{"id":1388,"date":"2018-11-04T19:13:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T19:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pranafidelity.com\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2018-11-04T19:18:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T19:18:31","slug":"pranafidelity-rmaf-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pranafidelity.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/04\/pranafidelity-rmaf-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"PranaFidelity \u2013 RMAF 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/i>\u00a00 Comments<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/i>PranaFidelity<\/a>,\u00a0RMAF 2018<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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by Eric Shook<\/em><\/p>\n

Steven Norber is the founder, designer, and \u201cMr. Everything\u201d of PranaFidelity. PranaFidelity manufacturers speakers, electronics, and excellent sound. This however isn\u2019t Steven\u2019s first rodeo in the electronics industry, he co-founded EDGE Electronics and lead it to great success.<\/p>\n

Prana\u2019s Bhava stand-mount have made quite a splash in the industry since my first hearing them at Axpona in the spring. The Bhava is a true competitor for full-range sound in a much smaller package. A true two-way MTM array, with dual six-inch woofers and a single 1\u00bc-inch tweeter. Easily driven, these forty-pound monitors deliver the mass and force of much larger towers. Prana\u2019 also makes the Purna\/Ca and Purna\/Ma, a combination of electronics with relentless grip on control and power. The Pruna\/Ma is a true dual-mono stereo amplifier producing 400 watts at 8\u03a9 (700w\/4\u03a9, 1200w\/2\u03a9), and the Pruna\/Ca is a preamplifier with true dual-mono power supplies.<\/p>\n

The first time I heard the PranaFidelity sound, I was knocked off my rocker. This was even before I heard the prices. It was my nomination for best-in-show sound at Axpona. However, now here at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest it is the first time I\u2019m hearing the Prana sound with both vinyl and half-inch reel-to-reel tape.<\/p>\n

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Listening to YELLO! on the Pure Fidelity turntable, produced new insight as to what Steven\u2019s electronic creations are capable of. Boris Blank\u2019s love of extreme dynamics and mixture of natural and synthetic instruments was not lost on me. Playing at volumes elsewhere would incite flinching in the audience, loudspeakers, and electronics. The Bhava\u2019s were driven hard, but always in control.<\/p>\n

Moving to something more delicate, we load up the half-inch tape, provided by the industry famous Charles King and take a trip back to 1958, for what I remember being a classical Christmas tune, of which name I forgot to jot down, but the sweet and delicate nature of the recording was intact. Nothing about this experience lead me to believe that this was the same system that was rocking out just a few minutes ago. The Prana\u2019 system had the ability to become a dynamic beast when called upon, and the gentle lamb all within the same hour.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s rooms like Steven\u2019s which keep me excited about audio shows. Steven is not a newcomer to the game of high-end audio, and those in the know, know him and his work well. However, anytime I can discover something for myself, and give it due justice in the audiophile press \u2014 I am more than happy to do so.<\/p>\n

PranaFidelity loudspeakers and electronics hold pedigree status as much as anything on display at the show, and should be in your strong consideration for any system that seeks durability, sonic texture, and lineage.<\/p>\n

The System<\/em><\/p>\n

DIGITAL (sources)
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Pioneer: PranaFidelity<\/b>\u00a0modified Pioneer PD-65 CD player<\/p>\n

Wyred 4 Sound: PranaFidelity<\/b>\u00a0modified Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2<\/p>\n

ANALOG (sources)<\/p>\n

Pure Fidelity:<\/b>\u00a0Eclipse turntable w\/Maestro Speed Controller Outboard Linear Power Supply.
\nRetail price: $2,995<\/p>\n

Acoustic Signature:<\/b>\u00a0TA-1000 tonearm.
\nRetail price: $1,795<\/p>\n

Pure Fidelity + Acoustic Signature<\/b>
\nCombination price: $4495<\/p>\n

Benz-Micro:<\/b>\u00a0Ebony low output cartridge.
\nRetail price: $3,995<\/p>\n

Shelter:<\/b>\u00a0model 5000 moving coil cartridge.
\nRetail price: $1,995<\/p>\n

ELECTRONICS<\/p>\n

PranaFidelity model: purna\/ca<\/b>
\nBalanced w\/ phono $9,950
\nPurna pre: single ended w\/ phono $8,500
\nPurna pre: balanced line stage $5,950
\nPurna pre: single ended line stage $4,500<\/p>\n

PranaFidelity model: purna\/ma<\/b>\u00a0Switchable Balanced (XLR), Single Ended (RCA) inputs
\nRetail price: $8,950<\/p>\n

LOUDSPEAKERS<\/p>\n

PranaFidelity model: Bhava<\/b>\u00a0loudspeaker + oem stands (by Sound Anchor)
\nRetail price: $4,950 (Stands: $698)<\/p>\n

Equipment Rack by\u00a0PranaFidelity<\/b><\/p>\n

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PranaFidelity \u2013 RMAF 2018 \u00a0October 12, 2018\u00a00 Comments\u00a0PranaFidelity,\u00a0RMAF 2018 by Eric Shook Steven Norber is the founder, designer, and \u201cMr. Everything\u201d of PranaFidelity. PranaFidelity manufacturers speakers, electronics, and excellent sound. This however isn\u2019t Steven\u2019s first rodeo in the electronics industry, he co-founded EDGE Electronics and lead it to great success. Prana\u2019s Bhava stand-mount have made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,59,19,2,4,17],"tags":[60,48,61,51],"class_list":["post-1388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amplifier","category-audiohead","category-preamplifier","category-press","category-rmaf","category-speakers","tag-amplifier","tag-loudspeakers","tag-preamplifier","tag-speakers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pranafidelity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/audiohead-logo-smmall-211.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranafidelity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranafidelity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranafidelity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranafidelity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranafidelity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1388"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pranafidelity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1392,"href":"https:\/\/pranafidelity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions\/1392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranafidelity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranafidelity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranafidelity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranafidelity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}