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guy sergeant wrote:

Some of it, (the current speakers and some of the amplifiers) are in my view, not outstanding. Other items, (the big preamp, phono stage, cartridge, MC transformer, silver cables and largest power amps are exceptionally good.) They no longer make their best product (a field coil cartridge). If you ever see one of these for sale you should get it (or tell me where it is!)

Well, you see, it is always difficult with Kondo products. I agree that some of his stuff is quite dead, another is more interesting. The problems is that it never was possible (at least for me) to perform any more or less objective evaluations without diving deep into the AN's paranoia that eagerly supported by the Kondo dealers and owners. I always was turned off by a high degree of hypo pro-Kondo enthusiasm that the Kondo-crusaders usually expressed.

I’m familiar with Kondo “big preamp” and it left me without interest. I do not care about his phono-stage, as I believe in the different phonostages. Kondo does have quite interesting cartridges and his transformers are fine when the transforms primary sees 1 Ohm. (Hey, any transformer will be happy to see such low impedance!) I do not think that anyone else dose such a low Ohms cartridges. If someone would do them, and without the foolish silver obsession that Mr. Kondo unfortunately deeply subscribe, then it would be very interesting. BTW, the Kondo cables, from my point of view, are Japanese-Lowther-orientated crap, I had them…

BTW, I do not think that it is difficult to get “some” Kondo’s products. I do not know where you are but there is 40 miles from me a US’s Kondo distributor and, am sure, that if you like something that Kondo “no longer make” than it always possible to get it.

Rgs,
The Cat

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