Monkeyhaus at DeVore Fidelity - pics and overview (New upcoming speakers from him)

[btf1980]

Friday night, I stopped by John DeVore's Monkeyhaus event to listen to the prototype speakers that will replace his Super Gibbon 8 speakers. The wood he used is bamboo, and the finish of the speakers in the pic (1 of 3) is called "mink". It looked stunning, and sounded superb. I believe he will be taking them to the RMAF later this month.

Another highlight was the amplification by a company called Line Magnetic. I had never heard about them, so I was intrigued. Jonathan Halpern from Tone Imports just got them in. The big amp was a monster. About 130lbs or so. Now, everything about the various amps & integrateds by Line Magnetic was top shelf. The look, the build quality, the sound - everything. What should be of note is that Line Magnetic is a Chinese company. I think we are witnessing the turn of the tide with hifi in China, just like Japan in the past. If they slapped a 'Made in Germany' label on these amps, no one would think twice about it, and we would be talking about superb German engineering and build quality. Perhaps, this is a glimpse of what the future holds for China and hifi. If so, I say bring it on.

Some pics














Monster amp from Line Magnetic.


Preamp was a Shindo Monbrison.


The turntable was a Garrard 401.






Acoustic Plan gear - From l-r: PhonoMaster, DigiMaster, Master Power Supply Unit.

You can see a few more pics here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/atane/s...7627792005634/

[wkhanna]

Ummmm……….

Tubes & Vinyl!
Sweet!
Thanks for sharing, Atane. It’s great that you take advantage of your metropolitan location to experience such diverse and interesting audio gear. It’s a wonderful thing when enthusiasts can have such a place to gather in person as opposed to the ‘virtual’ world with its obvious limitations.

[impala454]

That must be the mark of a true audiophile, when they care more to have the proper spikes than worry about the divots they put in the wood floor! Very cool!

[stuofsci02]

That must be the mark of a true audiophile, when they care more to have the proper spikes than worry about the divots they put in the wood floor! Very cool!

Maybe, but when the walls are OSB I doubt he is worried... :W

[bigburner]

Maybe, but when the walls are OSB I doubt he is worried... :W

Good acronym stuofsci02...

On Site Broadcasting
Oriented Strand Board
Order of Saint Benedict
Open Street Browser
Oracle Service Bus
Ocean Studies Board
Oregon State Bar
Office of Surveillance and Biometrics
Outside Broadcasting
Old School Bullies
One Step Beyond
Otentikk Street Brothers
Oh Shit Bro
Organize Sanayi BöLgesi
Operation School Bell
Oriented Stand Board
Offset Spoke Bed
Oklahoma School for the Blind
Option Select Button
Opposition Stolen Bases
Order Some Beer
Oelen, Segnen, Begraben
Oral Systemic Balance
Other Song Book
Occupancy Standards Bureau
Officer Selection Board

I learnt a lot!

Nigel.

[impala454]

Oriented Strand Board (I think)

I thought maybe he did that on purpose as a kind of industrial look

[btf1980]

Ummmm……….

Tubes & Vinyl!
Sweet!
Thanks for sharing, Atane. It’s great that you take advantage of your metropolitan location to experience such diverse and interesting audio gear. It’s a wonderful thing when enthusiasts can have such a place to gather in person as opposed to the ‘virtual’ world with its obvious limitations.

With the expense of living in NYC, there has to be some perks! lol :B

[btf1980]

Oriented Strand Board (I think)

I thought maybe he did that on purpose as a kind of industrial look

It's actually a listening room in his factory, so it is an "industrial" space. His speakers, as well as Box Furniture racks are made there. http://www.boxfurnitureco.com/

Outside the room looks like this.




More pics from a listening session last year - http://www.flickr.com/photos/atane/s...7623423435046/

[wkhanna]

......and my best guess is the Post-It note on Gerrard reads:

"Touch Not, Break Not"

My personal preference would be Razzor Wire. :twisted:

[stuofsci02]

Good acronym stuofsci02...

On Site Broadcasting
Oriented Strand Board
Order of Saint Benedict
Open Street Browser
Oracle Service Bus
Ocean Studies Board
Oregon State Bar
Office of Surveillance and Biometrics
Outside Broadcasting
Old School Bullies
One Step Beyond
Otentikk Street Brothers
Oh Shit Bro
Organize Sanayi BöLgesi
Operation School Bell
Oriented Stand Board
Offset Spoke Bed
Oklahoma School for the Blind
Option Select Button
Opposition Stolen Bases
Order Some Beer
Oelen, Segnen, Begraben
Oral Systemic Balance
Other Song Book
Occupancy Standards Bureau
Officer Selection Board

I learnt a lot!

Nigel.

Haha... Sorry for that... It is indeed Oriented Strand Board..

Cool Shop btf1980

[wkhanna]

Hey Nigel,
You must have only found the abbreviated list! :W
(some of my favorites in bold)

Of Oriented Strand Board
Of the Order of St Benedict
Ohio School Board
Overbrook School for the Blind
Outside the Board
Of Saint Benedict
Olayan School of Business
Or Oriented Strand Board
Otentikk Street Brothers
Outside of Board
Old School Bobbers
Oxford Study Bible
Open Source Business
Oracle Secure Backup
Order of St Benedict
Ocean Studies Board
Oriented Strand Boards
Open Schoolgemeenschap Bijlmer
Oregon School for the Blind
Of the Order of Saint Benedict
Ontario School for the Blind
Optima Semi Bold
Operation School Bell
Operational Status Bit
Oklahoma School for the Blind
Ordo Sancti Benedicti
Oblates of Saint Benedict
Officer Selection Boards
Open Source Branch
Orthogonal Sparse Bigrams
Orientated Strand Board
Office of Services to the Blind
Operation Security Blanket
Oriental Strand Board
Ontario Savings Bonds
Observational Science Branch
Overseas Service Bureau
Operations South Bureau
Office of Small Businesses
Of Saint Boniface
Oriented Structural Board
Oriented Stranded Board
Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh
Ohio Savings Bank
Ondernemersorganisatie Schoonmaak Bedrijfsdiensten
Oriented Stand Board
Of the Sparse Basic
Orient Strand Board
Ontario Savings Bond
On Site Broadcasting
Organ Systems Branch
Oracle Standard Benefits
olecranon septic bursitis
one-step button
On Shore Boards
Or Sterling Board
Original Sherpa Bag
One Shot Battery
Oral Systemic Balance
Oklahoma Select Breeders
Otenttikk Street Brothers
Office of State Buildings
Oriental School of Business
Ontario Special Bursary
Old Soldier Books
Operational Support Bases
Oud Studenten Bond
Od Sacred Blood
Old Style Bitter
Oriented Strad Board
Operational Status Board
Other Services Block
Optical Switch Blade
Or Similar Board
Open Spina Bifida
Operation Support Branch
Ohio School for the Blind
Operational Status Boards
Option Selection Buttons
Operational Safety Boards
Ohio Soybean Board
Outsourcing Standards Board
Open Surgical Biopsies
Order St Benedict
Other Small Businesses
Overseas Services Bureau
Ocean Sensors Branch
Office and Support Building
Oklahoma Super Bikers
Oriented Standard Board
Officer Student Battalion
Ojai Santa Barbara
On Screen Buttons
Operations and Security Branch
Ocean Sciences Branch
Operation South Bureau
Otakus Strike Back
Open Surgical Biopsy
Ocean Science Board
Oceanography Statistics Building
Old School Bullies
Or Oriented Stand Board
Opposition Stolen Bases
Observing Systems Branch
Oil Selection Boards
Operation Support Base
Opposition Stolen Base
Optimum Strata Boundaries
Oceanic Sciences Branch
Orlando Solar Bears
Optional Supplemental Benefits
Off Site Burden
Office of Small Business
Office of the State Building
Official Statements Briefings
Old Shore Beach
Online Shopping at Bread
Online Speeding Bullock
Onlines Speeding Bullock
Open Space Benefit
Operating System Binaries
Operations Systems Branch
Oregon Silverspot Butterfly
Original Sandra Bullock
Os Send Baura (Bavaria)
Osprey Systems Busines
Osprey Systems Business
Other Suitable Bond

[Chris D]

Heheeee... then I'm going to go with "Open Schoolgemeenschap Bijlmer"

[impala454]

Orient Strand Board

Is this a building material used over in China? :lol: yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk (I'll be here all day)