The Proteus can only be understood in musical and emotional terms; it skillfully weaves it’s spell by interpreting analogue playback with such natural resolution, scale and dimension, that it leaves you lost in the music. It eloquently performs this by revealing the subtle cues and nuances that gives the listener that magical chill of recognition so often inaudible with other cartridges.

The Proteus D triumphs at the highest level by almost disappearing and leaving it’s audience with a palpable sense of intensely communicative music. In other words – pure and simple musical enjoyment. 

Mr Seiji Yoshioka’s pioneering spirit and sustained commitment to the perfection of moving coil phono cartridges is represented by his latest and unfathomable flagship model – “THE PROTEUS D”

Available for auditioning exclusively at My Kind of Music, Toronto.

MKoM, Toronto is pleased to announce the arrival of the fabulous Maestro Anniversary Integrated Amplifier by Audio Analogue – Italy.

With its power supply, pre-amplifier and power amp housed on three separate boards, the Maestro Anniversary extends the dual-mono design further to include the power supply: left and right channels not only have their own separate grounds but also their own dedicated 600W mains transformers. The separate output stages use four pairs of power transistors per channel, enabling the amp to deliver 150W into 8 Ohms.

Also included are “military-standard” resistors, custom-made polypropylene capacitors, 7N OCC copper internal wiring and copper output connectors. 

Available at My Kind of Music, Toronto.

InPol Ear is an integrated headphone amplifier in pure Class A, with a fully balanced latest generation double InPol.

The twin match valve/headphone meets the highest quality of the sound, entrusted by the tubes with a low power demand, typical of the headphones.

Listening by headphones through this amplifier means to start a journey to search for sound fullness conveyed by InPol, which also grants a great high-end extent and a strong nature, thanks to two balanced outputs (10 W@ 16 Ohm) and 1 unbalanced output (6 W@ 16 Ohm).

Thanks to the (optional) HiDac EVO converter, music lovers who want the best from the latest digital sources – controlled via smartphone or tablet – will find their demands fully met.

Available for auditioning at My Kind of Music, Toronto.

MKoM, Toronto is very pleased to announce the arrival of the Luxman M900u Stereo Amplifier.

This bold design incorporates 12 watts (8Ω) pure Class A and 150 watts x 2 (8Ω) or 600 x 1 watts (8Ω) when used as a mono-block.

The new ODNF 4.0 (Only Distortion Negative Feedback) reduces high frequency distortion and delivers a smooth midrange, utterly grain free. ODNF 4.0 ahs acq. As a stereo amplifier, the M-900u is stable into a 1Ω load, where it delivers 1,200 watts, peak power. Due to ship towards the end of April, pricing is yet to be determined.

The Luxman M-900u offers a powerful power supply with large capacity 20,000 μF × 4 block capacitors, OFC bus bar and direct hard wiring. The EI type transformer itself implements flat square-shaped copper windings minimizing line capacity, enhancing binding force and providing excellent magnetic stability. Outputting an impressive 1,250 VA (instantaneous 2,500 VA), the M-900u has the power required to drive any speaker to peak performance.

The M-900u also utilizes 4 large capacity output relays offering an incredible damping factor of 710. To eliminate stray magnetic fields and associated impedance rises, Luxman developed a loop-less chassis eliminating the possibility of ground loops within the M-900u chassis. Cast iron legs act as a resonance sink and quickly drain vibrations found within the unit.

Luxman does not settle on ordinary components within its products. Rather, they design and build a large number of components found within the M-900u. Wiring, capacitors and even terminals are hand selected to meet the demanding standards at Luxman. Even the power cable was carefully designed. The JPA-15000 power cable utilizes the highest quality oxygen-free copper and takes the last step in ensuring the purity of the sound.

Gold-Plated, Peel Coat Circuit Boards

Printed Circuit Boards normally have a green coat (dye) that can be printed upon, so the manufacturer knows where to place the copper traces and where to insert the resistors & capacitors. Luxman’s designers don’t like the sound of the green dye—in their extensive research they found that it smears the sound, so instead they print onto a plastic peel coat and remove it once the traces and mounting holes are in place. Then the copper traces are gold-plated to reduce resistance across the circuit, as well as to eliminate copper’s corrosion over time.

Luxman never ceases in its quest for audio perfection. The M-900u represents a major step forward in this journey.

Available for audition exclusively at MKoM, Toronto.

Lehmann Audio Silver Cube Phono Stage

Lehmann audio phono stages have gained a near legendary reputation for their sound and build quality. The Silver Cube is no different, pushing the boundaries still further. Although a relative newcomer to the Lehmann audio range, the exceptional Silver Cube has already established overwhelming recognition as the ultimate in phono stage design.

With the Silver Cube Lehmann Audio’s efforts in terms of technology, electronic parts and mechanics have lead to high-energy sound reproduction with excellent technical specifications and holographic sound-stage delivery.

The Silver Cube not only provides maximum air and space with excellent sound-stage depth and width, but also stunningly fast attack response, pace, timing, swing and dynamics… you will not be left untouched.

Visually, the massive milled aluminum case of the audio section impresses, while acting as a heat-sink for the discrete zero-feedback Class-A FET output stage.

The league of the finest phono stages available  worldwide welcomes a new member.

Available exclusively at MKoM, Toronto

Audio Desk Systeme Announces New Ultrasonic LP Cleaning System:
Vinyl Cleaner PRO

With its worldwide debut at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (“CES”) in January 2016, Audio Desk Systeme of Germany and My Kind of Music, Toronto are pleased to announce the next generation, upgraded version of the award-winning ultrasonic LP cleaning system, the new Vinyl Cleaner PRO.

“Incorporating five years of evolutionary enhancements in addition to important upgrades to internal component parts, the Vinyl Cleaner PRO offers better features and performance, and also promises better reliability” said Robert Stein, President of Ultra Systems.

Features of the new Vinyl Cleaner PRO include better, quieter drying, a new premium motor, an upgraded pump with ceramic bearings, and improvements to the electronic control system including a dry-only option.

The Vinyl Cleaner PRO will also be offered in custom finish combinations of white, black and red, in addition to the standard gray finish.

Available at MKoM, Toronto

Vacuum-tube control amplifier of the Golden Age revived in modern times. The CL-38u has a high quality design of all stages SRPP circuit, a multi-function tone control, a phono stage of the highest quality. It is the vacuum tube control center for the listener who appreciates tonal color and wants to derive the maximum pleasure from his music playback system.

Housed in an attractive wooden cabinet the CL-38u employs 3 x ECC83 and 5 x ECC82 in classic SRPP (Shunt Regulated Push Pull) configuration throughout all gain stages for extremely low output impedance thereby achieving strong drivability to cope with the most awkward amplifier loads. The use of four moving-coil step-up transformers in the phono stage further enables quiet and accurate reproduction of music recorded onto the LP. The CL-38u is a full-function pre-amplifier built to fulfill Luxman’s design philosophy in the quest of function and superlative sound quality that only a few modern valve amplifiers are able to achieve.

Now available for your enjoyment at My Kind of Music, Toronto.

Improving on Perfection…

Ortofon is proud to launch the MC A95, a world class moving coil cartridge to commemorate the 95th anniversary of Ortofon’s technical leadership in the audio industry.

With the MC A95, the bar is raised for its predecessor, the MC A90. The MC A95 not only celebrates the past 95 years of Ortofon, first and foremost it also makes history by significantly raising the standards by which sound reproduction is measured, making it a celebration of sound itself.

The new Ortofon MC A95 has gone to the next level by reducing unwanted vibrations and increasing the dynamic capability of the cartridge. Our extensive knowledge of vibration properties, characteristics in different shapes and materials, competences in magnetism, mechanical design and new technologies has been applied for optimization of the MC A95.

Lovers of music will take note of a truly organic and encapsulating experience which transcends the boundaries of recording and undeniably blurs the distinction between what is live and what is recorded.

Exclusively available at MKoM, Toronto

Ultra Reference Series cables are made of 925 jewellery silver and FEP dielectric. The cables are screened with silver or silver-plated braid, and the termination is silver-plated in a two-stage galvanization process. Moreover, they are hand-manufactured and tested for electrical correctness in our laboratory.

The series includes:

Speaker Cable –  Genimedes Ultra Reference

Power cord  – Callisto Ultra Reference

Analogue interconnect –  Europa Ultra Reference M3

Analogue interconnect –  Europa Ultra Reference XLR

Jumpers: Quan Ultra Reference

MKoM, Toronto is proud to showcase the Genimedes Ultra Reference Speaker Cables along with the Europa Ultra M3 Interconnect Cables within our Reference system.

To schedule your audition, please contact us directly at:  info@mykindofmusic.com

MØRCH has introduced a new top model: The DP-8

On the 4th of July 1981, Hans Henrik Mørch sent out a new tonearm to be auditioned. It was a prototype, a UP-4 modified to have greatly improved deep bass performance. But at that time audio equipment was not very concerned with the deep bass reproduction of vinyl records – the auditioners did not hear much improvement, and the project was abandoned. Somewhat ironically the introduction of digital audio helped advance the quality of deep bass – for instance, sub-woofers are now commonplace. After 25 years the old prototype was dusted off and eventually became the DP-8. The improvements in deep bass and dynamics are now evident…

For this new model the effective mass for the horizontal mode of motion is many times larger than the effective mass for the vertical mode of motion – no matter the effective mass of the arm tube used. This provides for tremendous improvements in bass response and a lot more dynamics.

Model DP-8 Anisotropic has a unique combination of bearings: For the horizontal mode of motion a silicone damped, high precision ball-bearing assembly with large housing for substantial damping.

Two precision sapphire bearings are incorporated for the vertical mode of motion. This also may be damped, if desired, by injecting silicone fluid into a well for vertical damping. Vertical damping is rarely needed for this model. It is independent of the damping of the horizontal mode of motion, and further it can be adjusted to all intermediate levels of damping.

Model DP-8 Anisotropic has a device for adjusting the VTA while playing integrated. Markings for “getting back” to a special setting is provided.

The large effective mass for the horizontal mode of motion is stabilizing the the arm tube horizontally, so that at very low frequencies it is only the cantilever of the cartridge, that is moving – not the tonearm. This means that the bass goes all the way down reproducing all the bass on the record with full amplitude and dynamics.
The DP-8 got the Golden Ear Award in The Absolute Sound June/July issue 2010. In the article, the author refers to the DP-8 as “anisotropic”, which is a short technical way of characterizing the new features.

Available for audition exclusively at MKoM, Toronto