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By: Pac@HiFiForum.nu

Date: 17-18 April

Place: Mårten Design, Gothenburg Sweden

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It's time for complex sound fields so I fed the drive with Infected Mushrooms "Dancing with kadaffi". This record has been at Marten Design earlier and I saw a little tension in Leif’s eyes when he saw what I was doing. Last time a friend of mine played it in the smaller listening room so that the windows started to shake. This track gets better the louder it is played. Come to think of it, all of "BP Empire" prosper when the volume is cranked up.

There is plenty of low frequency action with really rapid transients that demand control from main amps. We are talking about two Thiel and Partner 9,5" elements in each of the Coltranes. Control is the game to make these types of records fly the way they should.

We couldn't believe the base control that was achieved! Next to me sat "Drbob" from HiFiforum.nu and he was equally stunned... The base control was amazing and what was chiselled out by the setup was extremely detailed and in focus. Nothing of the details or the focus was lost even when we played at sound levels that might be illegal in some countries.

The only time the set up started to sound a little bit pushed was when we played at ear deadening sound levels. It started to sound a little bit harsh but You couldn't listen to it any way, it was way to loud

The vinyl prototype that Vitus Audio brought

I've saved the best to last!

Vinyl, didn't I mention something about that?
Oh Yes I did and the word that springs to my mind is magic. The vinyl sound that was achived by the set up was nothing else but stunning. The CD-source had to see it self distanced in a grueling way. The sound that flowed from the set up was so vibrant with life and that it was hard to belive. There is no doubt that I listened to my new vinyl reference.

It was two very pleasant and fun days at Marten Design and the guests that took the time to come listen, even though this was one of the firt really nice and sunny spring days in Gothenburg, got to listen to something out of the ordernary.

Relevant links:

Vitus Audio
Mårten design
Hififorum.nu -the topic with more comments in Swedish

Coltrane hooked up to Vitus Audio