Howard,

A little story going back to 1998 when I was just starting out in the world of high-end audio journalism. I was covering the Top Audio A/V Show in Milan for another publication and knew going over that Rosh Hashanah was happening that week. I wasn’t totally comfortable being away from family over the High Holidays, but I had made a commitment to cover the show and I went. While in Milan, I made the point of finding a Shul near the Il Duomo so that I could daven during Rosh Hashanah. It was over an hour by train from our hotel in the suburbs, but I never missed a service even with the show going on.

Mr. “I’m a self-hating Jew” even made Ken Kessler and Steve Rochlin come into the city with me so that we could all do the proper mitzvot away from our families.

One night at the show, we were fortunate to have dinner with the late-Ken Ishiwata of Marantz/Rotel and Peter Qvortrup of Audio Note. When Ken saw me wearing a kippah, he wished me a “Shana Tova” in his broken English. I’m a lone wolf in this industry when it comes to being an observant Jew and very vocal supporter of Israel.

Go find some other self-hating idiot to insult.

Ian White

Howard,

I’m an Orthodox Jew who is kosher and sends his kids to Yeshiva. I’m active in 3 organizations that promote Holocaust awareness and the former Director of Marketing for Jewish Federation. I spend countless hours raising money for my own shul, volunteer at Jewish organizations, and pray 3 times a day.

You might want to read the article more carefully and realize that I’m a very proud and observant Jew who did not grow up that way.

Other than that…you pegged me correctly.

Aharon Weisshaus

ORT,

The Wenge finish is nice, but the lighter color shows up better.

The midrange is really quite something.

Iano Loren

“Oh, let me have a little of the peril?”

Good looking speakers, especially so with the walnut front.

ORT The Chaste

I am considering a system built around the Sonus Faber Lumina 1’s…smallish 9.5 x 12 sitting room/den. Would the NAD C316 BEE V2 or say a C328 have enough grunt for these? Or should I be looking at more juice? Maybe a Rega Brio or AudioLab 6000A? Would like to keep amp under $1500 CDN. Source will be a turntable…either a mid-range Rega, ProJect or Technics, then a streamer down the road. Your thoughts?

Nevio,

I have not been in years. I must return. Toronto is totally dead to me if it’s gone.

The Lumina I need power to really open up. I’ve not heard the Pro-Ject amp so I can’t really say how it would sound. I do own a Pro-Ject phono stage and Nagaoka MP-110 so thumbs up there. I have reviewed their CD players and liked them a lot.

REL subwoofer would work really well with it.

Rotel would be a better option with them to be honest. I’m sure about the price difference.

Ian White

PS – Bitondo’s was fantastic and a Toronto classic.

100% agree.

The REL T5x would work just as well for less. Especially if you have a smaller room.

Ian

Tv sound, all the streaming and super looks. Done and done, with style!