CES 2012 – Aesthetix, AMG
Musical Surroundings is the distributor (importer) for Aesthetix and AMG.
This system was more musical – the notes more harmonically rich and a little more natural bloom on the dynamics of the notes – than most Aesthetix / Vandersteen systems I have heard, most of which had a Clearaudio turntable instead of this AMG turntable. Whether the AMG turntable is more musical, or the cartridge it was using is more musical, or they retubed the Aesthetix in such a way as to be more musical, I don’t know.
The AMG turntable appeared in several rooms [and I think beyond just the other Musical Surroundings rooms].
The AMG turntable
The AMG turntable
The AMG turntable
The HRS SXR equipment rack, full of equipment. HRS had their racks in 14 rooms at CES this year.
The new Vandersteen 5a Carbon speakers
The new Vandersteen 5a Carbon speakers
Aesthetix preamp
Aesthetix Romulus CD Player
Aesthetix Atlas amplifier
They had a couple of open chassis on static display. I tried to photograph the front, then the innards. Not sure what this one is.. perhaps a phono stage.
The Aesthetix Callisto Eclipse preamp also had an open chassis…
The Aesthetix Callisto Eclipse preamp ‘s electronic guts…
