

Then Mark & Daniel of Shanghai took up the compound marble recipe and launched a minor speaker empire. Later nOrh added synthetic marble options.

Shaped like a djembe drum on its side, they had drivers where the skin would be, drum opening naturally repurposed as port. Based in Thailand, nOrh became known for solid Marble monitors. Or so I think when the subject of stoned speakers comes up. The latter is thus positioned in the middle of this open floor plan without the usual nearby back wall.įirst there was nOrh. The listening space opens into the second storey via a staircase and the kitchen/dining room are behind the main listening chair. Room size: 5m x 11.5m W x D, 2.6m ceiling with exposed wooden cross beams every 60cm, plaster over brick walls, suspended wood floor with Tatami-type throw rugs. Sundry accessories: Extensive use of Acoustic System Resonators, noise filters and phase invertersĭesktop system: iPod/AK100 digital transport, Wyred4Sound minT, Gato Audio DIA-250, Gallo Strada II + TR-3D, Amphion Ion +, Ardán Audio Elevation stand Powerline conditioning: GigaWatt PF-2 + Vibex Two 1R on amps, Vibex Three 11R on front-end componentsĮquipment rack: Artesania Exoteryc double-wide three tier with optional glass shelf, Rajasthani hardwood rack for amps Loudspeakers: soundkaos Wave 40, Boenicke Audio B10, German Physiks HRS-120, AudioSolutions Rhapsody 200, Zu Audio SubmissionĬables: Complete Zu Event loom, KingRex uArt and Light Harmonic Lightspeed split USB cables, Tombo Trøn S/PDIF, Van den Hul AES/EBU, AudioQuest Diamond glass-fiber Toslink Power amplifier: FirstWatt S1 monos, SIT2 Crayon Audio CFA-02, Bakoon AMP-12R, Goldmund/Job 225, Clones 25i Preamplifier: Nagra Jazz, Bent, Audio Tap-X, Esoteric C-03
