November 2010 Hi-Fi Show

Harana/Tono/SETUP collaboration


Passive tri-amplified mono system

Harana SOLENN mono-speaker:
4.5-way w/ ambiance tweeters in tri-amp configuration
Altec 1803 multi-cell midrange horn 
Dual midrange drivers: Altec 291 (phenolic diaphragm/alnico magnet) +JBL-LE85
ALTEC LANSING COAX T3000 tweeter w/ 416A 15” woofer
WESTERN ELECTRIC D150 15” woofer

 Passive tri-amplified mono speaker engineered by Joey of Harana Audio

Garrard 401 in Harana Audio plinth

Right: FR25 tonearm/Ortofon SPU mono

Center/back: 12" Gray viscous damped tonearm + Tannoy variable reluctance cartridge (LP + 78) courtesy of Rofiel

JEL mono  preamp + SE10 amp = JEL mono integrated SE210 amp

The JEL mono integrated has a buffered preamp output simultaneously connected to the integrated

SE210 amp driving the Altec 1803 multi-cell horn midrange drivers and ambient super tweeters

+

Harana JIO dual mono SE300B amp: 

each channel driving the Altec 416 woofer + Westrex/JBL D150 woofer respectively

6SN7 input > 6SN7 driver > 300B >Tango XE60-3.5S OPTs = 8 watt
Dual mono volume control/ DRD (Direct Reactance Drive Output)
Edrel Sison power xformer, 6 chokes on a Kamagong (Philippine Ebony) base

Stereo source: Tono Erotique

All tube phono stereo stage with built in MC step-up transformer
A pair of 417A/5842 tube first stage –passive RIAA-
Western 407a tube second stage
Edrel Sison power xformer with M6 lams

Garrard 301 grease bearing in Harana Audio crafted plinth with FR tonearm with either SPU or DL103

feeding the Erotique preamp connected to the line level section of the JEL mono integrated SE10 amp

The system - LIVE!

Icing the cake ;) 

After show dinner

Setup 2 with his darling Leic'a bids you.....'til the next show!

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November 2008 Hi-Fi Show

 Upon instructions from our boss, my first audio gig in Manila

 was to exhibit projects seen but never heard by the local audience. In particular - mono playback and Lenco idler drive turntables.

My wing man setup2 and BenC, a local DIY enthusiast added a twist on open baffle material...

...Philippine Tanguile wood planks, readily available for wood flooring, affordable, more rigid than plywood and even better acoustical properties.

Lenco L75 + Ortofon AS212, Garrard 301 and Thorens TD124II + FR64fx, 

MC step-up transformers: Altec 4722, Ortofon SPU-T1 and Tamura TKS83

JELdx preamp and SE300Bdx (driving 755C/OB)

Grease bearing Garrard 301 in laminated birch-ply plinth, Ortofon 309/SPU GME for stereo LPs...

...flanked at the back by the Philippine debut of a viscous damped Velvet Touch tonearm with cartridge slides loaded with a GE RPX and Denon DL102 for mono LPs.

Philippine premiere of Bogen/Lenco L70 doing alternate duty as mono front end

JEL mono preamp driving JEL SE2A3dx mono amp

Stereo speakers: setup2's Altec 755C/OB augmented by EV T35 tweeters

Mono speaker at center (not a subwoofer;) - Altec 605B/OB 

Wood finishing of OBs, courtesy of our friend Joey of Harana Audio (see below)

The SETUP gang

...and thanks for helping me unload and unpack...

...he he he

Pics from our Harana Audio friends

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