Love it, this deck is the Reference turntable for UHF magazine. Elegant design, ease of setup, extreme reliability, timeless looks.
AudioMeca Septum
This is a beautiful unipivot, well designed, sounds great.
van den Hul Frog HO
I like lots of output. For me the loss due to weight is recuperated elsewhere in a simpler phono stage and a less noise-sensitive system. Amazing cartridge, everything the reviews say it is. No regrets on this one!
Y B A CD-1
Excellent source. Love it, built like a tank, sounds amazing.
Grado Labs Reference Sonata
Love the Grado sound. Not at all the same league as the Van Den Hul, but I love the high output and relaxed presentation. minently musical. Good stuff, unbeatable at the price I think.
Teac A-4300sx
not tried reel-to-reel yet, but I have this one waiting in its crate. Will I keep to experiment, or will I sell? Not sure.
Expériences Sonores P1
The legend. One of the best preamplifiers I've ever heard. Does everything great.
Expériences Sonores ES-50 monoblocks
Legendary. Amazing dynamics, rightness of tone, the bass, the looks, everything!
Expériences Sonores ES 45
Probably my most "accurate" amplifier. Not as flexible as the other ones because of the limited power. Sounds is beautiful and though the ES 50 monoblocks are the amplifiers I use nmost of the time (most recent design), I keep going back to the ES 45 Stereo
Expériences Sonores ES 211
Single-ended 211 type. Very powerful, easy presentation, very flexible piece of kit.
RL Acoustique Lamhorn 1.8
With Reps R1 drivers in exclusive Ultralight version, the very best in full-range design
Martin Logan Depth
Excellent.
Audio marginal Noble
excellent
XLO 2.0
Betwen phono preamplifier and amplifier. Good quality, does the job.
Van Den Hul The Revelation Hybrid
Does the job, very happy with the product.
TJN Lenco G88 Classic Mk II
This is the Classic Lenco that jean advertises, with all the MK II upgrades. What makes this particular deck interesting is that it sports the Reference Mk II bearing instead of the Lenco bearing. Vise-like pace is its strength.
This is a beautiful system! the music must sound simply devine,what a collection of special amplifiers you have.Your father was obviously very talented and unique. Regards,
Expériences Sonores was my father's brand of amplifiers and phono preamplifiers. Christian Phaneuf was his name. While he never quit his day job, over a 20 year period from the mid 80s to his death in 2008 (his last design was a RE-604 and an RS-241 SE design) he designed and built custom-made original design SET products. He was based in Québec City, and did not adcvertise much (a little bit in Sound Practices) because being a one-man operation he could not meet great demand, and did not want to compromise quality by sub-contracting the assembly of the products. He had a PhD in physics, and a Radio Amateur (VE2RB) who built his own gear from the early sixties onwards. He died with a soldering iron in his hand and a finished amplifier on the bench!
They feature: All solid copper construction (preamplifier, SE-211 amplifier and SE 45 amplifier, zero-feedback, pure class A operation, original designs.
He died before he could pass the knowledge to me, but he did train Jean-François Lessard, who subsequently devised his own range of amplifiers (SETH, HORUS), mostly named after Egyptian Gods if I remember well.
During this period I lent a hand with metal work, packing, customer service, etc. For my quest to be complete I have to find another guru who will teach me electronics. I read about this man inm Australia who sells DVDs on how to build tube electronics. Anyone tried them? Jerome
Wonderful setup! I'm a big fan of "everything French!" Especially the Tintin pictures! Could you please give me some input on the Expériences Sonores gears? They seem great and I can't find any information on them online.
