Al works for Audiogon and takes photos for Audiogon’s show reports [Albert Porter also takes photos for Audiogon, sometimes, though not at this show this year]. He covers every room (like I do at shows besides this one) and we usually run into each other several times in the hallways and exhibit rooms – commiserating about the difficulties of covering every single room. He likes Heavy Metal music which, of course, is almost never played at these shows [We had Dream Theater but forgot to play it while he was in our room (but we did play it later in the show :-))].

Anyway, Al is one of the unsung heroes behind our hobby.

Room 570 was interesting… Kevin thought this single-driver (Voxativ) speaker was slightly more full-range than the Teresonic speakers, a similar single-driver (Lowther) speaker [up to now the only full-featured single-driver speaker that looks and sounds like a real [decent] speaker and can play many kinds of music.]

I am not sure I agree or disagree about the additional bass – but the sound in this room was remarkably smooth.

No, I am not sire what I mean by ‘smooth’ either. Kind of a know-it-when-you-hear-it I guess. It is really unlikely that it was a DRASTICALLY reduced treble and certainly not notes that were lasting too long [which I am really sensitive too]. That amp is a ‘prototype’ what looks to be 300B tube amp.

It was likely just rounded note attacks and decays but the notes were still starting and ending on time. This sound is really nice at a show [with many systems with note envelopes looking like beds of nails].

Anyway, another nice new speaker to keep an eye on.

Some systems look so very innocent, especially compared to this one. 🙂

The speakers are titled forward significantly, pointing down to direct the tweeters at us listeners.

Sonically, the Tenor amp and preamp did not provide as much of a tube sound, and that tube ability to make the notes appear to all be part of the same melody, as I would have thought they would have.