Gingko Audio’s ARCH has been selected by Enjoy the Music as of the Great Audiophile gifts for 2022!
For more information on this Gingko Audio product, go to our ARCH Technology page.
Gingko Audio has been developing vibration control products since 2000, from the award-winning Cloud 11 platform, which has been on Stereophile’s Recommended Components list since 2004, to the patented ARCH (Acoustic Resolution Clarifier).
For 2022, we are introducing our newest solution, the Cloud22™, which uses wool as a vibration control material. The Cloud22 bases complement the classic Cloud 11 platforms and, together with the ARCHs, provide a comprehensive Vibration Control Solution (VCS) to mitigate much of the vibrations affecting an audio system’s performance.
The Cloud22 bases are available in sets of four, in two sizes: Small Cloud22 Bases for amplification components weighing up to 60 lbs.; Large Cloud22 Bases for amplification components weighing up to 120 lbs. They can also be purchased as part of a VCS Toolkit that includes ARCH products for speakers, digital source components, power conditioners, and other audio equipment:
| VCS Toolkit | Components |
|---|---|
| Starter VCS Toolkit | 4 Small Cloud22 Bases 8 Mini-ARCHs 8 Equipment/Speaker ARCHs, 1/2″ thick |
| Premium VCS Toolkit | 8 Small Cloud22 Bases 12 Mini-ARCHs 12 Equipment/Speaker ARCHs, 1/2″ thick |
For a discussion of how components in the VCS Toolkit can mitigate vibration in audio systems, go to our Vibration Control Solutions – A Holistic Approach article under Technology. Vibration tests to measure the performance of the ARCHs are discussed in the White Paper on ARCH Performance. Tests to measure the performance of the Cloud22 Base are discussed in the White Paper on Performance of Cloud22 Base.
The VCS Toolkit has also been recently reviewed on HiFiAudio Guru and on Positive Feedback:
The Bottom Line
As an introductory offer, through June 30, 2022, the Starter VCS Toolkit can be purchased for $499 (instead of $599) and the Premium VCS Toolkit for $749 (instead of $899).
We at Gingko Audio are fond of saying “the BEST vibration control devices are the ones you can return if they don’t work for you!” That is why we are the only vibration control manufacturer providing a 30-day money back, no questions asked guarantee. So the cost of trying is small, typically only about 10% of the product prices. We only ask that you return them in undamaged conditions and pay for shipping and bank charges we incurred on your behalf.
Gingko Audio’s Sextet is one of the winners of Enjoy The Music’s 2021 Blue Note Award. Among the 18 winners are products from Pass Labs, Gryphon, Nagra, and Aavik.
Click here for Brett Rudolph’s review.
For a limited time until September 30, 2021, Gingko Audio is offering a 15% discount off retail for all Sextet models. Write us at gingko@gingkoaudio.com if interested.
Gingko Audio is proud to receive the Design Patent US D856311 S on August 13, 2019 from the US Patent Office for the ARCH (Acoustic Resonance Clarifier).
This patent is granted for a period of 15 years, from 2019 to 2034.
Gingko Audio’s Acoustic Resonance Clarifier (ARCH) won a 2018 Positive Feedback Writers’ Choice Award. These awards are given by the editors and writers of Positive Feedback to products that they evaluated in 2018 and selected for superior audio design. The article on this year’s winners can be found in Issue 100 of Positive Feedback.
"I was not prepared for the overall improvement the ARCHs made. Compared to the sound of the speakers and stands sitting on spikes, the improvement to overall transparency and clarity was immediately obvious. The mid-range was less colored, and imaging was better defined. Mid-bass response was enhanced and leading-edge transients were more pronounced. More energetic momentum and timing with a nice ease of flow and a silkiness urged me to get up and dance—and I’m not a dancer. The changes were not subtle, and truly enhanced the listening experience."
– John Zurek
We are proud to announce that Rick Becker of Enjoy The Music has chosen the Gingko Audio Cloud 9S as a great audiophile gift for the holidays:
If you’ve lusted for the sound of a suspended turntable, but can’t afford the lofty prices most of them command, consider adding a Cloud platform to what you have now.
In 2016, Danacable’s Lazuli Reference headphone cable received a Product of the Year award from Headphone.guru:
"It has long been the mantra of high-end audio that cables are as much an audio component as any other part of your system, and this also applies to headphone cables. More so than any other component, it is the job of the headphone cable to get out of the way and do nothing to the sound, letting the music through and Dana Cables Lazuli Reference Headphone Cables do an exemplary job of this, allowing all the resolution, dynamics and silence to pass through without slowing, congesting, compressing or adding tonal changes to the signal. More so than any other headphone, a reference headphone deserves a reference cable which is why we have made Dana Cables Lazuli Reference Headphone Cables our Accessory of the Year."
– Gary Alan Barker
We will again be showing this setup at AXPONA in Chicago on April 21-23. Please be sure to stop by the Ear Gear Room to listen if you plan to attend AXPONA
Take a look at the Lazuli Reference and other Danacable™ products at danacables.com.
We at Gingko Audio and Danacable are doing our part in supporting the arts.
We are sponsoring a classical concert on Sunday October 16, 2016 at the American Philosophical Society, Benjamin Franklin Hall, 427 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
PROGRAM:
This fantastic program is a part of the Astral In Concert series featuring the best young talents in classical music. Astral is a non-profit organization whose mission is to discover the most promising classical musicians residing in the United States, assist their early professional career development, and present their world-class artistry to the community through concerts and engagement programs.
Learn more at www.astralartists.org!
Gingko Audio is proud to announce that we have been awarded a US Patent number 7743882-B2 for our Cloud Vibration Control Platform. The patent is awarded on June 29, 2010 by the US Patent and Trademark Office in Washington DC. The Abstract of the Patent states:
A vibration-control platform that, in some embodiments, includes a bottom plate having three or more wells. The wells receive a plurality of vibration-control elements, which are used to isolate a supported object from vibrations. In some embodiments, the vibration-control elements are rubber balls. The presence of the wells facilitates placement of the vibration-control elements under a top platform or directly under an object, especially when the object is located in a tight space, such as in a component rack, or when the object has a non-uniform weight distribution.
The patent shows an embodiment of the Platformula™ technology in the Cloud vibration control platform design. Since its introduction in 2004, the Cloud platform has garnered many awards and rave reviews. We have demonstrated its efficacy at many audio shows where an overwhelming majority of the showgoers agreed that they hear a significant and consistent improvement in the sound with the use of the Cloud under audio components. We have sold thousands of Clouds to happy customers worldwide.