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The person with whom I spoke made his low regard for audiophiles clear in his tone if not in his words. It's now being imported to America by Audio Skies.
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Not sure if DSP is involved.Īt day's end I hustled over to the Marriott to see two new phono preamplifiers from JMF Audioa French company that's strongly associated with pro audio. Despite the open baffle design, iO Design claims for the speaker 22Hz on bottom. I hung there for many tracks sourced from my USB stick and when I left the individual asked if he could keep the tracks on his server and of course I obliged.
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Three driver types is a recipe for sonic confusion but the rendering of Pete Townshend's voice on a from-vinyl digital file I supplied of a track from Rough Mix was the most startlingly real sounding vocal I've ever heard from that track. I did manage to get cajoled by a friend into the iO room on the main show floor where I heard the 80,000 baffle-less iO NAKED loudspeaker system consisting of 3 different driver types (cone woofers, planar-magnetic midrange, and ribbon tweeter) suspended on a finely finished girder-like superstructure. Day 3 was hardly "leftovers" as you'll see many really interesting new products including the AP-0 pictured at the top, from Japan's Yukiseimitsu Audio, though I wasn't happy to not see an offset angle on the head shell of the straight pipe arm.
I chose to go home on Sunday so had to fit it all in in 3 days. The new Nagra turntable's design concept and execution was covered in an analogPlanet news note.
No Beatles, but a splendid time was had by all! I love when that happens! I also played the 45rpm 12" single Classic Records version of "Stairway to Heaven" (got applause), an unrelease 45rpm version of The Who's "Baba O'Reilly", the Electric Recording Company's mono cut of "Giant Steps", Bill Evans' "You Must Believe in Spring" from a forthcoming double 45rpm edition from Craft Records and an acetate of Hank Mobley's "Soul Station" as well as the 45rpm acetate of part of side 3 of Tommy. I played an interesting mix of music including an acetate of AC/DC's "Nick of Time" that sent a few audiophiles running from the room. It sounded great but I'm not qualified to vote since I heard so few rooms, running from one to the next just documenting the new analog offerings.
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However, the sound produced in that room using the new turntable, a full array of Nagra electronics including 4 HD amps, 2 driving Wilson Audio Specialties XVX speakers and 2 driving a pair of Wilson Watchdog subwoofers was voted by many as "best in show". There was a second turntable out by the entrance but that area was also packed with visitors, so it was nearly impossible to get a "tour" there as well. However, I did visit the factory for a semi-exclusive look so if you've not seen the coverage, click on the hyperlink.Īnother odd anomaly in the coverage is that while I was invited to play records in the Nagra room in a "prime time" Saturday 3:30 afternoon slot and did so for almost an hour and a half, I didn't cover the new $175,000 Anniversary Reference turntable even though I played it! How did that happen? The room was SRO packed every time I visited and the idea of stopping the music to get a turntable "walk through" just seemed wrong. Little did I know that SME would be demonstrating its new Model 60 in the Avantgarde Acoustics room, so the Model 60 is not covered here. For instance, having given Avantgarde Acoustics and its new powered G3 iTRON loudspeaker system full coverage at AXPONA, I decided I could skip their Munich room. Maybe that was possible a decade ago but now? No way! You must make editorial decisions and pass by some rooms. One person can't possibly visit every room at a convention center show as large as High End Municheven if your sole goal is to cover analog products. Yukiseimitsu Audio AP-0 analog record player