slowGEEZR
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Has anyone heard Coincident Speaker Technology's 211pp Dragon Mono Amp or their Statement Line Stage? I've got to find a dealer who has these so I can listen to them.
Side view...
Line stage...
Line stage rear...
Line stage power supply...
From their site...The Coincident Statement Line Stage is the most direct, purest approach in active pre amplification. The input signal travels from the transformer based mono volume pots to the transformer input and then to the 101D tubes for gain and lastly out through the output transformer. The 101D tubes are directly heated triodes that are the most linear amplifying devices ever invented.
There are no circuit boards to deteriorate the signal transfer. Everything in the Line Stage is hard wired. There are no capacitors in the signal path and all parts are the finest available. The Statement was designed and constructed with no cost restraints. It represents an all out assault on the state of the art.
The separate power supply has enough capacity and energy storage to power a 100 watt amplifier. There are separate transformers for the high voltage and low filaments. Furthermore, the high and low voltage sections have independent choke and large capacity filtering. It weighs 43 lbs!
The design goal of the Coincident Statement Line Stage was to provide the purest, most transparent active preamplifier ever offered. It truly is a straight wire with gain. The synthesis of the best passive preamps with all the advantages inherent in an active line stage, with NO COMPROMISE. Until the creation of the Coincident Statement Line Stage, the finest passive designs integrated into the right system was the procedure recommended. The Statement changed all that. To prove it, the Statement was compared to a high resolution SACD player (Esoteric P03/D03) directly connected to our Dragon amplifiers using their integral discrete resistor pots using 1 meter of Coincident Extreme interconnects. The Statement sounded superior in all parameters of performance. Not only was there no compromise in terms of purity and transparency, the Statement actually revealed more detail both on a macro and micro level. However, the Statement was startlingly superior in the bass where there was greater impact and weight, the soundstage opened up, the dynamic gradations were widened, and the harmonics from top to bottom were more complete. These improvements were not subtle and took but minutes to discern.
Listening to a line stage that is virtually dead silent, free of any colorations with tremendous gain results in a sense of weight, impact and dynamics that is at once thrilling and unique.There is no line stage or passive preamp currently available that surpasses the Statement’s combination of performance and build quality. The Statement Line Stage is an audio breakthrough.
Specifications:
Frequency Response: 10hz – 30khz +/- .2 db
Gain: 20 db
Output Impedance: 500 ohms
Phase: In phase
Output Voltage: greater than 30V
Dimensions: 203mm x 260mm x 390mm – Power Supply, Line Stage
Weight: Power Supply -18.5 kilos (40.7 lbs)
Line Stage-14 kilos (30.8 lbs)
AC Voltage: User selectable- 115v, 230V
Price: $4999 US
User Features-
Dual Mono Transformer Coupled Volume Pots- Allows for channel imbalances;
Dual Pairs of RCA Outputs- Allows for Biamping;
Balanced Outputs- Balanced circuitry optimizes connection to balanced amplifiers;
Balanced Inputs- Balanced circuitry optimizes connection to balanced CD/ SACD players;
AC Voltage Selector- Allows users to operate unit worldwide;
AC Ground Lift- Permits AC ground lift to eliminate hum caused by ground loops.
Amp...The purity, transparency and continuousness of a DHT SET but with the power, explosive dynamics, weight and impact of a huge push pull pentode amplifier - sounds mutually exclusive, not any longer. The 211PP Dragon mono amplifiers are such a creation. These amplifiers are absolute state of the art in terms of components selected, circuit design and execution and construction quality. This is unique among high power, push pull DHT triode amplifiers. There has never been a high power, DHT amplifier built to this standard with sonic performance at this level. The Dragons are capable of driving even the most difficult speaker loads.
Features include:
- The finest 6N copper interstage, output and power transformers
- No coupling caps in the signal path
- Tube compliment- 6EM7 super tube for input- So much current capability it has its own power supply
- 300B Driver Tube for utmost purity ( no pentode tubes used in this DHT design)
- Dual 211 output tubes in a push pull configuration which dramatically lowers distortion and provides huge power reserves. (over 120 watts of peak power- 80 watts continuous- sounds more like 150 watts)
- Teflon caps use in cathode bias circuit
- Power supply caps are all 1500V polypropylenes
- Highest quality discrete resistor potentiometer permit the direct connection of a CD player thereby obviating the need for an expensive line stage
- Binding posts are Coincident 6N copper, .25" solid post
- Auto bias
- All resisters, red metal film, 1% and none less than 2 watts
- All meticulously hard wired
Specs:
211pp Dragon Mono Amp
Output Power: 75w (Triode) / Push-Pull Class A
Output Impedance: 8ohm,16ohm
Frequency Response: 20hz-20khz ±1db
T.H.D.: <1%, 20hz-20khz (Ref. Output)
Input Sensitivity: 700mv
Input Impedance: 100kohm (Rca)
S/N: >85db
Tubes: (6em7×1, 300b×1, 211×2) / Channel
Power Requirement: Ac 115v Or 230v±5% 50/60hz (Selectable)
Dimension: 270 * 184 * 490mm (W×H×D)
Gross Weight: 25.50 Kgs
Net Weight: 21.5 Kgs
Side view...
Line stage...
Line stage rear...
Line stage power supply...
From their site...The Coincident Statement Line Stage is the most direct, purest approach in active pre amplification. The input signal travels from the transformer based mono volume pots to the transformer input and then to the 101D tubes for gain and lastly out through the output transformer. The 101D tubes are directly heated triodes that are the most linear amplifying devices ever invented.
There are no circuit boards to deteriorate the signal transfer. Everything in the Line Stage is hard wired. There are no capacitors in the signal path and all parts are the finest available. The Statement was designed and constructed with no cost restraints. It represents an all out assault on the state of the art.
The separate power supply has enough capacity and energy storage to power a 100 watt amplifier. There are separate transformers for the high voltage and low filaments. Furthermore, the high and low voltage sections have independent choke and large capacity filtering. It weighs 43 lbs!
The design goal of the Coincident Statement Line Stage was to provide the purest, most transparent active preamplifier ever offered. It truly is a straight wire with gain. The synthesis of the best passive preamps with all the advantages inherent in an active line stage, with NO COMPROMISE. Until the creation of the Coincident Statement Line Stage, the finest passive designs integrated into the right system was the procedure recommended. The Statement changed all that. To prove it, the Statement was compared to a high resolution SACD player (Esoteric P03/D03) directly connected to our Dragon amplifiers using their integral discrete resistor pots using 1 meter of Coincident Extreme interconnects. The Statement sounded superior in all parameters of performance. Not only was there no compromise in terms of purity and transparency, the Statement actually revealed more detail both on a macro and micro level. However, the Statement was startlingly superior in the bass where there was greater impact and weight, the soundstage opened up, the dynamic gradations were widened, and the harmonics from top to bottom were more complete. These improvements were not subtle and took but minutes to discern.
Listening to a line stage that is virtually dead silent, free of any colorations with tremendous gain results in a sense of weight, impact and dynamics that is at once thrilling and unique.There is no line stage or passive preamp currently available that surpasses the Statement’s combination of performance and build quality. The Statement Line Stage is an audio breakthrough.
Specifications:
Frequency Response: 10hz – 30khz +/- .2 db
Gain: 20 db
Output Impedance: 500 ohms
Phase: In phase
Output Voltage: greater than 30V
Dimensions: 203mm x 260mm x 390mm – Power Supply, Line Stage
Weight: Power Supply -18.5 kilos (40.7 lbs)
Line Stage-14 kilos (30.8 lbs)
AC Voltage: User selectable- 115v, 230V
Price: $4999 US
User Features-
Dual Mono Transformer Coupled Volume Pots- Allows for channel imbalances;
Dual Pairs of RCA Outputs- Allows for Biamping;
Balanced Outputs- Balanced circuitry optimizes connection to balanced amplifiers;
Balanced Inputs- Balanced circuitry optimizes connection to balanced CD/ SACD players;
AC Voltage Selector- Allows users to operate unit worldwide;
AC Ground Lift- Permits AC ground lift to eliminate hum caused by ground loops.
Amp...The purity, transparency and continuousness of a DHT SET but with the power, explosive dynamics, weight and impact of a huge push pull pentode amplifier - sounds mutually exclusive, not any longer. The 211PP Dragon mono amplifiers are such a creation. These amplifiers are absolute state of the art in terms of components selected, circuit design and execution and construction quality. This is unique among high power, push pull DHT triode amplifiers. There has never been a high power, DHT amplifier built to this standard with sonic performance at this level. The Dragons are capable of driving even the most difficult speaker loads.
Features include:
- The finest 6N copper interstage, output and power transformers
- No coupling caps in the signal path
- Tube compliment- 6EM7 super tube for input- So much current capability it has its own power supply
- 300B Driver Tube for utmost purity ( no pentode tubes used in this DHT design)
- Dual 211 output tubes in a push pull configuration which dramatically lowers distortion and provides huge power reserves. (over 120 watts of peak power- 80 watts continuous- sounds more like 150 watts)
- Teflon caps use in cathode bias circuit
- Power supply caps are all 1500V polypropylenes
- Highest quality discrete resistor potentiometer permit the direct connection of a CD player thereby obviating the need for an expensive line stage
- Binding posts are Coincident 6N copper, .25" solid post
- Auto bias
- All resisters, red metal film, 1% and none less than 2 watts
- All meticulously hard wired
Specs:
211pp Dragon Mono Amp
Output Power: 75w (Triode) / Push-Pull Class A
Output Impedance: 8ohm,16ohm
Frequency Response: 20hz-20khz ±1db
T.H.D.: <1%, 20hz-20khz (Ref. Output)
Input Sensitivity: 700mv
Input Impedance: 100kohm (Rca)
S/N: >85db
Tubes: (6em7×1, 300b×1, 211×2) / Channel
Power Requirement: Ac 115v Or 230v±5% 50/60hz (Selectable)
Dimension: 270 * 184 * 490mm (W×H×D)
Gross Weight: 25.50 Kgs
Net Weight: 21.5 Kgs
