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Hi all Just interested in how many of you, present and past owners of Consonance products are out there? Curious to hear what speakers, amps and preamps you have paired with your Consonance gear, particularly the Consonance Cyber range of valve amplifiers. I've got a feeling there's quite a few of us out there, happy Consonance Cyber owners, so if you are reading this post, please drop us a line or a picture and share your experience in this thread. I look forward to reading all your comments. Cheers

Further information: Bought a number of years ago off this very forum, I'm finally passing on this great sounding CD in excellent condition. I'd say it leans to 'resolving' rather than 'forgiving' and think this review sums it up nicely: http://www.soundstagenetwork.com/revequip/opera_cd120.htm I have original box and manual so can offer shipping if required. One issue: I fired it up and the unit performed flawlessly, however I couldn't get the remote to work. Page 3 of the User Manual includes details on what the remote can do in addition to just the unit - https://www.manua.ls/opera-consonance/cd-120-balanced/manual?p=3 Specifications DAC resolution : 24bit 192KHz multilevel sigma-delta with synchronous upsampling Clock Jitter : Less than 14ps directly distributed to DAC 0dBFS signal output : 2.3V RMS Output Terminals : Gold plated Phono/RCA unbalanced and gold plated XLR balanced Frequency response : Less than +/- 0.1 dB deviation 20Hz-20kHz Phase response : Less than 2 degrees deviation 20Hz-20kHz Signal-to-noise ratio : More than 105dB Crosstalk : Less than -100dB Distortion : Less than 0.002% Intermodulation : Less than 0.002% (19kHz + 20kHz) Remote Control : Philips RC-5 compatible IR system 36kHz modulation frequency Dimensions / Weight : 8cm x 43cm x 29cm (HxWxD) / 10kg Photos:

Further information: For sale a very nice pair of tube amps (EL34). 60 Watts in Ultralinear mode, or 35 Watts in Triode mode. This amp have a lot of power to drive most speakers. I upgraded not long after i own the amp so the tubes still has a lot of life. I still have the boxes but the integrity of the boxes probably questionable after got exposed to storm, so pickup only, no shipping. Second owner. If you like warm tube sound you should get this while it last! Weight is 20kg each because of the transformer. SPECIFICATION: CONTROL FUNCTIONS: Power On/Off POWER OUTPUT: 60 / 35 watt x 2, RMS 1kHz ( Ultra-linear / Triode ) TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION: less than 1%( 50watt, 1kHz ) FREQUENCY RESPONSE: ( -3dB points at 50 watt ) 6Hz-60kHz INPUT SENSITIVITY: 580mV INPUT IMPEDANCE: 100k ohms OUTPUT IMPEDANCE: 4, 8 ohms. ( User selectable ) SIGNAL/NOISE: 90dB CONSUMPTION: 90watt x 2 INPUT INTERFACES: 1 group ( RCA ) OVERALL NEGATIVE FEEDBACK: Little VACUUM TUBE: EL34 x 8, 6SN7/6N8Px 4, 6922 x 2 DIMENSIONS: 355( L ) x 200( W ) x 150( H ) mm WEIGHT: 20.5kg x 2 Photos: PLEASE READ If you include any reference to pricing whatsoever in this section (excluding RRP), your ad will not be approved If you are advertising multiple items, you must post one bulk price only, or post seperate ads for each item If you don't include photographs of the actual item being sold, your ad will not be approved You understand that upon successful sale of your item it is expected you pay Seller's Fees. - if you have previously sold items and not made a contribution, your advertisement may not be approved.

Item: One modified CD100 Linear Consonance cd player with terra firma clock and enhanced power supply. Location: Sunny Nanango, Qld, 4615. Price: $250 (the terra firma clock was $750 on its own) Item Condition: Excellent. Reason for selling: I can only run so many cd players at one time. Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: Modified by Joe Rassmussen who installed the Terra Firma clock. Joe also installed a second analogue output option (note the two sets of outputs seen in pic 3). The ones on the left use the original Consonance output architecture, the ones on the right come straight from the DAC chip outputs. The ones on the right are lower in volume but cleaner in sound quality. Pictures:

Item: Consonance PW1 Line Conditioner and Line Filter x2 Location: Grafton NSW Price: $165 plus postage , Paypal etc. each Item Condition: Used Reason for selling: Simplifying, decluttering Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: I have three of these. One I bought new, the other 2 I bought here on SNA. I just absolutely love them as they do an excellent job and take any power plug, Aussie, US etc. I am keeping one, but as I am going from three systems to one system I just don't need them anymore. There are a lot of info here and on the net. They are used so may have some evidence of use which does not effect their purpose. Australian seller with reviews here: http://www.osbornloudspeakers.com.au Previous sale of similar here on SNA: https://www.stereo.net.au/forums/topic/233916-sold-fs-consonance-pw1/ Pictures:

Item: Consonance M100 Plus Integrated Valve Amplifier Location: Northcote 3070 Price: $780 firm (no postage, it's just too heavy/delicate) Item Condition: Very good. All working. Reason for selling: Unused at the moment Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: I am the fourth owner, previous owner amisty and holliswhy. It was sold as working and it was, but on test I found left channel distorted, opened it up and replaced several open circuit resistors in the output stage, with increased wattage 1% matched parts, in both channels. All fine now, just sweet sweet music. Also I've repaired the remote control which was not working due to alignment of parts in the volume toggle. I've also given the button a nice machined finish, part of the problem was it didn't quite fit properly in the case. Thus the modest price increase from previous sale, it's now 100% after hours spent sourcing parts and effecting above repairs. I've probably only listened for 30 or 40 hours with the Gold Lions and GE's in the pre-amp stage. Enjoyed it but want to fund other projects. 40 Watts Per Channel Class A/B Push Pull 240 Volt version NO POWER CABLE Comes with: Original Consonance EL34 x4, JJ KT77 x 4, Gold Lion KT77 x4, GE 6SN7 x2, GE JAN 12AT7 x2, Golden Dragon 12AT7 x2 Pictures:

Item: Consonance Cyber-100 15th Anniversary integrated tube amp with remote control Location: Adelaide Price: Reduced $1650 ONO + shipping (if applicable) Item Condition: As new Reason for selling: Amp is too powerful for my full range 94 dB sensitive speakers. It's like killing a bull for a kilo of meat. Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: This is high quality pure class A amp. I bought it in October 2016 for $2485. It came with 4 x KT94 power tubes, 1 x 12AX7 Electro-Harmonix input tube, 2 x 12BH7A Electro-Harmonix drivers and 2 x 5AR4 Sovtek Rectifier. In January 2017, I replaced output tubes with Shuguang Treasure KT88-Z (GFSelect) Black Bottles - Matched Quad. This set me back $436. Replaced tubes are included. Recently I bought a little LUXMAN SQ-N100 which is a perfect match with my sensitive speakers. The amp will be delivered in its original box and packaging including the remote control and the power cord. For more info please check this website. Pictures:

Item: Consonance Cyber-100 15 anniversary integrated amplifier Location: Melbourne Price: $1800 (I paid $2,650 two months ago) plus shipping Item Condition: Mint Reason for selling: Bought it for speakers I never ended up buying Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: I bought this from Osborn Speakers on 11 Nov 2017, so it is a couple months old. I bought it to go with a pair of Mr Osborns outstanding Epitome speakers, which unfortunately I never bought. Fortunately, I bought some Hulgich speakers instead. However, the amp does not match and I'm switching to solid state. I could've returned it as I'd only had it two weeks and Greg has a 'no questions asked' returns policy, but I didn't think that would be fair. It sounds a million times better than my Marantz, which I was using to drive my old speakers. It is a beautiful piece of equipment, people wonder what it is when they see it. It has a solid metal remote, which I forgot to take a picture of. It has a cage, which I forgot to take a photo of (see links below) It has the better bulbs in the Osborn link below. I have all the packaging (2 boxes) Pics are of the actual item (you'll note that Roger Federer looks in trouble in the tie break). That's a 165cm TV and a giant centre speaker, in case you think the amp look small. LOCAL PICKUP PREFERRED. It weighs 27kg (i think there are two bricks in the back of it) so would be expensive to ship. It also looks pretty fragile so you'd need insurance. http://www.opera-consonance.com/products/amplifier/Cyber100-15th.htm http://www.osbornloudspeakers.com.au/opera/Cyber 15 anniverary.html Pictures:

Item: Consonance Cyber-100 15 anniversary integrated amplifier Location: Melbourne Price: $1650 (bought a couple months ago for $2650) Item Condition: Mint Reason for selling: Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: I bought this from Osborn Speakers in Nov 2017, so it is a couple months old. I bought it to go with a pair of Osborn Epitome speakers, which I never bought. I need solid state to drive the speakers I bought instead. It has a solid metal remote, which I forgot to take a picture of. There is another one for sale that has pics of this. It has a cage, which I forgot to take a photo of (see links below). There is another one for sale that has pics of this too. It has the better bulbs in the Osborn link below. I have the packaging (2 boxes) That's a 165cm TV and a giant centre speaker, in case you think the amp looks small. LOCAL PICKUP PREFERRED. It weighs 27kg so would be expensive to ship. It also looks pretty fragile so you'd need insurance. http://www.opera-consonance.com/products/amplifier/Cyber100-15th.htm http://www.osbornloudspeakers.com.au/opera/Cyber 15 anniverary.html Pictures:

Item: CONSONANCE LINEAR 1 PRE AMPLIFIER (remote version) Location: MELBOURNE Price: $2850 Item Condition: FAULTLESS Reason for selling: New direction/Surplus of Components (Primare Phono stage coming up soon) Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, EFT Extra Info: This is a current flagship preamp in the Consonance line up. As per my earlier shared impressions here on SN ( having previously owned more than one version of this brand's mono block amps), I regard Consonance to be one of the most 'overlooked' manufactures of High- End audio. I purchased this unit new from Greg Osborne (Australian Distributor) - only after having the benefit of auditioning it in my setup and comparing it to my then-preamp, Audio Research Reference (which I farewelled soon after without shedding a tear...) I have the original packaging, remote and owner's manual. Prefer a local pick up but would consider appropriately insured currier delivery at buyer's expense. Happy to answer any relevant questions via PM. Richard For the moment, the included pic is a 'googled photo' of same unit. Pictures:

Item: Consonance Cyber-100 15 anniversary integrated amplifier Location: Melbourne Price: $1550 (bought for $2650 in November) Item Condition: Mint - maybe 20 hours on it Reason for selling: Bought wrong amp Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Extra Info: Bought Nov 2017. I bought it to go with a pair of Osborn Epitome speakers, which I never bought. It has a solid metal remote, which I forgot to take a picture of. It has a cage if neeed to protect the bulbs (see links below). It has the better bulbs in the Osborn link below. I have the packaging (2 boxes) LOCAL PICKUP PREFERRED. It weighs 25kg   http://www.opera-consonance.com/products/amplifier/Cyber100-15th.htm  http://www.osbornloudspeakers.com.au/cyber-100  Pictures:

Further information: Feel free to get in touch with any questions $1340 RRP From Osborn site: https://www.osbornloudspeakers.com.au/a2-and-a3 Brand new from Consonance, at my request comes a 2 channel (A2) and a 3 channel (A3) power amplifier, for use in Home Theater systems. The amplifiers are the same amplifiers as used in the power sections of the R150. These are real power houses, and test in excess of 150 watts per channel. Their sonics are streets ahead of any amplifiers found in Home Theatre amplifiers. Using an A3 to power the centre and front channels, will make a significant improvement in clarity, detail, imaging and spaciousness of your system. There will now be sounds all around you, instead of the usual, "something at the front"," something at the back" sound given by most Theatre systems. The ideal is an A3 to power the centre and the rears, and an A2 to power the side effects speakers in a 7.1 system, and an amplifier with absolutely stunning sonics, such as the Cyber 100 15th anniversary model to power the front speakers, making the system truly spectacular for both Home Theatre and for music . A combination of an A2 and an A3 powering a 5.1 system will result in a stunning improvement of the experience of true surround sound in a 5.1 system. A great way to start the ideal system is to replace the front 3 channels with an A3, and at a later date, when finances have recovered, move the A3 to the centre and rears, and buy something really special to power the front speakers at a later date. David Wurtz, who was the Australian Editor of "Secrets of Home Theatre and High Fidelity, the World's largest Internet Hi Fi Magazine, tested all the amps made in Australia up to $12,500, but found that all of them were easily out performed by the A2 and A3, so he returned the large, expensive amplifiers and bought the Consonance at 1/6th the price of the next best sounding amp. The A2 is an excellent power amp when teamed with a suitable pre amp. Easily outperforming other popular amplifiers at 10 times the price. Rear of A3 shown. (A2 is same, but 2 channel.) SPECIFICATION: Power output: A3 -120W +120W + 120 at 8 Ohms (Tests at 150W/ch) Power output: A2 -120W +120W at 8 Ohms Minimum load: 2ohms speakers can be connected. Input Sources: 4 selectable inputs switched by gold plated relays Input Terminals: Gold plated Phono/RCA Output Terminals: One set of gold plated speaker terminals each channel Frequency response: Less than +/- 0.1 dB deviation 20Hz-80kHz Phase response: Less than 2 degrees deviation 20Hz-80kHz Signal-to-noise ratio: More than 100dB Crosstalk: Less than -100dB Distortion: Less than 0.04% @ 20W 80hms Inter-modulation: Less than 0.01% (19kHz + 20kHz) Damping factor: More than 800 Remote Control: RC-5 compatible IR system 36kHz modulation Dimensions: 12cm x 43cm x 32cm (HxWxD), 18kg shipment weight. Photos: PLEASE READ If you are advertising multiple items, you must post one bulk price only, or post seperate ads for each item If you include any reference to pricing whatsoever in this section (excluding RRP), your ad will not be approved If you don't include photographs of the actual item being sold, your ad will not be approved

Further information: Buyer incurs the cost of shipping The D-linear15 is the first power conditioner made by Consonance. The main feature of the D-linear15 is that it is designed to deal with various types of audio equipment matching each piece with its own power supply requirement. The D-linear15 supplies 3 groups, which totals 10 output ports, including the digital power supply, the analogue power supply and the power output power supply. These plugs will accept any plug from anywhere in the World. The digital power supply ports are for audio source equipment (such as CD, DVD, DAC and digital stream players). The analogue power supply ports are for pre-amplifiers and phono stages. Digital source and analogue pre-amplifiers are not sensitive to internal resistance from the power grid, but do need more pure electricity supply. But pre-amplifiers and phono stages, with their high level gain, are very sensitive to dirty power which can increase the noise by 100 fold. Therefore digital and analogue equipment should be plugged into the separate independent ports to avoid crossover noise. Digital and pre-amplifier outputs travel trough a high quality transformer with 3 levels of shielding (type R) which is isolated with silicon-gel.The silicon-gel will lower the high frequency noise and supply suitable damping. Digital and analogue power output will, in turn, be isolated. Normally the power supply for power and integrated amps, come from a high-power transformer. High-power transformers have very low internal impedance are very sensitive to DC offset. DC offset can cause transformers to hum, run hotter and have lower voltage output or even burn up their transformers. The D-linear15 power outputs works in parallel mode with the AC power supply and, as an active system, compensates any DC offset in the AC mains from the wall socket. Our special circuit design does not limit the power to the audio system in any way and hence, allows very powerful amps, including several large amps to be hooked up to the D-linear15. The Security Protection: - Overcurrent Protection: The D-linear15 will shut down the power supply to protect the equipment if the equipment receives too much current. - Overvoltage Protection: The D-linear15 will shut down the power supply to protect the equipment if there is a sudden dangerous level of voltage. - Surge Protection: The D-linear15 will protect the equipment if there is a surge in the power grid. - Lightning protection Upgrade in power: - Common-mode Interference Rejection, restrain the same phase high frequency interference from live line, Null line to Earth line. - Differential-mode Interference Rejection, restrain the high frequency interference from live line to Earth line. - Phase Correction, restrain the DC between positive line and the negative line. AC power connection: 240V Over current protection: 25A Over voltage protection: 20% p-p Surge Protection: 430V p-p DC suppression: 2400mV Source and pre-amplifier power output: 600W Power and integrated amplifier power output: 3400W Size: 42 X 38 x 13cm Photos: Advertisements without photos of the actual item will not be approved.

Further information: $1340 RRP From Osborn site: https://www.osbornloudspeakers.com.au/a2-and-a3 Brand new from Consonance, at my request comes a 2 channel (A2) and a 3 channel (A3) power amplifier, for use in Home Theater systems. The amplifiers are the same amplifiers as used in the power sections of the R150. These are real power houses, and test in excess of 150 watts per channel. Their sonics are streets ahead of any amplifiers found in Home Theatre amplifiers. Using an A3 to power the centre and front channels, will make a significant improvement in clarity, detail, imaging and spaciousness of your system. There will now be sounds all around you, instead of the usual, "something at the front"," something at the back" sound given by most Theatre systems. The ideal is an A3 to power the centre and the rears, and an A2 to power the side effects speakers in a 7.1 system, and an amplifier with absolutely stunning sonics, such as the Cyber 100 15th anniversary model to power the front speakers, making the system truly spectacular for both Home Theatre and for music . A combination of an A2 and an A3 powering a 5.1 system will result in a stunning improvement of the experience of true surround sound in a 5.1 system. A great way to start the ideal system is to replace the front 3 channels with an A3, and at a later date, when finances have recovered, move the A3 to the centre and rears, and buy something really special to power the front speakers at a later date. David Wurtz, who was the Australian Editor of "Secrets of Home Theatre and High Fidelity, the World's largest Internet Hi Fi Magazine, tested all the amps made in Australia up to $12,500, but found that all of them were easily out performed by the A2 and A3, so he returned the large, expensive amplifiers and bought the Consonance at 1/6th the price of the next best sounding amp. The A2 is an excellent power amp when teamed with a suitable pre amp. Easily outperforming other popular amplifiers at 10 times the price. Rear of A3 shown. (A2 is same, but 2 channel.) SPECIFICATION: Power output: A3 -120W +120W + 120 at 8 Ohms (Tests at 150W/ch) Power output: A2 -120W +120W at 8 Ohms Minimum load: 2ohms speakers can be connected. Input Sources: 4 selectable inputs switched by gold plated relays Input Terminals: Gold plated Phono/RCA Output Terminals: One set of gold plated speaker terminals each channel Frequency response: Less than +/- 0.1 dB deviation 20Hz-80kHz Phase response: Less than 2 degrees deviation 20Hz-80kHz Signal-to-noise ratio: More than 100dB Crosstalk: Less than -100dB Distortion: Less than 0.04% @ 20W 80hms Inter-modulation: Less than 0.01% (19kHz + 20kHz) Damping factor: More than 800 Remote Control: RC-5 compatible IR system 36kHz modulation Dimensions: 12cm x 43cm x 32cm (HxWxD), 18kg shipment weight. Photos: PLEASE READ If you are advertising multiple items, you must post one bulk price only, or post seperate ads for each item If you include any reference to pricing whatsoever in this section (excluding RRP), your ad will not be approved If you don't include photographs of the actual item being sold, your ad will not be approved

Further information: Opera Consonance PW-1 Power Board or as Greg descibes it: Audio Grade Hi-Fi mains filter a Line Conditioner and Line Protector. All the info is right here: https://www.osbornloudspeakers.com.au/power-boards Basically it is a power board and filter and line conditioner that accepts power plugs from many countries. I am selling as I am downsizing and simplifying. Please let me know if you have any questions. Photos:

Item: Opera Consonance Ella Baby power cable (US Plug) 1.8m x 4 Location: Williamstown VIC Price: $120 ea or $440 for all 4 Item Condition: Good to very good Reason for selling: NLR Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: These are a great upgrade to standard power cables. RRP is $230 so these are priced well. Two of the cables are missing the external ground/shield wire, but I received them like this. Didn't make a difference for me with the other 2 cables, and frankly, unless your device has a ground post on the rear of the unit its a pain to try and attach. 11AWG COPPER POWER CORD 99.99% Pure OFC Copper, WATTGATE IEC plug The Ellabay Power Cord is electrically connected to the ground/shield wire and equipped with a heavy 4-layers-fabric tinned copper shield. This heavy gauge handcrafted power cord could keep EMI & RFI away from the power lines or other digital components. - 2 x 11AWG Power wire -11 AWG Ground - Pure copper-plated heavy IEC plug - Heavy tinned copper shield (4 layers) The most inside layer is made of aluminum foil and then the 75% tinned copper shield, while the 93% tinned copper shield is located at the most outside. Between the 2 layers of tinned copper shield, there is a PVC insulation located.

Hi everyone, I'm in MEL and have a small space (3x3m) as a listening area within a larger room (4x9m) and want an amp/speaker combo up to $10k. I listen to acoustic (ECM label), jazz, solo piano, modern classical as well as electronic / ambient / drone music. No rock, pop or doof music. So far, I've really liked: 1. Audio Research VSI-60 teamed with Martin Logan Vantages (auditioned at Tivoli Hi-Fi) 2. Nuforce IA-18 with Ambience 1600 ribbons (auditioned at Carlton A/V); 3. Consonance 880-100 with Osborn Eclipse (auditioned at Greg's). Although I love their sound, I'm wary of the electrostatics / ribbons because they're sensitive to placement and, realistically with my space, I'll have to push any speakers right up against the rear wall and I'll have precious little side room to play with either. Furthermore, the space between the speakers is fully occupied by a large built-in bookshelf. Any suggestions for gear that I can audition in MEL would be helpful. Thanks in advance and I look forward to being part of this community, Andrew

Item: Consonance Droplet CDP (with Volume Control), and genuine Opera Audio matching marble stand. Location: Sunbury, VIC. Price: $2200.00 Item Condition: 9/10 Reason for selling: Change of direction. Payment Method: Cash on pickup. Extra Info: I purchased this from one of Greg Osborn's (Australian Opera Audio distributor) customers. I am the 2nd owner. It is in 100% working order, but has a couple of very small marks from the crystals being dropped (by previous owners children I believe). I special ordered the genuine marble stand (HEAVY) through Greg. It looks superb, but unfortunately due to manufacturer error, the columns were very slightly misaligned and upon assembly a piece of marble broke away around the column hole. This is at the rear of the stand, and 95% covered by the trims. It is not noticable by most. I have priced this sale accordingly at the 2nd hand market price of the Droplet, and included the stand free. This is a very well regarded CDP, and I've often heard from many enthusiasts that it rivals players up to $20K. This is a $4,000+ combination at RRP. I had the CDP serviced recently by an electronics guru friend, who found no faults and gave the unit a once over and clean. I no longer have the packaging, and given the weight of the stand, shipping is not an option. Supplied with Remote Control, Power Lead and User Manual (I will have to dig it up, it's filed under "file here for safekeeping and forget where"). More Information: http://www.osbornloudspeakers.com.au/opera/Dropletcd.html http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/droplet/cdp5.html Stand: Constructed from two slabs of polished pale marble separated by massive triangular sections and supported by anodized-alloy columns - all tensioned by threaded rods running through the structure. The shape of the marble echo's the curves of the Droplet 5.0 CDP, with the columns directly beneath the cones on the base of the CD player turns the superb Droplet into a real work of art. My image: Google Images:

Quote Item: Consonance Cyber 880A valve amp Location: VIC Price: $1750 with Pavane 2a3 tubes only, or $2200 with Full Music tubes as well, this is $1400 for tubes alone Item Condition: excellent, apart from small scuff on wood decor, shown in photo Reason for selling: need funds for next amp Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Extra Info: Amazing sounding amp, purchased about 14 months ago from Osborn, actually wanted the Cyber 845s but after comparing to the the 880A with original sovtek tubes i bought this. The amp comes with 4 pairs Pavane 2a3b tubes and 3 pairs of TJ Full music mesh plate tubes, 2 Full music 12BH7 tubes and 3 JJecc802s gold pin tubes. TJ 2a3 tubes are worth $300 a pair, unfortunately 1 pair died recently but are available via ebay. The Pavane tubes are a decent upgrade over the sovtek and cost me $500. The amp will drive most spks 89db and above. they obviously drive my 97 db Rethm Maargas easily. The 880A has a very clean detailed open sound, sound stages well, and with the Pavane tubes especially has good treble and bass extension. The Full music tubes have more of a liquid midrange than the Pavanes, but both sound great. The amp has manual biasing and hum potentiometer adjustment, 8 and 4 ohm spk posts. I am willing to audition to genuine buyers. 5% donation to SN on sale Pictures: The Cyber880A uses eight 2A3 triode power output tubes and a low-mu octal driver, this amplifier has a amazing amount of musical clarity while at the same time possessing enough power to drive most speakers. You no longer need to worry if your already existing speakers can be driven by a tube amplifier, this eight tubed 2A3 amp can handle anything. This amp has very good output due to the 8 triode powered 2A3 tubes. In addition to this power it has finesse, impact, control, and a low electrical noise floor. This remarkable overall character makes it suitable for almost any music fan. It contains a solid 30 watts per channel (with low impedance) but with the charm of tubes. The aluminum front panel and top cover are finished in hand rubbed silver metalic lacquer, with a bias meter and tube adjustors that make it easy to maintain and adjust. Output matching taps are provided for 4, and 8 ohm speakers. Technical Specification: CONTROL FUNCTIONS: Power On/Off POWER OUTPUT:30 watt x 2, RMS 1kHz TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION: less than 1%( 20watt, 1kHz ) FREQUENCY RESPONSE: ( -3dB points at 50 watt ) 5Hz-85kHz INPUT SENSITIVITY: 850mV INPUT IMPEDANCE: 100k ohms OUTPUT IMPEDANCE: 4, 8 ohms. ( User selectable ) SIGNAL/NOISE: 90dB CONSUMPTION: 300watt x 2 INPUT INTERFACES: 1 group ( RCA ) OVERALL NEGATIVE FEEDBACK: Little VACUUM TUBE: 2A3 x 8, 12BH7x 2, ECC82 x3 DIMENSIONS: 450 (L) x430 (W) x190(H)mm WEIGHT: 35kg

Item: Consonance Droplet CDP (with Volume Control), and genuine Opera Audio matching marble stand. Location: Sunbury, VIC. Price: $1800 Item Condition: 9/10 Reason for selling: No longer used as I have moved to digital streaming. Payment Method: Cash on pickup. Extra Info: I purchased this from one of Greg Osborn's (Australian Opera Audio distributor) customers. I am the 2nd owner. It is in 100% working order, but has a couple of very small marks from the crystals being dropped (by previous owners children I believe). I special ordered the genuine marble stand (HEAVY) through Greg. It looks superb, but unfortunately due to manufacturer error, the columns were very slightly misaligned and upon assembly a piece of marble broke away around the column hole. This is at the rear of the stand, and 95% covered by the trims. It is not noticable by most and in no way affects operation. I have priced this sale accordingly at the 2nd hand market price of the Droplet, and included the stand free. This is a very well regarded CDP, and I've often heard from many enthusiasts that it rivals players up to $20K. This is a $4,000+ combination at RRP. I had the CDP serviced recently by an electronics guru friend, who found no faults and gave the unit a once over and clean. I no longer have the packaging, and given the weight of the stand, shipping is not an option. Supplied with Remote Control, Power Lead and User Manual (I will have to dig it up, it's filed under "file here for safekeeping and forget where"). More Information: http://www.osbornloudspeakers.com.au/opera/Dropletcd.html http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/droplet/cdp5.html Stand: Constructed from two slabs of polished pale marble separated by massive triangular sections and supported by anodized-alloy columns - all tensioned by threaded rods running through the structure. The shape of the marble echo's the curves of the Droplet 5.0 CDP, with the columns directly beneath the cones on the base of the CD player turns the superb Droplet into a real work of art. My image: Google Images:

Well my tax return has yet to show up so I am looking to move an amp or two on prior to the arrival of another one next week. A few of these are for sale on this forum already but the price here is lower, and I am only looking to move on 2 of the 4 so if you want one get in quick. Once 2 are sold I'll reign the other 2 back in. I will pay postage up to $50 with the remainder to be met by the seller. Item 1: Consonance C1 Location: Bowen Price: $500 Item Condition: Very good, no marks or blemishes. Reason for selling: Need space and $$. Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: Remote works but battery holder is cracked, comes in orriginal box with manual. Pictures: Item 2: Plessis S1 Location: Bowen Price: $450 Item Condition: Very good, no marks or blemishes. Reason for selling: Need space and $$. Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: Remote and manual included, this amp may have a noisy volume pot there is a slight buzzing that comes through the speakers. Pictures: to be added later, don't have any just at the moment. Item 3: Cyryus 8 vs2 Location: Bowen Price: Sold Item Condition: Very good, no marks or blemishes. Reason for selling: Need space and $$. Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: Remote included. Pictures: Item 4: Cambridge 840A v2 Location: Bowen Price: Sold Item Condition: Very good, one small rust spec on the top plate (if you would like me to turn the top plate upside down prior to sending just ask, that way no one need know). Reason for selling: Need space and $$. Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: Remote included. Pictures: Mods please move to the Sold section.

Item: Consonance Cyber-100 integrated valve amp Location: Ballarat Price: $1800 ono + Postage Item Condition: Excellent Reason for selling: Adding and subtracting from the system, I recently upgraded and am now in the process of selling. Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: Very impressive, special 15th anniversary model, designed to use everything learnt over the years about integrated amplifier design. Pure Class A, 35 watt/ch, KT88 tubes. Except the previous owner replaced the tubes with KT120's for a bigger bass sound and in my opinion it is a great stepping stone to enhance your gear for that original valve sound at a great price. To purchase this new from http://www.osbornloudspeakers.com.au/ will cost you $2485 and that's without replacing your tubes to the KT120's. Happy to answer any questions you might have. Pictures:

Item: Consonance PM2/ Moving Coil Moving Magnet tube phono stage Mk1. Location: Moss Vale NSW Price: $400 plus postage + insurance Item Condition: Excellent, unmarked, Reason for selling: Upgraded to a better one at 3 times the price Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: Bought new from Greg Osborn. Official Australia importer. A 230V one. If has the original EH 12AX7's it was shipped with in near new condition. . I used my own NOS Mullards for preference and have just now re-inserted the original Electro Harmonix. This phono stage can be mightily improved with judicious tube rolling. What fun ? http://www.opera-consonance.com/products/pm12.htm Copied from the Osborn web page: PM-2__ MM/MC phono stage - ($895) SPECIFICATION: CONTROL FUNCTIONS: Power On/Off, Switch MM/MC HARMONIC DISTORTION (for 2V RMS at output): 0.01% INPUT IMPEDANCE: 47k(MM)/20 ohms (MC) INPUT INTERFACES: 1 group (RCA) OUTPUT INTERFACES: 1 group (RCA) SIGNAL/NOISE: 86dB CONSUMPTION: 40Watt VACUUM TUBE: 12AX7/ECC83 x 2 DIMENSIONS: 295(L) x 255(W) x 95(H) mm WEIGHT: 9kg(net);9.5kg(shipping) PM2 uses tube amplification up to MM stage with outstanding signal to noise for a tube design, then a quality transformer is used to boost the signal to MC level whilst maintaining to exceptional signal to noise ratio. Pictures:

Item: Consonance Cyber-100 integrated valve amp with remote control. Location: Sebastopol, Ballarat Price: Reduced $1500 plus postage Item Condition: Excellent. Still have original packaging Reason for selling: Subtracting from the system, I recently upgraded and am now in the process of selling. Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: Very impressive, special 15th anniversary model, designed to use everything learnt over the years about integrated amplifier design. Pure Class A, 35 watt/ch, KT88 tubes. Except the previous owner replaced the tubes with KT120's for a bigger bass sound and in my opinion it is a great stepping stone to enhance your gear for that original valve sound at a great price. To purchase this new from http://www.osbornloudspeakers.com.au/ will cost you $2485 and that's without replacing your tubes to the KT120's. Happy to answer any questions you might have. Pictures:

Part of the story of my acquisition of the Krell KAV 300 can be found on the thread below, the rest of this thread continues on from where it ends. http://www.stereo.net.au/forums/index.php?/topic/58949-krell-kav-300-cd-player/#entry1033192 I was fairly excited Friday afternoon, and why shouldn't I be? I had a 'new' cd player with a serious rep all fixed and ready to go and no shortage of challenger players to put it up against, surely fun times would ensue. The first challenger (or 'comparison partner' if you prefer) was my old faithful, the Consonance cd120. I started out using the Burson Conductor as a pre and Bills Arion S250 for the power feeding to my Lenehan S2Rs via Redgum speaker cables. The differences were subtle, very subtle. So damn subtle in fact that was forced to change cables between the Burson and the Arion in an effort to hear more and that caused far more difference that I was hearing between the players (which didn't help at all). But the final death knell was sounded on this combination as I realized I didn't have a remote to use to switch from one player to the other, I had to be right in front of the gear rack to press the input button on the Conductor, so things had to change. Out went the Conductor and in went the little Myryad Z240. Any WTF's raised by that sentence? The explanation is simple, I'd spent the day previous carting around floorstander speakers and while I knew I should just up the ante straight to the Halcros, well..., the Halcros are just so damn heavy, and the Myryad isn't. So there you have it, laziness as a motivational factor should never be underestimated! So with the little Myryad performing pre duties I could relax back in my recliner and switch inputs via the remote at will... or could I? The Krell has this nifty little feature where you can program a play loop, you designate a start and finish via specific buttons on the remote and once you've done that it plays loop after loop until you tell it to stop. Not a problem I thought, since I never really planned to use such a function, but (and this is a big but) by pure coincidence that loop function is activated by the input change function of the Myryad remote. So, comfortable and frustrated is where I was (I seem to recall that laziness has placed me in this position in the past too) and with no meaningful results to speak of I was forced to man up and grunt and drag the Halcros into place. The final set up. There are one or two things that need to be said regarding this Krell too, and they don't necessarily have anything to do with sound quality. This cd player runs hotter than many amplifiers (and it remains hot in standby mode too, none of that power saving eco-friendliness to be found here) so anyone living south of the permafrost should note that this puppy does not want to live in an enclosed cabinet. When I first started I placed the cd120 on top of the Krell (so I could place them on the same shelf) but I was forced to move it to a shelf of its own when the cd120 started to stew in its own juice. Whatever the Krell is doing it definitely does it in class A. Looks like I'll have to split this post up, Sunday lunch is calling. I'll have to come back and edit in a couple of paragraphs later. Edit: Now that I'm far less hungry than before, time to continue. So last night, starting just after 8pm, I sat down and I compared, swapping back and forth from one player to another several times within each song and hitting the rewind button quite a few times. By 11pm I had worked my way through almost 10 songs (yep, 3 hours to get through 40 minutes of music, also half a pack of M&Ms, the remains of a packet of chips and at least a liter of Pepsi Max but none of those are really relevant to the task at hand) and was finally making some progress. The cd120 has a slight forwardness to the upper mids and a slight emphasis on impact that gives it a slightly more dynamic feel when compared to the Krell. This makes it, IMO, a player better suited to rock music. That more immediate, more dynamic feel extends to the vocals as well by the way, it doesn't really come into play on softer vocals but on strong ones the effect is certainly noticeable and while it could be argued that this effect is artificial it certainly doesn't sound artificial, it makes rock music just a touch more so. The Krell has a slightly more laid back, some would call it more natural, nature, it doesn't give the focus of the cd120 but it conveys a deeper sound stage and fills out the middle and decay of notes more effectively. The Krell also has a slightly lower volume (or weaker signal) than the cd120 (probably more correct to say that the cd120 has a slightly higher than standard output actually) an adjustment of about 1db seemed to level them but those different impact characteristics actually made it fairly difficult to set the volumes by ear. A good way to illustrate the difference between the two is, if the music contains a growling electric guitar then the cd120 will give you a 'Growl' effect, while the Krell will give you a 'groowwll' effect. I'm going to keep listening and I hope to pick up more differences of note but my initial findings are simple. The cd120 retails at about $1300 and the Krell (when it was new) retailed at about $3.5K. While I see the Krell being better at softer music I don't see it being worth the difference. Now that you can pick up a new cd120 for the same price as a 2nd hand Krell then the choice becomes a little harder, but not a lot harder. The Consonance for listening that is upbeat and dynamic and the Krell for music that is slower (or less forward), it's really as simple as that. And now we'll have to wait and see if a few more days of familiarization manages to change my mind. It has happened before.