11/13/2023 0 Comments Ze a rita review![]() ![]() When you buy a piece of high fidelity tube audio equipment, you are NOT just buying a sum of ‘transformers / capacitors / resistors /faceplates /chassis / vacuum tubes’. Please note: They are MY personal guidelines for shopping Chi-Fi, as if I were a western consumer who doesn’t read or understand Chinese, but is intrigued by the Chi-Fi pricing and features read on internet. Grant Fidelity receive emails frequently from people all over the world, asking us about Chi-Fi (Chinese HiFi), who is reliable vendor and which brand is better etc etc.Well, I cannot answer all those questions about ‘other vendors’ and ‘other brands’ that Grant Fidelity don’t deal with, but below is my 15+ years of hands-on experience buying and selling Chi-Fi. Get on the ‘West to East’ music journey with Ze’ev, by owning this unique 180gram, Pressed-in-Germany, super high quality LP: However, from there on, I gladly allowed myself to take this dive and I did it by exploring the repertoire of a very unique music label, Rhymoi – the Music of China. Thousands years old beautiful traditional melodies, handled by super talented composers and musicians, totally melt the cultural and the sonic barrier that prevented a western guy like me of diving into traditional Chinese music. ![]() With time and many more shows to come I witnessed what a deep knowledge Chinese people have with classical music and nothing was any longer a surprise. I asked for the CD name and later on insisted to get a copy of it! This was Rhymoi’s album ‘Dream of an Opera’ and the track ‘ Dream of the Red Mansion’ isthe opening track of the LP you are now holding in your hands. ![]() The sleeve was very impressive and with the first notes I was totally shocked by the beauty, the sonic presentation and above all the emotional impact of the music. Shortly after setting up the show set and playing few tracks the local dealer asked us to put his CD with Chinese music. Nothing could prepare me for what I experienced at PureAudioProject first Audio Show in Shantou, back in 2015. Having spent years in music and audio industry one gets exposed to different genres and cultures, however, Chinese music was always a far and a distant reality. Ze’ev as an ex Latavian resident, residing in Israel now since he was 10 years old, discovered Chinese music through Chinese audio shows when marketing his own speakers there.Īs he put in the liner notes in this unique LP: The founder of PureAudioProject, Ze’ev Schlik, is a vinyl nut, to put it without exaggeration! Not to mention his personal collection of thousands of LPs that he never parted with even during the peak years for digital music, not to mention his routine treasure hunting at vinyl vendor booths while he had his own showroom to attend at audio shows! Please read this with a grain of salt Grant Fidelity These are entirely personal impression and listening is a very subjective matter. I personally think this is due to listening habits differences and music genre differences between cultures – a raving review of Chinese speakers by Chinese audiophiles is not of the same merit to a western listener. A western buyer should keep this in mind when shopping for Chinese speakers.” Honestly none of these western sound pros were overly impressed by Chinese speaker ‘tuning’. This is my personal impression – not sure a certain speaker is an exception.ģ) Grant Fidelity had toured many many Chinese audio dealer stores and factories along with professional live event sound engineer, and high end audio designer. North American homes typically have much lower humidity especially in the colder climates.Ģ) Chinese speakers’ tuning are done by Chinese designers – they tend to overemphasize high frequency and deliver not enough bass to western listeners’ taste, and frequency balancing is not the same as by western designers. We only arrange ‘factory direct’ orders with brands who wish for direct sales to North America, without compromising their existing dealers.įor buying Chinese speakers, a few things to keep in mind:ġ) Cabinets could be subject to humidity damage. “When a Chinese branded speaker is listed with the brand’s overseas distributor, we don’t sell it by a parallel channel to undermine the brand’s own dealers. Below is the typical information we provide to the inquirer – it might help you better prepared for buying large expensive speakers but only find it somewhat disappointing after the HUGE shipment is delivered: We from time to time receive inquiries about Chinese HiFi speakers, including for some so-called ‘vintage replica’ speakers. ![]()
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