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SHOWROOM ONE Acapella Triolon Excalibur
 
 
   
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SHOWROOM TWO Marten Design Coltrane Supreme
 
 
   
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SHOWROOM TWO Marten Design Coltrane Supreme
 
 
   
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SHOWROOM TWO Rix Rax Grand Hoodoo
 
 
   
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SHOWROOM TWO The Details
 
 

SYSTEM

This is our new statement speaker here at Audio Federation. We just recently received them after we exhibited with them at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest show in Denver. Currently we have them paired with Lamm amplification and preamplification, with an Audio Note and Walker sources, mostly because we wanted to hear what this sounded like after the Audio Note amplification and preamplification and Emmlabs and Brinkmann sources we used at the show.

This is probably the first speaker we have had here - and one of the few speakers in the world - that is inherently Impressive sonically. It, of course, has all the other characteristics we also require of speakers we carry: Realism, Emotionality, Enjoyability, and, hopefully, if we set up the system well - Magic.

These speakers are currently a little congested as they are just now loosening up as they break-in. Have to say that, usually a time of frustration and extreme patience, this has been one of the most fun break-in periods we have ever experienced!

LOUDSPEAKERS

 

Marten COLTRANE SUPREME

$250,000.00

If you personally want to experience the art and the majesty, the talent and the skill and the message and the emotion and the awesome delicacies and complexities of the human condition as communicated by the musicians to listeners just like you throughout the ages, then perhaps these speakers are for you.

Utilizing a light-weight, super-strong carbon fiber enclosure; with Accuton ceramic drivers, the Accuton diamond tweeter and 2” diamond midrange. 20 - 100,000 Hz +/- 1.5 dB. 93dB. Internally wired with Jorma Design Prime cabling. 650lbs includes all four towers. From Sweden.

 

AMPLIFIER

 

Lamm ML2.1

$29,290.00

The Lamm ML2.1 is Lamm Industry's statement amplifier and successor to the renowned ML2. It is technically an 18 watt, 6C33C-tube based single-ended triode monoblock amplifier. Physically it is a rather unimposing utilitarian design statement. Sonically it is a tool that creates amazingly deep tapestries of music - deep because the natural textures and harmonics that these amps are able to communicate in are subtle, it takes some time to plumb their depths.
 

PREAMPLIFIER

 

Lamm L2 REFERENCE

$14,390.00

The L2 Reference preamplifier is the very best hybrid solid-state / tube preamplifier in the world, and the most transparent, dynamically and harmonically correct preamplifier we have heard to date.

In particular it is a "Line-level dual-mono hybrid preamp with a separate power supply; tube rectifier, choke contained filter, vacuum tube regulator; and TKD stepped potentiometers for volume control -- the best available on today's market. From the U.S.A.

CD PLAYER

 

Audio Note CDT-THREE (CDT3) transport

$8,100.00

Smoother with more harmonic detail and sophistication than the discontinued CDT2 Mk I transport, this transport transports the system even farther from the digititus blues of CD playback. From the U.K.
 

Audio Note 4.1x Balanced DAC

$13,000.00

This DAC uses the 'back-to-nature' approach to avoid the artificiality and digititus associated with CD sound. A very natural sounding DAC that can be listened to 24 hours/day.

1xoversampling™ direct from disc™ technology with silver wired and patented Audio Note™ transformer coupled I/V interface. New Old Stock Philips/ECG 5687WB double triode no feedback anode follower output stage. From the U.K.

TURNTABLE

 
Walker Proscenium Gold Signature

with motor controller and setup $40,000.00

The best sounding turntable alive. Over and over again, as new turntables hit the market and raise the ante, up to $90K now - this table beats them all in terms of doing what a table is supposed to do - playing LPs.
 

Lamm LP2 Deluxe phono preamplifier

$6,990.00

Natural and realistic sounding, like all Lamm products. Handily beats competitors costing twice as much. From the U.S.A.
 

Lyra Titan cartridge

$5,990.00

Detailed, neutral, yet musical. A classic cartridge that is the reference for all cartridges that purport to be detailed yet add little harmonic character of their own.

CABLES

 

Jorma Design PRIME

1.0 meter RCA interconnect $7,000.00      2.0 meter biwire speaker cable: $19,700.00

[No. 1] This is the only speaker cable we have found that is as neutral as the Valhalla (others seemed to remove too much detail or were compressing large musical transients or worse), trading a little more body for a little less detail. [Prime]. Awesome level of detail with staggering harmonics. From Sweden.

 

Nordost VALHALLA

Speaker cable $4,949,99+ Interconnect $3,780.00+

Clean, neutral, and fast. When your components are good enough that you want to hear everything they are capable of. These are THE standard, the ones to beat. Made of many thin conductors, each conductor is made from optimized diameter solid 99.999999% oxygen free copper that has 78 microns of extruded silver on the surface. The surface of each conductor is highly polished before a high precision Micro Mono-Filament wrap is helically wound over the conductor. From the U.S.A.

 
 

Stealth INDRA

1 meter RCA: $5,750.00

The harmonics and emotion these cables reveal in the music make them invaluable in high-end systems. These cables are made of amorphous metal - i.e. the wire has zero grain or crystal structure. This metal was forged in the USSR back during the cold war and is in very limited supply. From the U.S.A.

 

POWER CORDS AND DISTRIBUTORS

 

Shunyata HYDRA-M8

$2,495.00

The Hydra model-8 combines high-current capability with Shunyata’s passive form of noise reduction and system protection to offer the perfect all-in-one power-distribution solution. From the U.S.A.

 

Shunyata ANACONDA ALPHA and Vx (Helix and non-Helix)

$2000.00 - $2250.00

The Anaconda VX ’s with patented FeSi-1000 noise reduction materials (and the Alpha without) and hand-braided matrix conductor geometry act as an arm of refined noise-isolation when applied to noise-sensitive digital or visual electronics. From the U.S.A.

 

Elrod Statement II

$2,700.00

Giant power cords that give that giant sound. Full-bodied with a capital ‘F’. From the U.S.A.

EQUIPMENT RACK and PLATFORMS

 

Harmonic Resolution Systems (HRS) M3 ISOLATION BASE

Nimbus/coupler sets starting at $60.00. Platforms starting at $1,550.00

The HRS Isolation base significantly improves the performance of any component that it is placed under. The base consists of a thick slab of granite isolated from a custom metal frame resting on four very special feet. From the U.S.A.

 

Rix Rax Custom 4-shelf Grand Hoodoo

Starting at $3,100.00

Beautiful and striking, one of the very few racks that can be classified as fine furniture.
Maple shelves with Cocobolo inlay and Audi Black car paint. From Canada.

     
   
   

 

   

 

 

 

SHOWROOM THREE Soundlab Ultimate One
(with Acoustic Zen Adagio's in front)
 
 
   
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SHOWROOM THREE Soundlab Ultimate One
(with Acoustic Zen Adagio's in front)
 
 
   
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SHOWROOM THREE Harmonic Resolutions Systems MXR
 
 
   
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SHOWROOM FOUR Marten Design Coltrane
 
 
   
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SHOWROOM FOUR
(Alternative)
Audio Note AN/E SEC Silver Signature
 
 
   
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SHOWROOM FOUR
(Alternative)
Kharma Mini Exquisite
 
 
   
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