Bladelius Gondul anyone heard this player?


Hi,

I'm wondering if any of the members on this forum have heard the Gondul by Bladeius design?, its a Multi-Format Player CD/SACD/DVD-A/DVD-Video.

The list price of the player is close to US$15,000, also if possible how does it compare to the APL-Hifi 3910 which I would love to have but sadly the designer Alex never got back to me.

It would be nice if someone could give me feedback about it.

Regards,

Satyam.
sbfx
Hi Fi Choice put it in their recommended system last month. They really, really like it. It is designed by the brilliant Michael Bladelius who got his start working for Threshold designing the groundbreaking Forte 4A. From there he went on to penning several excellent pieces for Primare, as well as doing contract work. The piece is hand crafted and it is hard to put a price on that. Many will pay extra for a Lamm amp or a piece from Scott Franklands Wavestream Kinetics, or many other marques that represent the best thinking and hand craftsmanship by a genius. After all that's what distinguishes a Van Gogh from a Thomas Kinkaide.
If I'm not mistaken it was run in the Purist Audio room at CES last year with eben loudspeakers. If I am right it sounded quite good though shows are always hard to really tell what gear sounded like. Drop me a note if you want to know more about it and I will rack my feeble brain

Gary
I would like to know how this player [Bladelius Gondul 3] stacks up against the APL Hi-Fi's modified Denon 3910 ?

Has anyone done the comparison ?

I am aware that the price points are not right.

15 K US $'s & 5 K US $'s but I would be interested in knowing the sonic attributes of each & also please do try and let me know the rest of the gear that was used in the chain while auditioning / testing both these products !!!

Thanks,

SCHWINNINDIA
Ozzy62, a house for $500K...sadly, in some areas of the country, those $500k homes are considered ENTRY LEVEL :-)