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Just my 2 cents.
I have used Shindo cables. I have used A23 cables. I have used Kimber cables. I have used Blue Jeans Cables. All with great sucess on my Shindo gear. The whole debate seems a bit ridiculous. JH was simply maing the point to just use care when installing IC's. |
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Many of the more expensive IC's come with connectors that are unnecessarily tight and that has led to damage to a number of non-Shindo components I've owned (Particularly if they've been disconnected and reconnected a number of times). In fairness, there are plenty of cables to choose from other than A23 and Shindo that would not lead to such damage.
More controversial in my opinion is Shindo's use of cables that feature balanced connectors on one end and RCA on the other. These appear on all pre-amps above the Masetto and don't seem to offer any sonic benefit as they could not be truly balanced in this configuration. The design certainly encourages the use of Shindo cables or forces a custom alternative... |
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Only references are in the VR review : "The rear panel contains several pairs of Switchcraft low-mass RCA input jacks—Shindo's favorite—and a pair of XLR output jacks" And for the A23 T1 review : "and the input and output connectors are the same type of Switchcraft RCA jacks used by Shindo Laboratory"
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If I'm incorrect in my memory, though, there is probably a conspiracy. Nefarious bastards! |
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I do not take anything against Shindo generally. I initiated a lot of curiosity and desire to discover Shindo because I have had both Shindo and other very popular brands here like Mc and ARC AT THE SAME TIME AT HOME in direct A/ B comparisons and because I am using Shindo in a " non authorized " way with Wilson speakers ( As your friend Art Dudley does BTW...) I expressed my feelings and thoughts with honesty and without any diplomatic considerations for all my friends having the same or equivalent gear that I had. Still, I keep my freedom to say that the way Shindo himself organized the distribution of his products (including the illegal importation in Europe by an official importer in Greece) and the way the importers and dealers share and keep informations between them and customers, all this contribute to the feeling of a clan if not a sect. Since I don't belong to this spirit, I have my freedom of speech, which many owners deny to themselves, and I can understand why it seems to drive you nuts. You do not have to do anything to join the clan : you're in the middle of it. I know that Shindo is very stingy with words when it comes to give information to owners in the "Owner page " ( hard to call that a notice or a manual ) that comes with his gear but my point is just that if those connectors are specific and should be used only with SWC plugs, then it should be written in that page. If your dealer and Jonathan took the time to give you this information, then it's all good for you. Not all dealers say it. Period. Maybe because not all them believe it ? Of course, Keith told me when I bought the Hommage T2. That was the first time I heard that. But once again, this is not WRITTEN information. You know what we say in France and in many other places in the world ? "Said and not written ? It means nothing". If this information is true, it is an important information so it should be written. Period. Once again, imagine the same situation with a regular ( I mean not a clan full of devotees-customers ) company selling goods and not mentioning by writing in the user manual that only one brand of connectors should be used with their gear. Let's say McIntosh or Denon or ARC or any company you want. And ask the owners how they would feel about that ? Very few would say " oh no worries. I'm ok since my dealer told me". Not anyone has a dealer ( I have one and it is not grey market, and no I won't tell you who he is.....although you may consider than in Europe, all dealers are grey market ! ). You can also buy a product used my Apetite was bought here from Des. Now imagine the scene ( I could make and should make a movie out of that ! ) : " Brother, now that you are a member of our clan, I have some important things to tell you about this gear. They are so secret and so strange that no one had the courage to put them down on paper and no one will do it. This is the "oral tradition" and it is more important than the written one.... And so on and so on...." All this is getting too funny so I have to stop here.
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He wrote since 2007 in Stereophile and never said a word about that.
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Alberto, serge and mr Dudley got me interested in shindo gear.
Why are you so secretive about this dealer of yours? Is he hiding with the shindo sect? |
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This thread derailed a long time ago.
So who is your shindo dealer? I thought there were no more dealers in France, or Europe for that matter. |
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