by Michael

T.H.E. Show Los Angeles 2022

In mid June, in the middle of our unexpected move in the Bay Area with so many reasonably-priced homes with hotel room-sized or larger listening rooms, there was the L.A. Show.

In the middle of our freaking out [and finding out just how functionally fit were we, anyway? as we moved home and store ourselves…] Neli drove down and exhibited an all Audio Note U.K. room.

It was a nice modest system, with Audio Note AN/E Spe HE speakers and Audio Note Meishu Tonmeister Silver integrated, an Audio Note CD4 CD player, and an Audio Note TT2 turntable with an AN Arm 3//II, S4 stepup transformer and IO1 phono cartridge on an HRS SXR equipment rack.

Cool white stands, huh? Look awesome in a room with white walls, to my eyes. The stands almost disappear and one’s listening-gaze semi-focused stare [you know what I mean] is much more centered on the Audio Note wood cabinets, where it really is just a lot nicer on the eyes.

Everyone seems to have had a great time, even with COVID still lurking. Here is a photo of Neli and the system from PMA magazine.

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Acapella at Munich Hiend 2022

The new Hyperion loudspeakers [most notably 15 inch woofers, and reportedly even more efficient than the Apollon speakers] and a prototype of the new Acapella amplifier (the current amplifier is a hybrid – with small gain stage tubes inside – so my guess is this one is too, but the tubes are now easier to change :-)). [I am sure Neli will correct all my mistaken facts and guesses when she reads this, but I wanted to get these photos up tonight :-/]. Acapella is showing at Hifi Deluxe, held at the Marriott in Munich.

Hermann Winters and his partner Alfred Rudolph, of Acapella Audio Arts

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New Acapella Audio Arts “Hyperion” loudspeakers

The Hyperion speakers are the new penultimate speaker from Acapella – styled like the Apollon, but with four 15 inch woofers per speaker, instead of four 10 inch drivers (Apollon also has two 10 inch isobaric drivers per speaker). I think they took some lessons learned from the 18 inch woofer in the flagship Sphaeron speakers and reportedly the efficiency (and immediacy)  of the Hyperion is also quite high (nearly as high, as the Sphaeron).

There is a “review” of the new Hyperion speakers on a Chinese website (if you need to translate it, use chrome and select the ‘translate’ icon in the right side of the chrome address bar).

It is not really an in-depth of the Hyperion speaker’s sound, however, mostly a technical overview of Acapella in general and some good technical details of the Hyperion, with photos!

Hyperion Acapella Hyperion speaker in-depth evaluation (full)

The couple who owns our rental in Palo Alto has decided to sell [and, no, we can’t afford to purchase this nice little $3.8M Eichler ranch home] so we are moving. Since we have to crate our Apollon speakers anyway…. it’s a good time for someone to make us an offer so we will then have space for the Hyperion.  🙂

 

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