Blumenstein Ultra Fi

[Clark B.]

I like the new cables, that's a clean look!

Thanks, Paul!  Couldn't have engineered such a great solution for this without your help and advice.

[manis]

Here's a bit of eye candy.

That is some nice set up you got there, Thomas, well done! I can't wait till I receive my Orcas. Soon leaving Seattle hopefully and then over the ocean and the Mediterranean to yours truly

[Clark B.]

El,

Thanks a million for your patience.  Judging by Demsy's and Tamin's (back in Nov) longer than expected transit time (via Priority International USPS to Indonesia) I hope it won't be too long for you to wait considering that they are going to Malta....but I can promise you that they are certainly worth the wait! 

We should start an "Island Dweller's Blumenstein Audio Owners Association"  IDBAOA.  We've got the Vashon, Bainbridge, and Vancouver Island branches going full swing in this little corner of the country!  Would you believe we sent a set to Tasmainia a few months ago?  Something about Island Time must gravitate people to the more relaxed and calm sound of the Orca...

As you can see, I've got them predrilled in case you'd ever like to add stands to the mix (like you'd asked).  (don't worry, the drill holes don't poke through the cabinet wall)

...and they, along with alot of wires, a pair of Orcas on stands, and the first few Orca/Sub Fullranger systems are going in the mail tomorrow, to be followed by several more large Orca systems by the end of the week. 



Cheers,

Clark

[tsingle999]

Just got back from a week long trip and boy did the orcas sound so good when i got back. So smooth, soothing to the ears.
I swapped out some Modwright teflon coupling caps for some broken in vcap teflons in my 6FM/Y7 amp. More life, more high frequency extension and detail. 

[Demsy]

Thanks a million for your patience.  Judging by Demsy's and Tamin's (back in Nov) longer than expected transit time (via Priority International USPS to Indonesia) I hope it won't be too long for you to wait considering that they are going to Malta....but I can promise you that they are certainly worth the wait! 

Actually the shipping time to Indonesia wasn't bad at all, it took less than two weeks for the package to be delivered at my home. The package left on 03/07/2013, arrived at my freight forwarder in Singapore on 03/14/2013 and was delivered to me on 03/20/2013. It was shipped from the US to Singapore using USPS Priority and from Singapore to Jakarta by air freight.

I placed my order on late December 2012, so it took less than 4 months before delivery. But surely worth the wait. I have now around 80 hours on them, and I can say for sure, that there is no need to wait until 400 hours to really enjoy the Orcas. You know from the first hours that you're listening to a very musical pair of speakers.

[tsingle999]

Just got a used pair of Orcas serial #350. My old ones had the black plastic panel on the back. The new ones definitely have more bass weight. A good upgrade! Off to Ball and Buck tonight to check out the BlumenBottle pieces:)

[Jim R.]

Something must be in the air -- today I went down to my office, thought I heard something a bit different, turned up the volume a bit (the Orcas are running 24/7 with the sr-45s) and whoa! what happened?  Not sure, but it is good... very, very good!  I'm at about 200 hours now, still running without subs, and today, aside from even smoother, more coherent sound and soundstage (incredible already) the bass had some real wieght to it.

Ok, that's it, tomorrow the v-cap CuTFs go in the SR-45s.  I had planned on putting the Nagas back in that system today, but between the sound from the Orcas making such a quantum jump and my back/sciatic nerve not fully healed from last week's injury, I just decided to leave well enough alone.

Of course the BH custom preamp is also coming along nicely as well and taken as a whole, this system is already bordering on magnificient -- still sourced by a low cost Virtue CDP at this point too.  I'm hoping for vinyl this weekend...

-- Jim

[tsingle999]

Nice Jim! Sounds like you will have an amazing system! I saw the Orca subs live for the first time  at ball and buck today. Very compact! Much smaller than i realized. Unfortunately they didn't have the subs hooked up. Everything looked really cool thought between the new style bh top plates to the blumenstein bases...

[BNAL]

I'm liking the look of the site. Just that there is no link to the products page.

[Molly B]

Brad, we'll be tidying up the website/stitching things up over the weekend.  Feel free to call us with any questions in the mean time. 

Best,

Molly

[BNAL]

Molly,

The search function works great and got me to the information that I was looking for.

Thanks

[manis]

El,

Thanks a million for your patience.  Judging by Demsy's and Tamin's (back in Nov) longer than expected transit time (via Priority International USPS to Indonesia) I hope it won't be too long for you to wait considering that they are going to Malta....but I can promise you that they are certainly worth the wait! 

We should start an "Island Dweller's Blumenstein Audio Owners Association"  IDBAOA.  We've got the Vashon, Bainbridge, and Vancouver Island branches going full swing in this little corner of the country!  Would you believe we sent a set to Tasmainia a few months ago?  Something about Island Time must gravitate people to the more relaxed and calm sound of the Orca...

As you can see, I've got them predrilled in case you'd ever like to add stands to the mix (like you'd asked).  (don't worry, the drill holes don't poke through the cabinet wall)

Thanks for the update and the photos, Clark. I also owe thanks to Molly for her dedicated assistance.

It was a delight to see that Facebook post with my Orcas showing in their full glory!
And yes, I'd be happy to join the IDBAOA

My <$2000 set up will be nearing completion and, needless to say, I'm anxious to hear what it can do... When I receive my Orcas, I'll be sure to post some pictures and impressions here!  (Checking the USPS tracking site has become somewhat of an addiction as of late.

[saildoctor]

I picked up my finished pair of subs yesterday and put them in my system! (powered with 2x 250w dayton amps)

Also, i changed the input resistance on my seduction because something just wasn't sounding right - some mid notes just sounded super quiet with the Orcas.  I put it to 1kohms - using my Dynavector 20x2H i had been using 2.2k. Dyna just specs >1k on their website and poking around online it looks like a lot of people use the min and that sounds good to them.  Here's the thing - the balance of sound coming from my old speakers with fe207 drivers sounded ok.  I guess having too high a value was taming some of it's midrange shout!  The Orcas now sound super balanced fed from the turntable now.

Been listening to the new setup and just wanted to say - hell yes!   

[Grainger49]

Kerry,

How many hours do you have on the Orcas?  I broke mine in for 400 hours using a SS amp and playing them louder than I would listen.  Well, I did listen whenever I wanted, but the rest of the time they were on "break in."

I think it will make a difference.

 Enjoy the music!

[saildoctor]

I've probably only got a little more than 100 hours so far with my pair.  Still have a long way to go... I don't really have a place to set them up and run.  Gotta do it the old fashioned way!