The Proac room. I though the Tube Technology amps were good looking, so I snapped some photos…
A Proac loudspeaker
A Proac loudspeaker from the rear
Tube Technology amplifier
Tube Technology amplifier
Tube Technology preamplifier
This room featured Blumenhofer speakers on ASTIN Trew electronics with the Acoustic Signature ‘Ascona’ turntable as source.
I heard an album here, with the intention of trying to determine the quality level of the Acoustic Signature table. As near as I could tell it was certainly the equal of any table I have heard at a show [excepting the older Walkers. I start from the assumption that most high-end audio turntables have pretty much the same qualities, albeit slightly different flavors, and it is these flavors, along with aesthetics and usability etc. that one uses to determine which table to get. Unlike digital, few tables sound horrific.].
The Blumenhofer Genuin FS-2 speaker
The Blumenhofer Genuin FS-2 speaker
The Blumenhofer Genuin FS-2 speaker
The Blumenhofer Genuin FS-2 speaker close-up of the horn
The Blumenhofer Genuin FS-2 speaker from above
The Blumenhofer Genuin FS-2 speaker from above
ASTINtrew at3500 CD Player
Grandinote Shinai linestage
Grandinote Celio phono preamplifier
The Acoustic Signature ‘Ascona’ turntable.
Acoustic Signature’s Ascona turntable
Acoustic Signature’s Ascona turntable specifications
More of the Acoustic Signature Ascona turntable
Acoustic Signature ‘Ascona’ turntable
Acoustic Signature ‘Ascona’ turntable
The tall Acoustic Signature ‘Ascona’ turntable silhouetted against the tall buildings on the Las Vegas Strip
The specifications of the Koetsu Urushi Vermillion cartridge
Acoustic Signature ‘Ascona’ turntable with Koetsu Urushi Vermillion cartridge
Acoustic Signature ‘Ascona’ turntable with Koetsu Urushi Vermillion cartridge
On static display, several ASTIN Trew components… the Concord integrated amplifier
ASTINTrew … the Concord DAC 1
ASTINTrew at2000 integrated amplifier
Astin Trew at2000 integrated amplifier
Astin Trew at1000 preamplifier
On static display, several Acoustic Signature turntables… the Acoustic Signature Barzetti turntable
Acoustic Signature Manfred MK2 XL turntable
Acoustic Signature Challenger MK2 turntable
The Acoustic Signature Storm turntable
Acoustic Signature ‘Thunder’ turntable
This is the resolution audio room this year. Usually the Resolution Audio room does well at showing off the quite high price/performance of their gear but this year, not so much. Perhaps the Epos speakers, as much as I think they work so well in the Music Hall and Creek rooms, were not up to the task of showing off the somewhat higher fidelity Resolution Audio gear.
The components used in this room this year.
The Cantata Music Center CD player
The Resolution Audio Cantata C50 amplifier
Apple’s Airport Extreme
EPOS spealers
EPOS loudspeaker
On static display, a Resolution Audio open chassis
On static display, another Resolution Audio component with the top off
