World Cup of Audio

Duchy of Grand Fenwick

Kokintz Audio

The Q-bomb (Ouadium bandwidth-unlimited omnidirectional master blaster) System consisting of the following items:

the Q-table
the Q-arm
the Q-cartridge
the Q-deck
the Q-pre
the Q-amp
the Q-speakers

all connected by Q-cables
all constructed with Carbon Fourteen.

Strengths: Lifelike, explosive and fiery with hurricane force sound. Literally a once in a lifetime experience. Best when listened to with a bottle of Pinot Grand Fenwick and GF chewing gum.

Weaknesses: Once you have heard the Q-bomb System, you won't be able to listen to anything else. No digital.

us:

speakers: magnepan 3.0
amp: cj mv 125
preamp: mfa luminescence
digital source: cal tempest
cables: dcca audio
turntable:sota sapphire
cartridge: grado 8mr
arm:eminent technology

Cdc

Well the Anniversary editions surpass the System 70 in total acoustic output and equal the 70's in everything but the elaborate cabinet. Something about the 150's and the 15" woofer that just gets it done, but they are big so are not for everyone's house. But I have chosen based on my experience and that the "Anniversary Editions" are the latest hot rod out of the shop with a new box configuration etc.

PHY makes mostly two way speaker systems, they kind of bend the truth IMO about being "fullrange". Decent overall and about the easiest driver short of the Fostex to make a speaker with. I love how all the manufacturers who use PHY go on and on about how difficult the box was to build...LOL!!! I threw a set in a sealed box and a BSS 324 omnidrive, T-amps and BAM!, crushed that $16,000 Oceola? thing with ease on Audio note or something tube amps. In reality you could mount them in the box they come shipped in and they would sound good!

Focal would be the French Powerhouse with YBA front end?

Bruce

I'm assembling my hooligans right now. J. Gordon Holt as the head hooligan for Huntingdon-Stroud United! Hey let's see some more systems!

This is funny thread considering that at one time I had a system made up of components from England, the US, France, Canada and Japan. Sounds more like a professional team, ay?

Ok, Audiogoners we need to see some serious competitive systems for the Cup from France, Italy, Japan, Canada(?!), Switzerland, and some more from Germany, U.S.A., and the U.K. Any from the former Soviet bloc? How about regional systems in the U.S. (east, central, west?). When describing a system give it a label (e.g., Germany 1) so we can identify it when casting votes.