIGHT ROTARY/PIVOTING ARM WITH LUMIERE/NEUMANN DST MC-CARTRIDGE OR AN ORTOFON RMG-309i, MOUNTING, ALTERNATIVELY, A LUMIERE/NEUMANN DST MC CARTIDGE AND AN ALLNIC "VERITO MC" FROM SOUTH KOREA MOUNTED ON KIMURA LABS. RS-1A ROTARY ARM.
ALSO "IN HOUSE", CURRENTLY IN A CLOSET: A COMPLETE FIDELITY RESEARCH FR64-S WITH B-60 VTA ARMBASE AND A COMPLETE FIDELITY RESEARCH FR 66-S 12" ARM AND... A SHURE V15-II MOVING MAGNET CARTRIDGE (JUST IN CASE
).
MC TRANSFORMERS ARE: PEERLESS 4685, PEERLESS 4722, MIYAJIMA LABS. ETR-800, PARTRIDGE A-973, WESTERN ELECTRIC 618-B, PEERLESS 4611, BEYER TR/BV 351015006, HARMAN-KARDON XT-3 and VERION/MITCH COTTER MK II.
EMT 930st TURNTABLE WITH 155st RIAA-EQ PREAMP, ORTOFON/EMT RMA229 10" ARM AND LUMIERE/NEUMANN DST REPLICA "EMT" OR EMT TSD 15 CONICAL TIP ON CUSTOM HEAVY MODULAR TABLE.
TECHNICS SP-10 Mk II IN ORIGINAL "OBSIDIANE" PLINTH AND MICRO CU-180 1,8 KILOS SOLID COPPER MAT WITH THOMAS SCHICK 12" ARM AND ALLNIC VERITO "Z" CARTRIDGE.
COMMONWEALTH/WESTREX 12D AUSTRALIAN-BROADCAST TURNTABLE MOUNTED IN A 50 KILOS SLATE PLINTH, ALSWAYS USED WITH SELF-STANDING BRONZE ARM BASE AND SCHICK 12" ARM AND LUMIERE/NEUMANN DST CARTRIDGE.
DIGITAL: STUDER A-730 , BANG & OLUFSEN BEOGRAM CD-5500 (16 BIT), ARCAM "DIVA" CD-73 ( 24 BIT), JUST QUALITY - CHINA MADE DVD/CD PLAYER, PHILIPS CD-104 (14 BIT) AND PLAYSTATION PS-1, WITH REMOTE-CONTROL DISK-PLAYERS
TELEFUNKEN M15-A OPEN-REEL
STUDER B 67 HIGH SPEED (30 ips) OPEN REEL
REVOX G 36 HIGH SPEED OPEN REEL TUBE RECORDER
NAKAMICHI 600 MkII CASSETTE
MARANTZ 10B TUBE TUNER
MARANTZ 7C TUBE PREAMP WITH TELEFUNKEN DIAMOND "SMOOTH PLATE" ECC83 TUBES
MY WIFE’S SYSTEM: RADFORD HD250 SOLID-STATE INTEGRATED-AMP, USED WITH OLD ‘50s SIEMENS KLANGFILM KL-L405 OR KL-L306 BASED WIDEBAND SPEAKERS AND AN OLD BANG & OLUFSEN BEOGRAM CD-5500 16 BIT CD-PLAYER FOR HOME BACKGROUND MUSIC (TRIODES ARE EXPENSIVE ITEMS, YOU KNOW... THE COMBO ALSO SOUNDs NICE WITH MY WIFE’S i-POD)
FOUR-AMPED SPEAKERS SYSTEM USING (PER SIDE): OLD, N.O.S. WESTREX 2080 OR ALTEC 803 OR ALTEC 416A WOOFERS - ALL 16 OHM - IN A VOIGT-LIKE BASS HORN 2,5 METRES LONG OR IN A LARGE CM 130 X 100 PLYWOOD-BAFFLES, WESTREX 2090-B 16 OHMS MID DRIVERS ON KH-75 JABO LABS. HORNS FROM GERMANY OR RCA MI-9448 OR GOTO UNIT SG-555-PS ON GOTO UNIT S-150 ROUND ALUMINIUM/BITUMEN HORNS, GOTO UNIT SG-37-FRP 16 OHMS MID-HIGH DRIVERS WITH S-400 ROUND (BITUMEN AND ALUMINIUM) HORNS AND GOTO UNIT SG-17-SA 16 OHM HIGH HORNS. MID, MID-HIGH AND HIGH ARE SEATING ON 80 KILOS GRANITE.
POWER-AMPS: HIRAGA LE CLASSE A 20 W ON BASS, WE 300B/WE274B/WE311-B TRANSFORMERS-COUPLED HOMEBREWED MONOBLOCKS ON MID, WE 300B AND PARTRIDGE'S TRANNIES, PAPER IN OIL, VITAMIN-Q, ALLEN BRADLEY'S HOMEBREWED AMPS ON MID-HIGH, AND WE 421A AND PARTRIDGE'S TRANNIES ETC. ETC. ON HIGH.
GOTO UNIT CF-1 ACTIVE 4-WAY ACTIVE ELECTRONIC CROSSOVERS AND MASSIVE HOMEBREWED 4-WAYS PASSIVE CROSSOVERS MADE IN GERMANY WITH CUSTOM-MADE 16 OHM AUTOFORMERS VOLUME CONTROLS (USED WITH 300B AMPS FOR INTIMATE, LOW SCALE LISTENINGS - MY MAGNIFYING-GLASS SYSTEM).
CABLES ARE: XLO SIGNATURE PHONO ON SHINDO 301, ISODA PHONO CABLE, SUPRA PLY 2.0,TARA LABS "SPACE & TIME", DIY "JOHANNET STYLE" SPACED OLD TELEPHONE AND VINTAGE SIEMENS KLANGFILM SPEAKERS CABLES
FOR SPEAKERS MULTIAMPING, HAND-MADE BE YAMAMAURA-CHURCHILL’S CABLE ON DIGITAL, NEUMANN AND GOTHAM CABLES FROM SWITZERLAND BETWEEN PRE-AMPS, AMPS, CROSSOVERS, RECORDERS AND TUNER. MAINS CABLES ARE ALL CUSTOM-MADE SUPRA LO-RAD WITH CERAMIC, HOSPITAL GRADE RHODIUM-OVER-BRASS MAINS PLUGS BY PALAZZOLI, WHILE STUDER A-730 USES ACTINOTE AC-150 MAINS-CABLE, GIVING AUDIBLY BETTER SONIC RESULTS.
EARPHONES ARE: STAX SRX ELECTROSTATICS AND 2 X BEYER DT-48 - ONE MOSTLY USED AS A MONITOR TOOL AND A VINTAGE ONE (50 YEARS OLD) TO BE EXCLUSIVELY USED WITH EMT 930st.
PORTABLE STUDIO/RECORDING GEARS: STELLAVOX AMI48 MIXER, NAGRA IV-S OPEN REEL, SONY WMD6-C CASSETTE RECORDER AND "SOME" AKG, BEYER AND NEUMANN'S MIKES, AND P.S.U., MIKE-CABLES, MIKE-BOOMS, MIKE-ELASTIC SUSPENSIONS, ETC. TO ALMOST NEED A FULL ROOM FOR STORING IT ALL: RECORDING IS SUCH A JOY!!!
... AND, OF COURSE, THOUSANDS RECORDS, MANY TAPES AND CDs AND GUITARS, OUD, PIANO, VIOLIN, DOUBLE-BASS AND PERCUSSIONS, ALL TO FEED THE ABOVE MENTIONED BEHEMOTH AND MYSELF, BOTH SOOO FOND’N’HUNGRY OF MUSIC))
GARRARD 301 GREY (EX) GREASE BEARING WITH SHINDO LAB EXTRA HEAVY PLATTER, GIANT SPINDLE AND 800 GRAMS BLUE LEADED-CLOTH MAT, WITH A CUSTOM-MADE SLATE 45 KILOS PLINTH AND TWO SEPARATE CUSTOM 25 KILOS BRONZE ARM BASES: ONE WITH THOMAS SCHICK 12" HAND-MADE ARM AND LUMIERE/NEUMANN DST REPLICA MC-CARTRIDGE IN A KIMURA LABS. RS-3 ROTARY HEADSHELL OR TYPE "B" LUMIERE/NEUMANN DST REPLICA INTEGRATED SHELL OR SCHICK TYPE "A" LONG ARM WITH TYPE "A" LUMIERE DST OR MIYAJIMA LABS. "SHILABE" OR ALLNIC VERITO "Z", AND THE SECOND WITH EMT 997 (BANANA) 12" ARM WITH EMT TSD 15 CONICAL TIP OR HASEGAWA CUSTOM, HAND-MADE 12" STRAIGHT ROTARY/PIVOTING ARM WITH LUMIERE/NEUMANN DST MC-CARTRIDGE OR AN ORTOFON RMG-309i, MOUNTING, ALTERNATIVELY, A LUMIERE/NEUMANN DST MC CARTIDGE AND AN ALLNIC "VERITO MC" FROM SOUTH KOREA MOUNTED ON KIMURA LABS. RS-1A ROTARY ARM.
ALSO "IN HOUSE", CURRENTLY IN A CLOSET: A COMPLETE FIDELITY RESEARCH FR64-S WITH B-60 VTA ARMBASE AND A COMPLETE FIDELITY RESEARCH FR 66-S 12" ARM AND... A SHURE V15-II MOVING MAGNET CARTRIDGE (JUST IN CASE
).MC TRANSFORMERS ARE: PEERLESS 4685, PEERLESS 4722, MIYAJIMA LABS. ETR-800, PARTRIDGE A-973, WESTERN ELECTRIC 618-B, PEERLESS 4611, BEYER TR/BV 351015006, HARMAN-KARDON XT-3 and VERION/MITCH COTTER MK II.
EMT 930st TURNTABLE WITH 155st RIAA-EQ PREAMP, ORTOFON/EMT RMA229 10" ARM AND LUMIERE/NEUMANN DST REPLICA "EMT" OR EMT TSD 15 CONICAL TIP ON CUSTOM HEAVY MODULAR TABLE.
TECHNICS SP-10 Mk II IN ORIGINAL "OBSIDIANE" PLINTH AND MICRO CU-180 1,8 KILOS SOLID COPPER MAT WITH THOMAS SCHICK 12" ARM AND ALLNIC VERITO "Z" CARTRIDGE.
COMMONWEALTH/WESTREX 12D AUSTRALIAN-BROADCAST TURNTABLE MOUNTED IN A 50 KILOS SLATE PLINTH, ALSWAYS USED WITH SELF-STANDING BRONZE ARM BASE AND SCHICK 12" ARM AND LUMIERE/NEUMANN DST CARTRIDGE.
DIGITAL: STUDER A-730 , BANG & OLUFSEN BEOGRAM CD-5500 (16 BIT), ARCAM "DIVA" CD-73 ( 24 BIT), JUST QUALITY - CHINA MADE DVD/CD PLAYER, PHILIPS CD-104 (14 BIT) AND PLAYSTATION PS-1, WITH REMOTE-CONTROL DISK-PLAYERS
TELEFUNKEN M15-A OPEN-REEL
STUDER B 67 HIGH SPEED (30 ips) OPEN REEL
REVOX G 36 HIGH SPEED OPEN REEL TUBE RECORDER
NAKAMICHI 600 MkII CASSETTE
MARANTZ 10B TUBE TUNER
MARANTZ 7C TUBE PREAMP WITH TELEFUNKEN DIAMOND "SMOOTH PLATE" ECC83 TUBES
MY WIFE’S SYSTEM: RADFORD HD250 SOLID-STATE INTEGRATED-AMP, USED WITH OLD ‘50s SIEMENS KLANGFILM KL-L405 OR KL-L306 BASED WIDEBAND SPEAKERS AND AN OLD BANG & OLUFSEN BEOGRAM CD-5500 16 BIT CD-PLAYER FOR HOME BACKGROUND MUSIC (TRIODES ARE EXPENSIVE ITEMS, YOU KNOW... THE COMBO ALSO SOUNDs NICE WITH MY WIFE’S i-POD
)FOUR-AMPED SPEAKERS SYSTEM USING (PER SIDE): OLD, N.O.S. WESTREX 2080 OR ALTEC 803 OR ALTEC 416A WOOFERS - ALL 16 OHM - IN A VOIGT-LIKE BASS HORN 2,5 METRES LONG OR IN A LARGE CM 130 X 100 PLYWOOD-BAFFLES, WESTREX 2090-B 16 OHMS MID DRIVERS ON KH-75 JABO LABS. HORNS FROM GERMANY OR RCA MI-9448 OR GOTO UNIT SG-555-PS ON GOTO UNIT S-150 ROUND ALUMINIUM/BITUMEN HORNS, GOTO UNIT SG-37-FRP 16 OHMS MID-HIGH DRIVERS WITH S-400 ROUND (BITUMEN AND ALUMINIUM) HORNS AND GOTO UNIT SG-17-SA 16 OHM HIGH HORNS. MID, MID-HIGH AND HIGH ARE SEATING ON 80 KILOS GRANITE.
POWER-AMPS: HIRAGA LE CLASSE A 20 W ON BASS, WE 300B/WE274B/WE311-B TRANSFORMERS-COUPLED HOMEBREWED MONOBLOCKS ON MID, WE 300B AND PARTRIDGE'S TRANNIES, PAPER IN OIL, VITAMIN-Q, ALLEN BRADLEY'S HOMEBREWED AMPS ON MID-HIGH, AND WE 421A AND PARTRIDGE'S TRANNIES ETC. ETC. ON HIGH.
GOTO UNIT CF-1 ACTIVE 4-WAY ACTIVE ELECTRONIC CROSSOVERS AND MASSIVE HOMEBREWED 4-WAYS PASSIVE CROSSOVERS MADE IN GERMANY WITH CUSTOM-MADE 16 OHM AUTOFORMERS VOLUME CONTROLS (USED WITH 300B AMPS FOR INTIMATE, LOW SCALE LISTENINGS - MY MAGNIFYING-GLASS SYSTEM).
CABLES ARE: XLO SIGNATURE PHONO ON SHINDO 301, ISODA PHONO CABLE, SUPRA PLY 2.0,TARA LABS "SPACE & TIME", DIY "JOHANNET STYLE" SPACED OLD TELEPHONE AND VINTAGE SIEMENS KLANGFILM SPEAKERS CABLES
FOR SPEAKERS MULTIAMPING, HAND-MADE BE YAMAMAURA-CHURCHILL’S CABLE ON DIGITAL, NEUMANN AND GOTHAM CABLES FROM SWITZERLAND BETWEEN PRE-AMPS, AMPS, CROSSOVERS, RECORDERS AND TUNER. MAINS CABLES ARE ALL CUSTOM-MADE SUPRA LO-RAD WITH CERAMIC, HOSPITAL GRADE RHODIUM-OVER-BRASS MAINS PLUGS BY PALAZZOLI, WHILE STUDER A-730 USES ACTINOTE AC-150 MAINS-CABLE, GIVING AUDIBLY BETTER SONIC RESULTS.
EARPHONES ARE: STAX SRX ELECTROSTATICS AND 2 X BEYER DT-48 - ONE MOSTLY USED AS A MONITOR TOOL AND A VINTAGE ONE (50 YEARS OLD) TO BE EXCLUSIVELY USED WITH EMT 930st.
PORTABLE STUDIO/RECORDING GEARS: STELLAVOX AMI48 MIXER, NAGRA IV-S OPEN REEL, SONY WMD6-C CASSETTE RECORDER AND "SOME" AKG, BEYER AND NEUMANN'S MIKES, AND P.S.U., MIKE-CABLES, MIKE-BOOMS, MIKE-ELASTIC SUSPENSIONS, ETC. TO ALMOST NEED A FULL ROOM FOR STORING IT ALL: RECORDING IS SUCH A JOY!!!
... AND, OF COURSE, THOUSANDS RECORDS, MANY TAPES AND CDs AND GUITARS, OUD, PIANO, VIOLIN, DOUBLE-BASS AND PERCUSSIONS, ALL TO FEED THE ABOVE MENTIONED BEHEMOTH AND MYSELF, BOTH SOOO FOND’N’HUNGRY OF MUSIC
))
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Those are some phenomenal speakers! I love the cosmetics on those things, definitely high end. Reminds me of this guy. Audio Asylum - Inmate Systems
| Originally Posted by kool bubba ice /img/forum/go_quote.gif This guy is hardcore with some nice pics.. & has great taste in headphones.. 
Stefano Bertoncello |
Those are some phenomenal speakers! I love the cosmetics on those things, definitely high end. Reminds me of this guy. Audio Asylum - Inmate Systems
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Yeah.. I sent him a email.. I really admire his vintage collection of analog.. Truly remarkable looking speakers..
| Originally Posted by Pepsi /img/forum/go_quote.gif Those are some phenomenal speakers! I love the cosmetics on those things, definitely high end. Reminds me of this guy. Audio Asylum - Inmate Systems |
Yeah.. I sent him a email.. I really admire his vintage collection of analog.. Truly remarkable looking speakers..
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