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Feedback Feature 4 ULTRA HIGH FIDELITY Magazine arrive in stores soon. That includes the Artikulat speakers (shown on page 27), and the new Majik strictly twochannel component series. I’ve already asked to review the Majik CD, which will replace both the Genki and Ikemi, with a price situated about midway. Before you ask, like the older models it will still have HDCD decoding. I’m always happy to see (and especially hear) Sonus Faber speakers, and there were two new ones at the show. The Anniversario (extreme right) is gorgeous, as you’d expect, and it sounded luscious too. I saw but didn’t hear the Guarneri, next to it, bearing serial number 002. Its projected price is C$14K, but if it’s any consolation the stand is included. Et, conse minit ad euguerosto consed ese commolortio enit lortisl ipisisis aliquatumsan veriliquam, core veros ad minci blan henit, quat, sum ip ero od modit atuerae sequam vulputetum eu feui blamcor iliquisim in erit voluptat ea augueraesent aut iurem doluptat. Endre mincin velit at, quisi erit vullaorem vel deliquis nosto od magniat am illa faccummy nulla feu feum iuscidunt iureros aut utat. Andre veniat nulluptat alisisim quis exeratue faccumsan ero core delit vel digna feugiam veleniatet am, venibh eugait iure consenisisl ex ex eum iureet velesto duisim nulla commodit illa feugiametuer sustrud min et pratem zzriureet lore ex er sit autpat. Ut nummy non exeros aute tatetue molor sequatum zzrit augue ex et wis nis autat. Pat aliquamcon vel diamet acin ulputpat eugiat. Gait nulla at. Wisciliquis nibh ero odoloreetum irit volorerat. Ut exer si. Ut iure dolesse quamet nullaor sustrud tisi bla faccum auguer sum iure faciduis augait lore magnim ipis nonsecte velit at wis ero consed tie mod esequis sequat luptat ulla consed et wis et lum zzriusto do do conum zzriusto odo odolobore molore ea commy niamcommy nim iril ullamet numsan hent nullut velesequisim quis dunt ut at. Duiscid uipisisi tin er aliqui ea cor ad tin vullan hent luptati ncipisl et praesed tisi. Oreet dionsed min hent velit prat, velenis eros duismodolor amet augue molobore facidunt iustrud dio exerost ionsed euguer sequis.
Touring the Old/New Show “Lo ok at t he b e aut i f u l tubes,”said a visitor as he walked into the room, calling his friend over to a table display, completely oblivious to the music being played. There it is. I think I’ve cracked the mystery of why there are so few female audiophiles. While men and women may equally love listening to music, men have that unique tendency to also want to read about, to talk about and to argue about…the gear. This article is about them and the gear, and most importantly about the sound and the music they listened to and their reactions to it. Warning: you will read about personal opinions. If you don’t like personal opinions and prefer a detailed account of what was played and displayed, you might consider putting this magazine down and delving into the complete list of exhibitors and components available in the official brochure. You may find praise in the next paragraphs, and occasionally harsh comments. However, this is not a listening test, by any means, and we won’t blame anything unless we mean it specifically for the purpose of improvement. “You must listen to these speakers,” said Michael and Jimmy, as soon as we met in the lobby. “They’re shaped like huge horns, and the sound is so natural and smooth,” they added, pointing to the name of the Edgarhorn Titan II speakers on the brochure. Off we went. Along the way we stopped by the Totem Acoustics home theatre demonstration. Neatly placed on the walls, front and back, the new, discreetly styled, 3.5" deep Tribe 1 and 2 speakers gave an absolutely spectacular performance of Hero, with the dramatic contribution of the Storm subwoofer. Played on the Arcam DV 78 player with Arcam’s AVR, the sound was riveting and carried tons of impact while outlining the finest details. I did return to that room by Albert Simon more than once during the next days, with different visitors, and their reaction was always the same: they remained speechless. That such quality (and quantity!) could issue from such diminutive speakers was amazing. We were no less impressed by the Simaudio room, where we listened to an excerpt from Holst’s The Planets, played on the Andromeda CD player and power supply, the P-8 controller and preamplifier, the W-8 power amplifier and the large Dynaudio Confidence C-4 speakers. Before leaving the large room, Michael and Jimmy wanted to have their picture taken in front of the huge Simaudio monobloc power amp on display. (Can you ever, ever imagine a female audiophile asking for a souvenir shot such as this?) In the small Fidelio room, everything was quiet and refined. The first track of Nemesis, their latest album of percussion, was playing on an Esoteric deck through a Nagra PL-P preamp and a pair of pyramid-shaped Nagra PMA power amps, into Verity Audio’s shiny black Parsifal speakers. “I feel good,” said Michael, as we were going out into the hallway “Just a few minutes in that room and I feel so relaxed.” Soon after, Jimmy really wanted us to listen to the Revelation speakers, and as we walked in we noticed the energetic sound of the K&D Sessions handled with authority by the Revelation Mistral S-6 speakers (at right), helped by a pair of Odyssey Stratos power amps, a DSC VAC Auricle preamp, and a Naim CDX player. A request to play Un Aeroplano a Vela, a song by Gianmaria Testa from his CD Montgolfières, demonstrated convincingly the imaging capabilities of that system. Just as fascinating was the sound of a ClearAudio turntable, playing Take Five, linked to a Korato Anni- At top: Albert at work in the Bluenote room. At left: the Opera SP speakers. At right: the two-part Revelation speaker. versary Series R e f e r e n c e Valve preamp, t wo Korato tube monob- ULTRA HIGH FIDELITY Magazine Feedback Feature
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