CES 2015 show report

January 6, 2015January 6, 2015 by Michael

CES 2015: Acapella / Audio Federation room setup

The CES 2015: Acapella / Audio Federation room setup consists of a pair of Acapella Cellini speakers with red horns [standard $40,600, high version $56K using today’s historical (9-year) low Euro to USD conversion rate] and Acapella LaMusika integrated amplifier (starting at $91K. As shown: $102K)

So here we are, Sunday, room 30-225 in the Venetian Tower. Putting the HRS SXR rack in place ($5K, $13,680 fully loaded with M3x Isolation Bases). Leveling it [Neli likes doing this. Mike does not :-)]. Centering it. [And deciding whether to center it within the room, center it w/r to the center of the window, or some compromise, like centered between the speakers which may not be equidistant between the walls given that gigantico hutch there on the right side. Making sure the rack is far enough from the wall for the large Acapella LaMusika amp’s power cords have some space.

Anybody else notice the new carpet this year? Whoo Hoo! :-/

Added the Audio Note DAC 5 Signature ($98,250) up on the HRS Nimbus/Coupler footers (about $350 for a set of 3) and HRS M3X Isolation Base (about $2,800 in this 19×21 inch configuration).

Added the Audio Note CDT-Five Transport ($54,000).

Initial configuration is a Nordost Odin power cord ($11K) on the transport, a NVS Sound Silver Inspire power cord ($5430) on the DAC, an Audio Note ‘Brown’ PALLAS interconnect ($2428) between the two acting as a digital cable, and Acapella interconnect and speaker cables ($varies) on the amp and speakers.

January 5, 2015January 6, 2015 by Michael

CES 2015: Preshow

CES 2015: Preshow [in the featured photo, I see where the Luxor is, and the MGM Grand, and maybe the Trump tower, but I could be convinced that the Venetian is actually a little to the left or right from where I positioned the pin there :-)]

Now that THE SHOW is no longer having their ‘appendage’ show in the Flamingo hotel and casino here at CES this year, focusing on the much more successful Newport Beach show, it no longer makes sense for us to stay at the Flamingo.

Arriving at 1am to have to stand in line for 45 minutes to an hour at the Flamingo main checkin? [This is the AVERAGE wait, even in the middle of the year when there is not a CES happening]. Uh. No thanks.

So we are staying out in Henderson Nevada, a suburb of sorts of Las Vegas. So far it has been faster to get to the Venetian from here than it was to walk from the Flamingo [and warmer too :-)]. We’ll see what happens on a weekday[ :-} ].

This is your average exhibit room at this point. Some crates and some empty space. And chairs. Five chairs. And a sofa.

That is the HRS SXR rack in the foreground, and the crates for the Acapella Cellini speaker base units. Our room is 30-225, with the High Performance Audio exhibits in the Venetian Tower.

So empty. So peaceful… If you look hard you can see the small white signs above the doorways. It looks like there may be more exhibits here this year [than the measly two+ floors last year], perhaps a few people coming over from the THE SHOW to the much more posh and expensive Venetian. There have been predictions of a lot fewer attendees… but we’ll see, won’t we, starting tomorrow! 🙂

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January 3, 2015January 3, 2015 by Michael

CES 2015: Emm Labs MTRX Preview

EMM Labs will be in several rooms at the CES 2015 High Performance Audio show in the Venetian in Las Vegas:

Venetian 30^th floor suite 30-311 (Main Room EMM Labs and Isomike with the MTRX Amplifiers)

Venetian 35^th floor suite 35-307 (EMM Labs TSDX/DAC2X with Lamm amplification and Verity Monsalvat speakers) [Lamm room]

Venetian 35^th floor suite 35-309 (EMM Labs TSDX/DAC2X with Lamm amplification and Wilson Alexia speakers) [The other Lamm room]

The main demo room will have the full stack of EMM Labs and Meitner products plus meeting room.

We are really looking forward to hearing the MTRX on the Alexia speakers. This will allow us to triangulate just what the MTRX amps here are doing with respect to the Acapella Atlas versus what they do with the Wilson Alexia speakers.

How fun is that! [Lots 🙂 ]

We expect the amps to have even more significant impact on the sound of the Alexias, compared to other amps, given that they are so much harder to drive.

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