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What's New
LATEST NEWS!
September 2010
The Absolute Sound Magazine
The Tape Project and The UHA-HQ Tape Decks Review
By Jonathan Valin
...recommends several machines - including huge studio quality Amprex and Studers, as well as smaller "prosumer" machines from Technics and Otari.
I myself highly recommend the modified TASCAM decks from United Home Audio which I gave a Golden Ear Award to in issue 202.
...on the best Tape Project titles, it is without question the most realistic source component I've tried. It is also exceedingly easy to use and a snap to setup.
...you will get more dimensional imaging, finer low-level resolution, somewhat truer timbres, simply phenomenal dynamics, astonishinly wide and deep
soundstaging, and greater overall realism on select 15ips tapes, and on the best of them, such as the Arnold Overtures, you will, as I said above,
get a sound that comes closer to the sound of a full orchestra in a real hall than any other recorded medium i've heard.
The UHA-HQ Phase5 Reel to Reel tape deck
wins a "Golden Ear Award" for 2010
from The Absolute Sound Magazine!
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See United Home Audio at The Capital Audiofest!
We'll have a $100,000 MBL system and a huge room!
Hear the amazing UHA-HQ Reel to Reel tape decks
playing second generation Master Tapes by "The Tape Project"
The first DC area audiofest at the beautiful Glenview Mansion!
Friday June 11
11:00AM - 7:00PM: Event Open
7:30PM - 9:30PM: Music Event
10:00PM Closed (Security Provided)
Saturday June 12
11:00AM - 7:00PM: Event Open
7:30PM - 9:30PM: Music Event
10:00PM Closed (Security Provided)
Sunday June 13
8:00AM - 11:00AM: Swap Meet
11:00AM - 6:00PM: Event Open
The date for this unique and exciting event is set for June 11-13, 2010 at the historic Glenview Mansion located on the grounds of the Rockville Civic Center in Rockville, MD. The venue is approximately 5 minutes from downtown Rockville, MD, 10 miles north of Washington DC and 45 minutes south of Baltimore, MD and has plenty of parking. The Glenview Mansion is a charming historic structure that was constructed in the 19th century by a local family and is surrounded by lovely parkland and well groomed grounds. The structure is very well constructed with stone, brick, plaster, old growth wide-plank hardwood floors and has high ceilings throughout. These qualities are near perfect for the reproduction of music and is a favorite venue for local performances. We believe it to be an ideal setting to hold the first ever hi-fi audio show in the Washington DC Capital area.
Special events in the UHA room at the Capital Audiofest:
1.) UHA and Jolida will raffle off a Jolida FX-10 amplifier, stop by to register.
2.) UHA will be playing a precious few 0 generation Master Tapes recorded directly to 1/4" tape at 15ips, these tapes are not copies,
these are the original 0 generation tapes. We have both jazz and classical, you won't want to miss this demo.
3.) We will be playing "The Tape Project" 1.5 generation Master Tapes.
4.) We will be playing tapes we recorded using the Phase6 reel to reel tape deck from a $100,000 vinyl system, incredible reproductions.
Original 0 generation Master Tapes
Click on the link below to see the actual video of one of the Master Tape Recordings we will play!
No dubbing, no mastering, no manipulation, no re-takes,
just a one pass recording using Neumann TLM-50's.
The TLM 50 is a studio microphone with an unusual omnidirectional characteristic.
The same way as in the legendary M 50, the capsule is mounted flush into the surface of a sphere.
This unique design gives the microphone a smooth rise in frequency response and an increased directivity in the upper frequency range.
There the directional characteristic is almost comparable to a pressure gradient microphone. In the lower audio
spectrum it performs more as a pressure transducer with a linear response down to the lowest frequencies.
In 1991 the TLM 50 received the MIX MAGAZINE TEC-Award.
Jonathan Valin's blog on The Absolute Sound web site.
Well, now, looky here what Jonny's got!
Yup. The very item I (and a lot of other folks) called the best source component at RMAF (and would've named the best source component at CES, if we'd given an award for best source component at CES)--United Home Audio's cherry-red UHA-HQ Tascam 15 ips, two-track, analog tape deck--is now sitting right next to the best source component I've (yet) heard in my system, the Walker Proscenium Black Diamond Mk II record player.
It's been a long, long, long time since TAS reviewed a reel-to-reel tape deck, and I'm not sure we've ever reviewed 15 ips, two-track, first-generation dubs of gen-u-ine mastertapes. But thanks to Greg Beron of United Home Audio, Carl Marchisotta of Nola Speakers, and Paul Stubblebine of The Tape Project that is about to change.
You can read about UHA's fabulous tape machines at www.unitedhomeproducts.com/reel_to_reel_hq_tape_decks.htm. (The one I've got is a "Level 5" deck, I think.) And you can read all about The Tape Project's fabulous catalog of 15 ips. two-track, reel-to-reel first-generation dubs of mastertapes--which includes little numbers like Bill Evans' Waltz for Debby, Sonny Rollins' Saxophone Colossus, Thelonius Monk's Brilliant Corners, Linda Rondstadt's Heart Like a Wheel, The Band's Stage Fright, David Oistrakh (with Horenstein and the LSO) performing the Hindemith Violin Concerto, and Reference Recordings' Nojima Plays Lizst, among other heavyweights--at www.tapeproject.com/catalog/catalog.htm.
It's almost too much for a poor boy to handle!
Greg will be arriving this Friday to give me a refresher course on tape recorders and tape recordings. Several of The Tape Project tapes should arrive on Thursday, with more slated for the coming months. As soon as I can I will post a picture of the Tascam lit up and in action. And as soon as I am able I'll begin to blog in detail about the Tascam, how to use it, and how it sounds. Until then, I'll just be sitting in front of it, drooling.
We all like talking about the sound of mastertapes--and guessing about how closer our systems take us via records and CDs and SACDs to their sound. Now, finally, after forty years of guessing, I will be in a position to actually tell you (and tell myself) if Turntable A or CD Player B is, indeed, coming closer to the sound of the mastertape! What an extraordinary treat!
Another blog on The Absolute Sound web site.
"and fed by the best sources I’ve heard—the Walker Proscenium Black Diamond Mk II record
player with Da Vinci Reference Grandezza Mk II cartridge and the
“Level 5” United Home Audio TASCAM 15ips, two-track tape deck playing back fabulous
second-generation mastertapes from The Tape Project."
Picture Jonathan took in his house.
Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2009 NEWS:
Jonathan Valin from
Tha Absolute Sound gives
Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2009
Best Source Component Award to
The UHA-HQ Reel to Reel Deck!
Jonathan Valin's
Best Sound of Show:
Vandersteen Model 7, with the Nola Baby Grand Reference, the MBL 111F,
The Nordic Tone, the Lotus Group Granada,
the Anat Reference II (Parish room only), and the GamuT S-9 runners-up
Best Introduction (or Speaker I Hadn’t Heard or Don’t Remember Hearing Before):
Lotus Group Granada, The Nordic Tone, the Haniwa HSP2H07 (tie)
Best Source Component:
The UHA-HQ 15ips 2-track tape deck from United Home Audio ($10k)
and Tape Project tapes in the Nola room.
Best Bargain:
Well…in my neck of the woods a bargain ain’t exactly a bargain,
but I did hear Odyssey Khartagos sounding mighty damn sweet in somebody’s room
Biggest Improvement Over Previous Shows:
Focal Grande Utopia and Vivid G1 Giya (tie)
Biggest Improvement During the Show:
Wilson Sasha W/P
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TAS, avguide.com web site forum postings:
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Rex (not verified) -- Tue, 10/06/2009 - 17:40
Jonathan,
How did the Nola Baby Grands perform when fed by your personal CDs?
Did they even have a CD player set up?
Regards,
Rex
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Jonathan Valin -- Wed, 10/07/2009 - 01:27
Rex,
To tell you the truth I was so entranced by the sound
of the tapes I don't know if Carl had a CD player.
Jon
NEW!
UHA-HQ Reel to Reel
Tape Decks are now available
Starting at only $3998!
The Baltimore / Washington D.C. Metro
Audio Society meeting Dec.5th 2009
at United Home Audio 12:00pm.
Paul Stubblebine from "The Tape Project"
conducted a seminar on
The Tape Project Master Tapes!
It was a great seminar!
Click on the picture for details
The new Clearaudio Concept turntable is available for demo at UHA
Only $1500 with arm and cartridge!
NICE!
The new ARC MASTER universal cartridge alignment tool!
The finest setup tool available!
Easy to use!
NEW!
You must check out these
NEW HIGH RESOLUTION
CD COMPATABLE FORMAT'S!
Awesome sound!
Jazz / Classical / Rock
New titles every week!
ELECTROCOMPANIET comes to UHA!
NEW!
UHA is always pushing the analog envelope!
Check out these new High Mass Feet!
UHA Clearaudio Upgrades
Stock foot left new UHA HMF right.
NEW!
Clearaudio Pure Groove record cleaning fluid!
Only available in the USA at UHA!
The best vinyl cleaning fluid on earth!
Clearaudio Pure Groove Record Cleaning Fluid
Latest NEWS FLASH as of December 2008!
MBL WINS TAS 2008 PRODUCT OF THE YEAR AWARD AGAIN!
Jan 2009 TAS magazine
MBL X-TREME Speakers wins TAS Product of the year!
New review on the Nola Viper Reference!
December 2008
Review: Ken Kessler
Lab Report: Keith Howard
Click below for the review
Don't miss us at the 2008 RMAF
Room 2006
We will show the HQ Reel to Reel source it's a must hear!
Judge for yourself, is it better than vinyl?
Equipment in the UHA Room will feature;
1.) SOURCE:
The UHA HQ Reel to Reel tape deck.
2.) PREAMP:
New! Aesthetix Callisto Eclipse, Aesthetix top of the line new
cost no object preamp, $19,500.00 w remote.
3.) AMPLIFIERS:
New! Aesthetix Atlas Monoblocks, first time seen at any show!
300wpc at 8 ohms, 600wpc at 4 ohms, $13,000!
4.) SPEAKERS:
The Amazing MBL 116 Radialstrahler Speakers, $26,250.
5.) CABLES:
Celtic Silver Cables, when we asked the guys in the store what cables
should we take to the show? What would offer the biggest bang for the buck?
Everyone said Celtic Silver, then so be it!
Lots of new equipment at UHA!
1.) NOLA Speakers
2.) Acoustic Zen
4.) Dynavector Phono
5.) UHA introduces "THE" new
"High Resolution Audio" format.
HQ REEL TO REEL TAPE DECKS.
You have to see / hear this to believe it!
Listening to 1st generation analog studio master tapes is as close
as you can get to a live recording!
Better than vinyl, after all the LP was made from a master tape.
You found out for yourself that vinyl was better than CD
now UHA takes you one step further!
(Yes what is old is now new, again.)
Very interesting!
Read the latest blog regarding the setup of the amazing
MBL 101 X-treme system in Jon Valin's home.
They actually carried them up three flights of stairs!
This is the precurser of his review to come in The Absolute Sound.
If you want a private audition contact Greg Beron at 866-482-8346.
This is the state of the art in speaker systems offered at $199,000 a pair.
NEW at UHA !
ACOUSTIC SOLID TURNTABLES
Packages starting at only $3100
including arm and cartridge!
Only available at UHA!
The new UHA SOLID BLACK Turbtable!
By Acoustic Solid
Only $4800!
(without arm, with 211 arm pictured $5900)
Beautiful piece, looks & sounds
like a $10,000 table!
NEWS!
February 2008 The Absolute Sound Magazine
What is being said about the UHA / Jolida / MBL room at the RMAF?
By Jacob Heilbrunn, The Absolute Sound Magazine
From TAS Magazine February 2008 page 50.
"With the MBLs it was less of a surprise–they seem to specialize in a powerful,
dynamic sound, and United Home Audio’s demo was nothing less than riveting.
So powerful are the MBLs that they almost pin you to the wall."
Comments were regarding the UHA reasonably priced system as follows:
Jolida electronics using a $950 CD player!
MBL 121 speakers $13,500
Clearaudio Ambient TT and a $200 Benz Cartridge!
Jolida $450 Phono preamp!
Celtic Silver Cables interconnests $899
Celtic Silver Speaker cable $999
The affordable Jolida and MBL room featuring Clearaudio TT and Celtic Silver solid silver cables.
NEW PICTURES!
The CES SHOW,
the strange, the weird.
NEW FROM CES 2008
New Aesthetix Callisto Signature Line stage.
First pictures anywhere!
New IO Signature, first pictures anywhere!
NOLA SPEAKERS
Here for demo!
You must hear these!
Acoustic Zen loudspeakers
Here for demo!
Hear the newest design of the Phantom "2" just in from Graham Engineering!
Here for demo!
Graham Phantom II model
NOW HERE FOR DEMO!
The Aesthetix Calypso preamp
and also the MBL 9007 amps!
You asked for them so we got em!
In store for demo the awesome
Clearaudio Titanium$7500
Second best cartridge in the world!
Also here for demo (by appointment)
the finest cartridge in the world!
Solid 24k gold case the Goldfinger $10,000
You will not believe what these cartridges can do, they represent the finest in analog sound available.
These cartridges will transform your system, it will take your focus from "the equipment" and make
your listening experience all about the glorious sound of "the music".
They have transformed our listening rooms into a believable representation of the concert halls of classical performances,
the jazz clubs, and even the rock stadiums, it's a you are there experience!
Life's too short not to have this same experience in your home.
The MBL REFERENCE SYSTEM
Is here for audition, and yes it is the best you will ever hear!
For an appointment call 866-482-8346.
You've had almost too many components in your system to remember over many years,
it's time to get off the audio merry go round! You've been looking for that ultimate sound
for years and you have tried it all within reason. The fact is for what you spent you could
have had the best, let us show you an MBL system in your budget. We have complete MBL
Radialstraller systems with integrated amp and CD player for under $20K.
Call and we can discuss your system configuration today.
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Is one of only three Tara Labs Elite Dealers
in the world capable of selling
"The Zero" Interconnects
and
"The Omega" Speaker Cables
TARA LABS The Zero Interconnect
The best in the world is now available at UHA!
$18,000 1m pair
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Now available at UHA
8' pair $13,000.00
