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World Cup of Audio

Which country would win aWorld Cup of Audio? Tournament rules:
1. Nominate a system of components made by companies in a single country.
2. More than one system can be nominated for a country.
3. System nominations end at midnight EDST on June 23.
4. Cast you vote for what you believe would be the best sounding system, based on experience, what is most important to you in music reproduction, reviews by trusted audiophiles, etc. beginning June 24.
5. Votes will be tallied on July 9.
To get things started, I nominate the following:

Germany 1:
Speakers= mbl 101E Radialstrahler
Amplifier= mbl 9011 (2 amps)
Pre-amp= mbl 6010D
Source= mbl 1622 and mbl 1611E
Cables, Cords= mbl for power cords, ? for cables (need some help here)

Strengths= Synergy, balance, nuance
Weakness= No analog
Odds= A very high seed. Could take it all.

There should be some stiff competition from U.S., Switzerland, Japan, U.K., and other countries. What is your nomination?
bruce_1
gunbei
2,327 posts
 
Mr. Edwards, your tube and audiophile aprehensions aside, a very impressive system indeed!
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shadorne
7,467 posts
 
D_Edwards,

You have no fancy cable or tweaks....shame on you. Nothing has a chance of winning a vote without glowing tubes, thick cables supported by power line isolators, spikes for speakers, pads for components, a turntable with a platter sized to grind wheat and, I forgot to mention, the all important clock tweak! Besides, speakers that look like boxes....come on....surely you can do better....the MBL 101E's look like something from a NASA mission far, far better.

Germany 1 UK Nil. IMHO

Keep it going, this should be a fun thread!
d_edwards
204 posts
 
Is it legal in the UK to make fancy cables? Anyone?

Its hard to be ex-cia, nsa and be an English subject is it not? :)

I realize there's no sizzle on my steak, I guess I like being the sleeper underdog. :)

My boys from IXOS just called and they are going to sponsor my system...So I'd like to thank Ixos for stepping up with the exotic freebies.

Only the listener gets tweaked with this system :)
cdc
1,668 posts
 
D_Edwards, how about ATC's system 70?

"A quarter century of ATC research reaches a climax".
That's ATC's quote, not mine.

My vote would be Japan or France. I can't name a specific system but Japanese and French (PHY?) seems to have the best single driver speaker technology out there. Basically full range from a virtual point source.
bruce_1 OP
96 posts
 
Two more rules:
No wagering
No excessive consumption of alcohol
...but you can tear off your jersey after you vote.
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