Vintage Hi-Fi
At Deja Vu Audio, we produce one of a kind vintage hi-fi products handcraft by our master craftmen.
Review of Deja Vu Audio by Herb Reichert at Capitol Audiofest 2014:
"... Déjà vu Audio: The old book on Capital Audiofest has it that CAF is heavily infested with DIY'ers. I can't speak for the past, but if anyone thinks that restoring and refining vintage Motiograph MA-7505s (made in Chicago ca 1951) or Western Electric gear is DIY (or the specialty of pipe-smoking geezers) —I'd advise him or her to think again. First off this is investment quality hardware that will appear at Sotheby's or Christie's before you'll ever find it on Audiogon. Secondly, this stuff is state-of-the-art modernist industrial art —not overwrought CNC-tooled audio fashion of the year bling. Déjà vu's proprietor Vu Hoang has created the first truly super high-end "vintage" audio salon in America. He is so far ahead of the 21st century audio curve, most of us can't even see his taillights.
But stop, I know what you are thinking. You imagine this stuff sounds like old Victrolas or early "talkies" down at the Bijou. Wrong again. While it is true that most of this gear started out as cost-is-no-object, not-for-sale, state-of-the-art, movie-theater workhorses, the stuff Vu Hoang is demonstrating has been carefully massaged by master craftsmen. Each piece looks fresh and original —I am talking spa treatments not total restorations. His soldering monks breathe new life into these objects d' art. His main soldering monk is an Italian named "Aldo".
Some pieces are not just freshened up —some are totally transformed by Aldo. Try to imagine a beautiful green-faced Altec Western Electric tube DAC!!!!!
I can hear you again, cut the crap Herb —just tell us how it sounds! Well, I know you won't believe me but I thought Vu's room with the Western Electric 713 System speakers ($54,000.00), Vu Audio Vintage Collection WE 300B amps with Western Electric wire and transformers ($30,000.00) sounded surprisingly much (smooth, fast, uncolored, good imaging) like some brand-new Class A-type set up—not "talkie" or Victrolas at all. (I told you wouldn't believe me.) This system also included a Vintage Collection preamp ($17,000.00) by Aldo and that Altec/WE DAC mentioned above ($13,000). "
"... Déjà vu Audio: The old book on Capital Audiofest has it that CAF is heavily infested with DIY'ers. I can't speak for the past, but if anyone thinks that restoring and refining vintage Motiograph MA-7505s (made in Chicago ca 1951) or Western Electric gear is DIY (or the specialty of pipe-smoking geezers) —I'd advise him or her to think again. First off this is investment quality hardware that will appear at Sotheby's or Christie's before you'll ever find it on Audiogon. Secondly, this stuff is state-of-the-art modernist industrial art —not overwrought CNC-tooled audio fashion of the year bling. Déjà vu's proprietor Vu Hoang has created the first truly super high-end "vintage" audio salon in America. He is so far ahead of the 21st century audio curve, most of us can't even see his taillights.
But stop, I know what you are thinking. You imagine this stuff sounds like old Victrolas or early "talkies" down at the Bijou. Wrong again. While it is true that most of this gear started out as cost-is-no-object, not-for-sale, state-of-the-art, movie-theater workhorses, the stuff Vu Hoang is demonstrating has been carefully massaged by master craftsmen. Each piece looks fresh and original —I am talking spa treatments not total restorations. His soldering monks breathe new life into these objects d' art. His main soldering monk is an Italian named "Aldo".
Some pieces are not just freshened up —some are totally transformed by Aldo. Try to imagine a beautiful green-faced Altec Western Electric tube DAC!!!!!
I can hear you again, cut the crap Herb —just tell us how it sounds! Well, I know you won't believe me but I thought Vu's room with the Western Electric 713 System speakers ($54,000.00), Vu Audio Vintage Collection WE 300B amps with Western Electric wire and transformers ($30,000.00) sounded surprisingly much (smooth, fast, uncolored, good imaging) like some brand-new Class A-type set up—not "talkie" or Victrolas at all. (I told you wouldn't believe me.) This system also included a Vintage Collection preamp ($17,000.00) by Aldo and that Altec/WE DAC mentioned above ($13,000). "
ALDO Vintage Hifi
Parts made in America. Designed by ALDO of Italy. Hannndcrafted and One of A Kind.
ALDO Phono Preamp
ALDO DAC 417A Vintage Hifi
ALDO AMP PP421A
