by Michael

HRS at CES 2012

[HRS will have their equipment racks and platforms in a ton of rooms this CES, 14 by my count. We should have good photos of them all, if everything goes as planned. Of particular interest to us is the new SXR Signature Frame System. A lot of our customers really like the flexibility of the SXR rack system. Now, we can get the SXR Signature: Higher Performance. Same Great SXR Flexibility. ]

“Harmonic Resolution Systems (HRS) Inc will be displaying our existing and new product lines at CES 2012 next week. Our company is 12 years old this year and we have been attending CES ever year for the past Decade. We are very pleases to be working again with many excellent companies to build some great sounding demo systems for your to see, hear, and enjoy.

HRS is participating in 14 rooms this year including 13 active systems and one static display meeting room. Please find below a complete listing of demo rooms using HRS products this year. Please stop by and visit these excellent rooms if you are attending CES. Please also stop by the HRS static display room (Venetian 29-203) to speak with our company representatives.

We are introducing a number of new products this year at CES including:

1. The prototype of RXR frame system. This new frame system that will be about 40% lower price than the SXR frame system. Right now we have a target price of about $3295 for a RXR-1921-4V (four component stand). We will be putting final performance and cosmetic changes in place on the RXR after CES and it is scheduled for production shipments around end of March early April 2012. We will be taking orders and deposits on first production shipments the week after CES.

2. SXR Signature Frame System – We will show two production SXR Signature frame systems at CES for the first time ever. This new frame is an upgraded version of the SXR series. You can order the SXR Signature frame as of the first day of CES. During final development of the SXR Solid Brace Insert product line we looked at many ways to take advantage of the Solid Brace insert to not only increase load capacity of the frame but also increase frame performance. The results of this development effort are very positive. The performance gains achieved in the Signature SXR by use of the new SXR Solid Brace Inserts, located at each level in the frame, justify this new model and closes the performance gap with our reference level MXR frames.

3. New ADH Analog Disk Heavy – We will have prototype version of the new ADH Analog Disk (heavy – “H”). This is a non magnetic stainless steel version of the ADL (Analog Disk Light). The ADH has approximately three times the mass of the ADL and has been optimized for higher mass non suspension turntables. This new model will only be available in natural precession machined stainless steel finish

Harmonic Resolution Systems CES 2012 Reference Level Audio Stands Listing:

Aesthetix (The Venetian Suite 29-221)
– SXR-1921-4V Double Wide Frame (Black Finish) with M3X and R1X Isolation Bases

Audio Research/Sumiko (The Venetian Suite 30-105)
– SXR-1921-4V Double Wide Frame (Black Finish) with M3X Isolation Bases

Ayre Acoustics (The Venetian Suite 34-310)
– SXR-1921-4V Double Wide Frame (Silver Finish) with S1 and R1 Isolation Bases

Bel Canto Design (The Venetian “ Suite 29-140)
– SXR-1921-3V Frame (Black Finish) with M3X Isolation Bases

BSG Technologies (The Venetian Suite 34-210)
– SXR-1719-3V Frame (Black Finish) with R1 Isolation Bases

Constellation Audio (The Venetian Suite 29-132)
– SXR-1921-4V Frame (Black Finish) with M3X Isolation Bases

dCS (The Venetian Suite 29-131)
– SXR-1921-4V Frame (Black Finish) with M3X Isolation Bases

HRS Static Display and Meeting Room (The Venetian Suite 29-203)
– RXR-1921-3V Frame (Dark Finish) with R1X Isolation Bases
– RXR-1921-1V Frame (Dark Finish)
– SXR-1921-3V Signature Frame (Black Finish)
– Mix of 2012 M3X Isolation Base, S1 Isolation Bases and R1X Isolation Bases
– Analog Disk, Damping Plates and Nimbus System

LAMM Industries/HRS (The Venetian Suite 35-305)
– SXR-1921-3V Double Wide Signature Frame (Black Finish) with M3X Isolation Bases

On a Higher Note (Mirage Casino & Resort)
– SXR-1921-4V Frame (Black Finish) with M3X Isolation Bases

Redpoint Audio Design (The Venetian Suite 30-323)
– SXR-1921-3V Double Wide (Black Finish) with M3X and S1 Isolation Bases

Sumiko/Wadia Digital (The Venetian Suite 30-111)
– SXR-1921-4V Double Wide Frame (Black Finish) with M3X Isolation Bases

TAD/Pioneer Electronics (The Venetian Suite 34-208)
– MXR-1921-4V Frame (Red Birds Eye Maple Finish) with M3X Isolation Bases

Vandersteen Audio (The Venetian Suite 29-201)
– RXR-1921-4V Frame (Dark Finish) with R1X Isolation Bases

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 by Michael

Nordost at CES 2012

Nordost always has shootouts of their cables against each other in their exhibit room at these shows. These shootouts are controlled [i.e. they play music of their choice, so they can make the differences as apparent as possible (esp. for those who never heard cables sound different before, most of whom seem compelled to post profusely on the lesser quality forums), and these shootouts last about 1/2 hour to 45 minutes] – and typically performed on a modest, yet quite dynamic, system.

“Room 29-125 in the Venetian Towers is our demonstration room. The spotlight will be shared between Lars Kristensen (pictured above) and Bjorn Bengtsson (pictured below). The guys alternate during the four days and each have plenty of jaw dropping demonstrations to share!”

“The greatest thing about the Nordost demonstrations is it’s all about proving things. You will never walk into our room where we pat ourselves on the back about how cool our packaging looks. Or simply talk about how great our technology is and how much better it is than others. The proof is always in the pudding and if your ears can hear the difference then it exists.

It’s why we always do active demonstrations where we show you that as you climb up the Nordost ladder you hear the differences.”

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 by Michael

Lamm at CES 2012

Lamm has two rooms up in the Venetian Towers, on floor 35, just like previous years.

Unlike last year’s historic showing with the Wilson Audio Alexandria X-2 speakers in the large room, this year they are reverting back to the more modest Wilson MAXX 3 speakers driven by the Lamm ML3 amps.

New this year, however, is ONEDOF’s $150K turntable, which deputed at RMAF 2010 and we got to hear at RMAF 2011, albeit with inferior equipment and cartridge [if you are interested in hearing what the turntable actually sounds like]. The Neodio digital is actually pretty good, so the turntables in this room have to be pretty decent just to keep up, IMHO.

The smaller room looks the be about the same as last year, Lamm ML2.2 amps on Verity Lohengrin, with the addition of the Kronos turntable [there is no rack listed, so that could also be a surprise].

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