Det var på Munchen messen i 2012 jeg først kom inn i et rom og ble helt satt ut da jeg så noen produkter som jeg aldri hadde sett før, store - veldig store effektforsterkere, preamp,dac og riaa- og midt på gulvet der sto den - en enorm OTL forsterker på 20w –Single ended -110kg og fantastisk rå...
Jeg har fortsatt min 15 år gamle Graaf GM 20 som en av mine absolutte favoritter på de rettehøyttalerene slik som WHT og har aldri funnet en annen OTL som matcher den , kunne denne være den ultimative forsterkeren for meg og muligens noen få andre?
Aries Cerat kommer fra Kypros og er startet av Stavros Danos og setter ordetkompromissløst i et nytt perspektiv, at det fortsatt finnes slike mennesker og firmaer som virkelig tør å være kompromissløse gjør det hele spennende selv om dette selvfølgelig ikke er produkter for alle - både størrelsen og prisene utelukker dette- for meg så er dette en mulighet til å over tid bygge opp et system som gir en varig musikkglede og mulighet for flere å få se å høre på dette og ta del av musikken på noenlyttekvelder, håper andre også synes dette er spennende nok til å utforske videre.
Collatio II som den nyeste OTL forsterkeren heter er nå på plass i demorommet og sammen med WHT og Ubiq høyttalere er med på å gi en ny dimmensjon på mitt Hifi liv - bør oppleves.
Aries Cerat lager også andre SE forsterkere , riaa trinn , DAC og preamper som er like kompromissløstoppbygd, og sjekk også ut den nye Symphonia hornhøyttaleren – hadde noen gode timer på messen med dette systemet.
Alt er hådlagetog tar rundt 3 mnd å lage fra bestilling.
Vi leggerfortløpende ut produktinfo på vår nye hjemmeside : www.audioart.no
Ta kontakt for priser og leveringstid. vidar@audioart.no / tel 97771998
Ekssempel påpriser: Collatio II OTL – kr 208 000 . Incito preamp kr 89000.
Jeg velger å legge ved et utklipp av en test fra Mono og stereo der de har en meget bra forklaring på hva firmaet står for og om Stavros Danos sin filosofi.
Both Aries Cerat as company and Stavros Danos as the owner/mastermind behind the brand is hard to pin down. You can contemplate on the design, exotic circuits and state of the art oversized implementation of the elements, yet, until you’re not heard any of their products it will be just a pure sonic speculation.
I’ve had a luxury of listening to their phono preamp few years back and got hooked, but the real step forward in my appreciation happened at my visit to the Greece where I could experience the full blown Aries Cerat ultra high-end audio system.
Aries Cerat falls into the very niche category of extreme ultra high-end audio where things are done in very sophisticated and elaborated way. Quite the opposite to the “ordinary” high-end audio venture.
These days I’m trying to do my homework more deliberately and invest my time in people behind the brands. This means meeting the persons responsible for the design and trying to understand their mindset and audio philosophy. This takes more time, but I more and more prefer to do things in such prolific way. There are vast offerings of mediocre high-end gear out there and more then enough publications are ready to swallow anything. I try to differ and when its possible I’m dedicating my full enthusiasm and attention to the people, products and brands that fires up my inner audio clock and addresses the qualities most important to me.
So what is so different with Aries Cerat?
Well, what else then the person behind it. Stavros Danos is an extremist by nature and a man that cannot stand still at any point. When meeting him in Athenes we spend days and hours addressing different topics of interest. It was really inspiring and most positive experience. Stavros is both bold and humble at the same time. True rarity these days in the world of endless hollow ego mind trips. A healthy dose of boldness, that comes from hands on experiences and actually mileage let him creates the high-end audio gear that stand out and differ by far. All this goes way back to his younger age, to be exact, it started when he was 14 years old. Not many people know, but he was a prosperous aeronautic engineer with quite few perfeto career offerings from most distinguished international aerospace companies. He has chosen a different path and something that he loves and cherish most dearly. The music!
There is only one key factor, that leads to the creations of the state of the art sounding state of the art ultra high-end audio gear and thats a pure love and respect for the music. This is what ignites the creation of the completely unique products and embossing them with the the specific sound DNA. In electronic design its always about the matter of choices. Well thought out decisions creates a specific sounding circuits that can either reflects the music as it is or take bland, boring route.
Stavros Danos let his creations speak for itself. They are his “babies” and carry strongest message. Ad hoc Stavros is not only in being able to ride the wave of the past… He’s innovative mind constantly challenges the level of his know how. This is the only way to do things in ultra high-end audio and something I’ve encounter with few other people in industry like Robert Koch, Rumen Artarski, Angel Despotov, Lee Paul Dalby etc.
There is no simple and quick way of designing something special in audio. It takes a continuing efforts and deepest understanding of the inner workings of electronics. Even with the talent you can go as far. There is a constant push forwardness to it. Even by reaching a certain plane there is no stopping. This falls into the category of literary 24/7 job. These people are driven with the passionate perpetuum mobile self mechanism, that cannot be taught or bought!
Stavros Danos is without any second thinking a member of this extreme league of distinguished audio gentleman. Not always a title and throne of most desired endeavors. We’re talking about the plane where even most exotic designers stops and settle with the results and stops. Rare people like Stavros won’t aline with this criteria. This is why his gear is mightier in size, uses large sized components and source the materials from other industries when typical audio supply chain fails to ensure the needed. Satirically, but down to the bone true. Aries Cerat products are not oversized. They are what Stavros like to point out, just properly designed.
Her er litt bilder fra Collatio II.
Nye incito preamp kommer om 2 uker.
Jeg har fortsatt min 15 år gamle Graaf GM 20 som en av mine absolutte favoritter på de rettehøyttalerene slik som WHT og har aldri funnet en annen OTL som matcher den , kunne denne være den ultimative forsterkeren for meg og muligens noen få andre?
Aries Cerat kommer fra Kypros og er startet av Stavros Danos og setter ordetkompromissløst i et nytt perspektiv, at det fortsatt finnes slike mennesker og firmaer som virkelig tør å være kompromissløse gjør det hele spennende selv om dette selvfølgelig ikke er produkter for alle - både størrelsen og prisene utelukker dette- for meg så er dette en mulighet til å over tid bygge opp et system som gir en varig musikkglede og mulighet for flere å få se å høre på dette og ta del av musikken på noenlyttekvelder, håper andre også synes dette er spennende nok til å utforske videre.
Collatio II som den nyeste OTL forsterkeren heter er nå på plass i demorommet og sammen med WHT og Ubiq høyttalere er med på å gi en ny dimmensjon på mitt Hifi liv - bør oppleves.
Aries Cerat lager også andre SE forsterkere , riaa trinn , DAC og preamper som er like kompromissløstoppbygd, og sjekk også ut den nye Symphonia hornhøyttaleren – hadde noen gode timer på messen med dette systemet.
Alt er hådlagetog tar rundt 3 mnd å lage fra bestilling.
Vi leggerfortløpende ut produktinfo på vår nye hjemmeside : www.audioart.no
Ta kontakt for priser og leveringstid. vidar@audioart.no / tel 97771998
Ekssempel påpriser: Collatio II OTL – kr 208 000 . Incito preamp kr 89000.
Jeg velger å legge ved et utklipp av en test fra Mono og stereo der de har en meget bra forklaring på hva firmaet står for og om Stavros Danos sin filosofi.
Both Aries Cerat as company and Stavros Danos as the owner/mastermind behind the brand is hard to pin down. You can contemplate on the design, exotic circuits and state of the art oversized implementation of the elements, yet, until you’re not heard any of their products it will be just a pure sonic speculation.
I’ve had a luxury of listening to their phono preamp few years back and got hooked, but the real step forward in my appreciation happened at my visit to the Greece where I could experience the full blown Aries Cerat ultra high-end audio system.
Aries Cerat falls into the very niche category of extreme ultra high-end audio where things are done in very sophisticated and elaborated way. Quite the opposite to the “ordinary” high-end audio venture.
These days I’m trying to do my homework more deliberately and invest my time in people behind the brands. This means meeting the persons responsible for the design and trying to understand their mindset and audio philosophy. This takes more time, but I more and more prefer to do things in such prolific way. There are vast offerings of mediocre high-end gear out there and more then enough publications are ready to swallow anything. I try to differ and when its possible I’m dedicating my full enthusiasm and attention to the people, products and brands that fires up my inner audio clock and addresses the qualities most important to me.
So what is so different with Aries Cerat?
Well, what else then the person behind it. Stavros Danos is an extremist by nature and a man that cannot stand still at any point. When meeting him in Athenes we spend days and hours addressing different topics of interest. It was really inspiring and most positive experience. Stavros is both bold and humble at the same time. True rarity these days in the world of endless hollow ego mind trips. A healthy dose of boldness, that comes from hands on experiences and actually mileage let him creates the high-end audio gear that stand out and differ by far. All this goes way back to his younger age, to be exact, it started when he was 14 years old. Not many people know, but he was a prosperous aeronautic engineer with quite few perfeto career offerings from most distinguished international aerospace companies. He has chosen a different path and something that he loves and cherish most dearly. The music!
There is only one key factor, that leads to the creations of the state of the art sounding state of the art ultra high-end audio gear and thats a pure love and respect for the music. This is what ignites the creation of the completely unique products and embossing them with the the specific sound DNA. In electronic design its always about the matter of choices. Well thought out decisions creates a specific sounding circuits that can either reflects the music as it is or take bland, boring route.
Stavros Danos let his creations speak for itself. They are his “babies” and carry strongest message. Ad hoc Stavros is not only in being able to ride the wave of the past… He’s innovative mind constantly challenges the level of his know how. This is the only way to do things in ultra high-end audio and something I’ve encounter with few other people in industry like Robert Koch, Rumen Artarski, Angel Despotov, Lee Paul Dalby etc.
There is no simple and quick way of designing something special in audio. It takes a continuing efforts and deepest understanding of the inner workings of electronics. Even with the talent you can go as far. There is a constant push forwardness to it. Even by reaching a certain plane there is no stopping. This falls into the category of literary 24/7 job. These people are driven with the passionate perpetuum mobile self mechanism, that cannot be taught or bought!
Stavros Danos is without any second thinking a member of this extreme league of distinguished audio gentleman. Not always a title and throne of most desired endeavors. We’re talking about the plane where even most exotic designers stops and settle with the results and stops. Rare people like Stavros won’t aline with this criteria. This is why his gear is mightier in size, uses large sized components and source the materials from other industries when typical audio supply chain fails to ensure the needed. Satirically, but down to the bone true. Aries Cerat products are not oversized. They are what Stavros like to point out, just properly designed.
Her er litt bilder fra Collatio II.
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