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Mola-Mola Makua

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Purité Audio’s new Mola-Mola ‘Makua’ preamp/phono stage and dac arrives this week.
The Makua completes our Mola lineup, Kaluga mono blocs, stand-alone Tamabaqui dac and Makua preamp.
The Makua can be configured to your specification, phono stage and dac modules can be added at a later date if required.
https://www.puriteaudio.co.uk/mola

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Tambaqui is large freshwater fish found in the Amazon Frank ( F1 eng)has eaten one!
Makua an ethnic group from East Africa?
Mola-Mola is the large ocean Sun-Fish.
Kaluga is a type of Russian sturgeon, Frank May have also eaten one, I don’t know.
Keith
 

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Tambaqui is large freshwater fish found in the Amazon Frank ( F1 eng)has eaten one!
Makua an ethnic group from East Africa?
Mola-Mola is the large ocean Sun-Fish.
Kaluga is a type of Russian sturgeon, Frank May have also eaten one, I don’t know.
Keith
Tambaqui
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Mola Mola
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Kaluga
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What is the origin of these product names?
PR: So at the initial launch in the second quarter of 2014, you’ll have the Makua preamp and the Kaluga monoblocks?

BP: Yep, you’ve got the names right. I shouldn’t actually worry too much about these names -- I was planning on calling them Preamp and Power Amp, until our Japanese distributor said we need to have a type number or a name. So I proposed denki unagi (electric eel) in Japanese characters, and he said no, Japanese customers want Western print on their boxes. Then I just went looking for other names of fish that I like. Kaluga is a type of sturgeon, and Makua is actually Hawaiian for Mola-Mola.

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Tambaqui is large freshwater fish found in the Amazon Frank ( F1 eng)has eaten one!
Makua an ethnic group from East Africa?
Mola-Mola is the large ocean Sun-Fish.
Kaluga is a type of Russian sturgeon, Frank May have also eaten one, I don’t know.
Keith
The whole story smells pretty fishy to me. :confused:
 

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I have seen Mola-Mola while diving in Indonesia. They like to stay near the surface, so with luck they can be viewed without scuba as in the photo.
 

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Kaluga Caviar is supposed to be excellent.
Humans will eat some unbelievably disgusting stuff. :eek:
And go thru an incredible amount of trouble to obtain it. :facepalm:
 

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