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Tono Zer0 - now accepting reservations...

Postby TonoMan » Sun Nov 13, 2005 12:47 am

one tube

zero gain

one cube

zero pain



another worldclass creation by Tono Audio Instruments
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Postby TonoMan » Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:09 pm

signal purity...

ultimate simplicity...

perfect balance...
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Postby JackD201 » Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:40 pm

A buffer?
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Postby TonoMan » Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:45 pm

hehehe....how about a NOS western electric tube on it?

nothing else in the planet has that one :-)

another first...from a pinoy!
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Postby JackD201 » Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:50 pm

iPOD heaven!
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Postby TonoMan » Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:57 pm

surely jack!

it's an audiophile-grade tube-based black box perfect for iPod users and all digital sources - CD, CDR, DVD, SACD, etc...

it's for export as well!
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Postby TonoMan » Sun Nov 13, 2005 6:05 pm

the power of one in Tono zero

one tube

one input

one output

one cube

zero gain

zero switch

digital friendly
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Postby Racio » Sun Nov 13, 2005 7:06 pm

TonoMan wrote:the power of one in Tono zero

one tube

one input

one output

one cube

zero gain

zero switch

digital friendly

2 words... can't wait! :wink:
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Postby KD » Sun Nov 13, 2005 8:18 pm

Three words...what is it?
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Postby JackD201 » Sun Nov 13, 2005 8:32 pm

Buffer Stage KD.

TonoMan, wall wart ba PS niyan o Internal w/ IEC power cord? Daming Tanong. Hehehe.

OT KD, Whose your Avatar now? What happened to Francine? Split na kayo?
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Postby Superman » Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:19 pm

this one...i'll wait...exciting! :D :D
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Postby KD » Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:43 pm

JackD201 wrote:OT KD, Whose your Avatar now? What happened to Francine? Split na kayo?


Trista is her name. Some model whose pic I pulled off the internet. I believe she's Thai. :)

I decided to send Francine on leave for a few weeks. Tapos na ang UAAP season and her Adamson team didn't do too well this season. :lol:
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Postby vintage_dog » Sun Nov 13, 2005 10:37 pm

JackD201 wrote:TonoMan, wall wart ba PS niyan o Internal w/ IEC power cord? Daming Tanong. Hehehe.


Internal w/ Bulgin IEC power cord :)
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Postby BenC » Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:39 pm

Hi Jack and Tono Man,

For a newbie like me, how does this "buffer stage" thing differ from the regular linestage or passive preamp?... What actually happens to the audio signal as it passes through any of these circuits(?) i.e., buffer stage, linestage or passive preamp. Are there any advantages/disadvantages of using one over the other. TIA

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Postby kennethkpe » Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:52 pm

newb passing thru :P elo mga bossing napadaan lang ako dito, namataan ko kasi ung tono products sa hi-fo show e (hinila ako ng barkada ko) interested ako dito ! may out ba to for headphones ? amp ba to ? wahaha :cry: sorry super noobie
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Postby arnoldc » Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:55 pm

kennethkpe, we have a Tono Personal 2A3 with headphone out, amp din sya but needs speakers in 96dB sensitivity.
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Postby JackD201 » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:11 pm

Hmmmmm. Where to begin.First the difference between active pre-amp, passive preamp, buffer. Active preamps are designed PRIMARILY to be able to adjust gain via attenuation (adjust volume downwards from unity gain) as well as add gain by actually amplifying the signal. Passive Pre-amps only attenuate. Buffers do neither instead they add the sonic characteristic of the said buffer into the signal by in some cases filtering out some noise, adding a bit of it's own flavor, and IMO most important being an interface in which impedance differences might be corrected, some buffers actually add a bit of gain, the Zero supposedly does not vary from unity. For more indepth descriptions our designer/builder friends can fill you in.

I'll try to explain it in as simple a way as I can, pasensya na if my translation to lay speak is not too good. There are three places in the signal path where buffer stages can be inserted. The more common is between the source component's line level output ( CD out, Phonostage out, DVD analog out) and the linestage. The other place is between the line to the Power Amp. The third is in the tape loop or EQ loop of a receiver or a pre-amp with this utility.

PROs:

It can make mass market CDPs and DVDPs sound much better by augmenting the low spec output stages built into these units.

It may be cheaper than modifying the output stage of your existing CDP with a tube output stage.

It can give you the tube sound by adding pleasurable second order harmonic distortions to counteract the primarily 1st order distortions of budget digital devices.

In effect a more refined presentation. Will it add resolution? Ultimately no but by smoothening out some of the rough transient edges some deatails may become more noticable that were previously masked.

CONS.

One more socket.

One more pair of interconnects.

Another link to the chain to add noise. (Just hope it's the noise you like :) )
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Postby kennethkpe » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:20 pm

hmm parang naintindihan ko ng konti na hindi a, so the tono zero (and similar gadgets) basically does not amplify but cleans the signal in a way ? making less unwanted noise (supposedly making noise sound good too :P ) ? tama ba ?

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waa buti pa si benc naintindihan na ! :(
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Postby BenC » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:22 pm

Hi Jack!

Galing! ... I could live with the additional PC and IC. This probably is what my system needs... Maraming salamat ... sa uuliting mga tanong! :D

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Postby JackD201 » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:31 pm

kennethkpe wrote:hmm parang naintindihan ko ng konti na hindi a, so the tono zero (and similar gadgets) basically does not amplify but cleans the signal in a way ? making less unwanted noise (supposedly making noise sound good too :P ) ? tama ba ?

*edit*
waa buti pa si benc naintindihan na ! :(


Kuha mo Ken!

Kung quiz ito 90% ka :lol:

Yung 10% deduction lang yung "making unwanted noise sound good"

Yung tama "making unwanted noise more bearable" :D
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