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Moon by Simaudio Voice 22 loudspeaker Associated Equipment

Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment

Analog source: Rega P5 turntable with RB700 tonearm and Audio MusiKraft Denon DL-103 cartridge.
Preamplifier: Sonic Frontiers SFP-1 Signature phono preamp.
Integrated amplifier: Grandinote Shinai.
Loudspeakers: Focal Aria K2 936.
Cables: Interconnect: Audience Studio ONE. Speaker: Audience Studio ONE, Kimber Kable Monocle XL. Power: Shunyata Research Black Mamba CX, LessLoss DFPC.
Accessories: Shunyata Research Venom PS8 power conditioner; a component rack and a wood plinth stand (under turntable) whose brand names are lost to time.—Rob Schryer

COMMENTS

Looks like they've taken full advantage of SB Acoustics...

Submitted by remlab on April 28, 2023 - 7:26am

..manufacturing facilities in Indonesia.

yes

Submitted by kafo on April 29, 2023 - 1:57am

Moon by Simaudio by SB Acoustics :)

MOON by Simaudio

Submitted by John.c on April 29, 2023 - 9:57am

To address your opening to this article...
The brand is MOON. Always upper case (check out the logo on the front and back of the Voice 22)
The manufacturer is Simaudio
Hence, MOON by Simaudio. Pretty simple really!
Simaudio Moon has never existed
Hope this helps your readers readers in some small way.

Re: MOON by Simaudio

Submitted by John Atkinson on April 30, 2023 - 6:20am

John.c wrote:
The brand is MOON. Always upper case (check out the logo on the front and back of the Voice 22)

Noting that for the past 4 decades, Stereophile's style has been to reserve all-uppercase usage for actual acronyms.

John Atkinson
Technical Editor Stereophile

I greet this style with relief

Submitted by Jason Victor Serinus on April 30, 2023 - 9:50pm

High-end audio companies seem on a never-ending quest to draw attention to themselves and their brands by capitalizing entire names or reserving capital letters for "incorrect" places. It grows tiresome. Stereophile's policy allows attention fall on the brands whose sound and technology deserves it, rather on the brands with most creative use of capital letters.

Great Music Choices

Submitted by AaronGarrett on April 29, 2023 - 1:53pm

Great music choices for your demo!

what if we took

Submitted by ok on April 29, 2023 - 2:22pm

"moon by simaudio" as a single name? "simaudio" doesn't seem to make anything other than "moon" these days; or is it something like "cyrus" and "mission" of yore?

I have a friend who bought a pair.

Submitted by Anton on April 30, 2023 - 12:23pm

He could actually fit them in the back of his Corvette by Chevrolet by General Motors.

We sat and listened while sipping Drangonstooth Stout by Elysian Brewing by Anheuser Busch Brewing by InBev.

$3.2k/pair Moon Voice 22 by Simaudio

Submitted by JRT on May 2, 2023 - 1:33pm

Anybody considering these should also consider and compare to the $2.2k/pair KEF R3 Meta 3way monitors.

KEF claims
87dB at 2.83V RMS at 1m
4 Ohm nom (3.2 min) impedance
<1.0% THD above 70Hz at 90dB at 1m
<0.5% THD above 90Hz at 90dB at 1m
110dB max

The 3way driver array includes a coaxial tweeter/midrange 12th generation "Uni-Q" comprised of a 25mm (1 in) aluminium dome tweeter crossed at 2.3kHz to a 125mm (5 in.) aluminium midrange. The coax is crossed at 420Hz to a 165mm (6.5 in.) woofer in a bass reflex alignment. KEF includes port plugs to convert that to sealed alignment.

That leaves $1k in the budget for a powered subwoofer. The SVS SB3000 is close to that price at $1.1k in black ash or $1.2k in gloss black. That uses a 13 inch woofer in sealed alignment with an 800W amplifier.