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Welcome Matt...
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The audio market in Riyadh is pretty much lacking compared to other large cities around the world. You would think with all the money here there would be more options. We have two stores. One carries Focal JM Labs, Definitive tech, Parasound and Arcam. The other one has Sonus Faber, Duntech, Audio Research, Wadia and Accurus?spelling?.
The store with the Focals is ran by some pretty snobby people. They basically don't want to deal with you unless you want something from the Utopia lineup. So I don't go there. The other store with Sonus Faber is ran by one man who's owned the store for over 20yrs now. He actually takes time to talk and listen to what you want. So that's where I plan on doing some business. |
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Matt...i have a few buddies who work in Dubai and one of them is an audiofool and he tells me that there are quite a few high end audio shops there that carry quite a wide selection. So if you ever make it there, you might want to consider checking them out. Here are some links:
Audissey Bespoke/Custom Automation and Entertainment Solutions for Residential, Hospitality and Commercial Environments DUBAI AUDIO CENTER INDEX Archimedia: Home Entertainment Solutions for the Middle East, custom home theatre, home cinema, hi-fi audio systems, home automation (more HT install) Take care |
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Welcome to AA,
Are you our new distributor of audiophile grade sand ? We'll need it for our; -sand filled audio racks -sand filled speaker stands -sand filled phono damping platforms Just tell us that it'll increase our microdynamics and these guys will open their wallets wide. Audiophile grade sand
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Yes, I can become an exclusive AA supplier of "All natural wind blown silicon dioxide in both red and white colors"
Check out these pics of a sand storm that hit Riyadh last spring. It was one of the worst sand storms in the past 20yrs I guess. When I got up in the late morning around 10am (was on night shift at the time) and looked outside everything had the orange glow to it. |
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Greetings to a wonderful group inside a fantastic hobby!
Reader/member since 2013. Why so silent for so long? Been enjoying the music. As soon as I qualify for minimum posts, will upload 2020 pix of my Shindo rig. Description and dedicated hours from listening sessions below: 1 juillet 2013 > 7 février 2020 HiFiMAN HE-6: 2,799 hrs Sennheiser HD650: 588 hrs KEF Coda 9 speakers: 115 hrs Shindo Laboratory Aurieges Stereo Pre Amplifier: 710 hrs Shindo Laboratory F2a Sinhonia Monaural Amplifiers: 2,052 hrs Sansui G-22000 Stereo Receiver: 1,877 hrs Wyred4Sound DAC-1: 4,202 hrs Music Hall MMF-7: 213 hrs Sony DVP-S9000ES: 235 hrs Headphone cable: Wireworld Silver Eclipse 7 Speaker cables: Auditorium 23 Interconnects: Wireworld digital (silver/copper); analog (occ copper) Primary listening - speaker taps: HiFiMan HE-6 to F2a Sinhonia @ 16 ohms Secondary listening - speaker taps: HE-6 to Sansui receiver @ 8 ohms; KEF Coda 9’s to Sansui receiver. Notes: Legacy DAC - low esr super caps; upgraded w/new clock autumn 2019. |
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Silent One: Go ahead and be a full part of the AA team and join as a subscriber. You will be able to do all you want. This is a great group as you have seen since 2013 from the posts. I have developed friends and we have been in each others homes. These are amazing people. Please join. Jim
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Greetings from the Sand Box
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Silent One, Welcome to AA. Don’t be silent!
- Buck
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Library: Speakers: Avalon Acoustics Isis, Subwoofers: (2) REL Acoustics 212SE Amplification: D’agostino Momentum preamplifier, D’agostino S250 stereo amplifier Digital: dCS Rossini CD/SACD transport, dCS Rossini DAC/streamer/master clock. Analog: Brinkmann Taurus table, Lyra Etna Lambda, Audio Research Ref. Phono 3 |
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Silent One... Welcome to AA!
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