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Virtual Home Visit (16): !! Jean Hiraga Le Classe A !!
My audio veteran friend (and golden ear) jules' many hifi exploits have been well documented in this blog (last report here), but this latest one is perhaps the most unusual, even by his impossible standards. I'll just resend the links he sent me and quote what he said over Whatsapp:
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"...the seller bought it from Stefano..."
"...I was using CJ Premier 7 built-in phono stage tape out to Paracas solid state preamp and pairing it with the Le Classe A. Speakers were Technics SB-E100. Just for fun only..."
"...The 5/1A with CJ / Paracas / WE 124 is better overall..."
Editor's Postscript: (1) jules has had extensive experience with class A solid state. Around 20 years ago I heard (to great effect) at his old place (when he was still a bachelor) a pair of Pass Aleph monoblocks (I think it was Aleph 2, which prompted me much later to acquire the Aleph 3. He also has the ML-2's; (2) The industrial design of La Classe A is in the same vein as Hiraga's later tube Lectron brand. Our common friend Captain L, who introduced me to jules, was devoted to the Lectron JH-50 (EL34), and it did sound very good. He later also bought the JH-60 (EL34 but hybrid) and JH-30 (EL84). Unfortunately, these proved to be trouble-prone; (3) Come to think of it, the Class A Pathos Twin Towers bears cosmetic resemblance to La Classe A; (4) I'd love to get to hear the Technics loudspeaker, such a home friendly pair of horns (stereonomono, audio-heritage.jp)! They seem to need a pair of stands, which will improve the sound immensely.
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