CES 2012 Show Report Day 4

We have 3200 or so photos so far, every room every component, but still have most of floor 4 at THE Show to finish and just a few rooms on 30 at the Venetian.

So the rest of the day is dedicated to listening, I hope.

I would like to go back and hear more of:

* The ONEDOF table versus the Neodio digital in the big Lamm room [though I liked the sound better in the small Lamm room this year I think]

* Franco Serbli’s Ktema speakers to see just how much of their own sound they bring to the music and how that sonic signature differs from the classic Sonus Faber sound.

* The Magico Q7 speakers

* YG Acoustics Anat 3 on Tenor and the smaller YG on the old 400 watt Krell

* Perhaps the statement Sonus Faber again, though I got the feeling that these finally are the big version of the Stradivarius we all expected last year.

* The Granada speakers on the Smc pre instead of the Wavac pre

* Perhaps the Kondo room again just to get more of a feel for what they are trying to accomplish with their new speakers

I go to the gym every other day – functional fitness, crossfit training, weight training, aerobics, some yoga, etc. but all this squatting down and lunging and curls and contorting myself with this 10lb? camera – trying to get the best shot 3000+ times I guess – has really been … let’s just say I just wasn’t as well-prepared for it as I thought I would be. 🙂

CES Show Report Day 2 Dailies


Franco Serblin – Ktena speakers and Air Tight amps


Franco Serblin – Ktena speakers


Basis Insipiration turntable


Inside a Velodyne subwoofer


TiDal speakers sounded good on Constellation amps


Nittobo Acoustic ‘Acoustic Groove System’ room treatments worked well here according to Santy (Tri) [I did not get to hear the ‘before’ room treatment sound]


The big Venture speakers sounded better than I think I’ve heard them before as well (those are Venture’s amps as well).


The big Sonus Faber speakers are nicer looking this year, huh? Last year must of been some kind of cosmic ray thing…


The big MBL speaker room was entertaining.


The new Hansen speaker look. I like the old melted look, myself.


This YG Acoustics system with the Tenors sounded better than at RMAF – perhaps because the source was a CD player, when I was there, and not a hard drive?


The inside of a Tenor amp


The large Magico Q7 speakers.

Yes, of course we will say something about the sound, and several 1000 more photos, but first, got to get back and listen more! 🙂