Audio Note at CES 2011

Somewhat preliminary… but this is very likely what we will be showing (all by Audio Note U.K.):

o AN/E SEC Signature speakers
o Ongaku 211 integrated amplifier
o DAC 5 ‘Fifth Element’ two-box DAC with ‘Fifth Force’ power supply *U.S. debut*
o CDT-5 transport *U.S. debut*
o SOGON and SOOTTO and PALLAS cabling

For all of us who like drug-like sound THIS will be the best room at CES.

Easily.

Just the Ongaku by itself would make this room an odds-on favorite. Just the one-box DAC 5 Signature with the lowly CDT-3 that we heard here would make this a shoo-in [sorry, but I am having fun with all the sports cliches here :-)]. But with the new statement level ‘Fifth Element’ and the statement level CDT-5 … AND the Ongaku? OMFG [ran out of sports cliches… darn! … but couldn’t think of one that communicated what I feel the druggish potential is here].