by Michael

Edge NL Reference and Soundlab Ultimate 1

We have decided [actually years ago, but we get attached to things] that equipment that has been on the floor for more than two years should find a new home. We shouldn’t hog things to ourselves for years and years.

The above two items, the 800 watt Edge Reference ‘pyramid’ amps and Soundlab electrostatic ULTIMATE speakers have been on the floor for 5 years.

They are up on Audiogon, in case any of youse is interested.

Otherwise, hopefully you will see things evolve a little more quickly, and see things change a little more frequently here at the house on the hill.

But we do get emotionally attached to things – they give us so much pleasure over the years, It is like seeing one’s youth leaving, bit by bit.

Why oh why does it have to go some part of us whines.

And the other part says the alternative is stagnation, which is worse.

OK, no. Not starting a philosophical thread. Sorry. [though it is that time of year…. :-)]

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 by Michael

TAS, HiFi+ Awards

Well, it looks like nothing we sell (like?) made the TAS list and the Marten Coltrane Supreme loudspeakers and Nordost Odin cables made the HiFi+ list.

Oh boy.

The lists would be more … exciting? … if everything on them was of the same caliber, or was clearly described as being chosen because it was the best for the money.

But no.

They are chosen because they were reviewed in the previous 12 months.

As a budding audiophile I did not know this. I thought speaker of the year [Stereophile] meant best speaker available this year.

Dunlavy 4! Sonus Faber Extrema!

Well, those two turned out to be classics.

And the Supremes and Odin are and will be classics.

But, uh, most years … most ‘winners’….

Anyway… let’s see what Stereophile has to say…. yawn… then time for a nap 🙂

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 by Michael

CES 2008 coming right up…

This year I registered as ‘Press’. Last year a security guard threatened to confiscate my camera because I wasn’t press. We’ll see if they think I qualify as a member of the ill reputed ‘press corp’.

A number of industry people we usually see at shows have decided to skip this year’s CES. Kind of sucks…

This year we will have two Audio Note rooms. We should know next week exactly what we are taking… but it is going to be great. A large, or rather expensive, room with lots of goodies and the same small room we had at RMAF, but with 4.1x CD player this year.

We will have a small HRS SXR rack and, well, we’ll see… 🙂

We’ll be at the Alexis Park. There are going to be lots of exhibitors… hopefully lots of people too. Not that exhibitors aren’t people, per se… 😉

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