Bladelius Gondul anyone heard this player?

take a pill...no one needs a 15k front end..no one.

Jay, when did 'need' enter into the equation?

>take a pill...no one needs a 15k front end..no one.<

Who are you to say what one needs and doesn't need? Who needs a 50K car? Who needs a 500K house? Who needs a 25K motorcycle???? I could go on and on with this one......

Bottom line is that someone will always have a hobby/interest that they spend more money on than YOU think they should. So what? It's their money and their life, get over it and yourself.

Oz

Maybe but still I would like to know if anyones heard it.

geeze what was i thinking. if you hear good things about it, run out and buy it.

If I'm not mistaken it was run in the Purist Audio room at CES last year with eben loudspeakers. If I am right it sounded quite good though shows are always hard to really tell what gear sounded like. Drop me a note if you want to know more about it and I will rack my feeble brain

Gary

I would like to know how this player [Bladelius Gondul 3] stacks up against the APL Hi-Fi's modified Denon 3910 ?

Has anyone done the comparison ?

I am aware that the price points are not right.

15 K US $'s & 5 K US $'s but I would be interested in knowing the sonic attributes of each & also please do try and let me know the rest of the gear that was used in the chain while auditioning / testing both these products !!!

Thanks,

SCHWINNINDIA

Ozzy62, a house for $500K...sadly, in some areas of the country, those $500k homes are considered ENTRY LEVEL :-)

Ozzy I want a 500k house. In fact, round it out to a $1m:^).
For the rest, I'll settle for a 10k car, a bicycle, and few thousand music items. In fact I already HAVE the car, the bicycle, the music (never enough of that). It's the house that evades me ;) Cheers

>Ozzy62, a house for $500K...sadly, in some areas of the country, those $500k homes are considered ENTRY LEVEL :-)<

Alas, you are right. Just glad I don't reside in that part of the country.....

Oz

I have the Gondul/3 (www.bladelius.com) in my system. Stunningly good sounding multiformat player. Unfortunately I´ve not heard the modified Denon so I can not comment. And yes, Jim Aud is using the Gondul/3.

Thanks for replies guys.

Hasse,

I would like to know what other players did you compare it to? does the player have a charecter or is a very neutral sounding player?

Thanks,

Regards,

Satyam.

I compared it to the ARC CD3 MKII and the top-of-the-line Meridian. I would describe it as very neutral.

Hasse, 'very neutral' is how I would describe the 808 (or were you referring to the 800?). Did you have the Meridian in your chain and, if so, what is the rest of your system? I gave a good listen to the 808 prior to acquiring my Capitole and felt it was much more forward than the AA, so I'm wondering how the Gondul might sound in my system based on your reaction to the Meridian.