I think when audiophile’s complain that CES is not ‘audiophile friendly’ enough for their tastes, they are referring to rooms like this.
I wonder if this room is made to demonstrate to dealers and distributors who are primarily interested in how things will look and sell in a store – and certainly many casual visitors to high-end audio stores stand while listening to various pieces of equipment.
[We’re about 3/4 through day 2. The first third or so of Day 3 will be at THE Show]
There were two systems in this room as well. This is the smaller system.
Unknown monitor speaker
Marantz SA-8001 SACD / CD player and Purity Audio integrated amplifier
MAD’s Made in England poster – not sure what this has to do with anything, but….
King Sound’s King II loudspeaker
King Sound’s King II loudspeaker, side view
King Sound’s King II loudspeaker rear connections
King Sound’s King II loudspeaker price
The Bob Carver Mono Block amp on top of the rack
The Bob Carver Mono Block amp on the bottom shelf of the rack
The Bob Carver Mono Block amp on the bottom shelf of the rack
Oppo BDP-95 Blu-ray player
On static display, a Bob Carver Mono Block amp in cherry red
Calyx makes all kinds of DACs
The Calyx Audio ‘Superdac’ next to a laptop
The Calyx Audio ‘Superdac’ front panel
The Calyx Audio ‘Superdac’ rear panel
Magnepan Magneplanar 1.7 speakers
Magnepan Magneplanar 1.7 speakers
This is Dynaudio’s second room – more of a conversation piece.
T+A also had two systems in their room [that is, like, 3 rooms in a row, I think]. This is the larger system, featuring their Solitaire CWT 1000 speakers on their electronics.
The T+A Solitaire CWT 1000 loudspeaker
The T+A Solitaire CWT 1000 loudspeaker
The T+A Solitaire CWT 1000 loudspeaker
T+A’s M-10 monoblock amplifier. A striking amplifier, took a few photos of this photogenic boy.
T+A’s M-10 monoblock amplifier
T+A’s M-10 monoblock amplifier
T+A’s M-10 monoblock amplifier
The T+A front end of this system.
T+A’s D-10.2 CD/SACD player
T+A’s P-10.2 preamplifier
T+A’s G-10.2 turntable
This is the seond T+A system, the smaller one, featuring the Solitaire CWT-500 speakers
T+A’s Solitaire CWT-500 speaker
T+A’s Solitaire CWT-500 speaker
T+A’s Solitaire CWT-500 speaker
T+A’s A-1560 amplifier
T+A’s P-1260-R preamp and SACD 1260-R CD player
T+A’s G-1260-R turntable
On static display: T+A’s K8-7.1 Blu-ray HD Receiver
On static display: T+A’s K8-7.1 Blu-ray HD Receiver, after switching to something more interesting
Dynaudio featured their Focus 260 speakers on T+A electronics
Dynaudio’s Focus 260 loudspeaker
Dynaudio’s Focus 260 loudspeaker
T+A iPod dock and Apple’s Airport
T+A Media Player
T+A Media Player
T+A Power Plant
Octave Audio also had two systems in their room this year, both with Dynaudio speakers [who were next door, as we’ll soon see]. There was also a smattering pf T+A gear, also a few rooms away.
This is the smaller system with the Dynaudio Confidence C1. monitor speakers
Dynaudio Confidence C1. monitor speaker
Dynaudio Confidence C1. monitor speaker
Dynaudio Confidence C1. monitor speaker
Octave V-70 SE integrated amplifier
T+A MP-1260 R DAC / Network Client
T+A Music Receiver
T+A G-1260 R turntable
Octave Audio’s second system featured the larger Dynaudio Confidence C4 speakers.
Dynaudio Confidence C4 speaker
Dynaudio Confidence C4 loudspeaker
Dynaudio Confidence C4 loudspeaker close-up
Clearaudio’s Innovation turntable
Clearaudio’s Innovation turntable from above
Octave Audio RE-290 amplifier
Octave Audio’s Super Black Box ‘power supply booster’
T+A SACD 1260-R CD player
Octave Audio’s HP-500 SE preamplifier
Microlab had two systems setup in their room. This is the smaller one, featuring their own Basalt electronics product line on Poison 1 speakers.
A close-up on the Microlab Poison 1 speaker driver
A closer-up on the Microlab Poison 1 speaker driver
The Microlab Poison 1 loudspeaker
The Microlab Electronics Basalt II preamp
The Microlab Electronics Basalt CD player
The Microlab Electronics Basalt CD player
The Microlab Electronics Basalt I integrated amplifier
The Microlab Electronics Basalt amplifier
The larger Microlab Electronics system
The Microlab Electronics Poison II loudspeaker
The Microlab Electronics Poison II loudspeaker
The Microlab Electronics Poison II loudspeaker from the rear [binding posts]
The Simaiudio room featured their Moon electronics on Sonus Faber Amati loudspeakers
The Simuadio rooms traditionally feature this black cloth on piping setup at shows.
Sonus Faber ‘Amati’ speaker
Sonus Faber ‘Amati’ speaker
Sonus Faber ‘Amati’ speaker from the side
Simaudio ‘Moon 650D DAC / CD Transport’ (i.e. CD player)
Simaudio ‘Moon 700i’ integrated amplifier. Nice gold finish, reminds me of the better-looking MBL gear.
Simaudio ‘Moon 380D DAC’ and ‘180 Mind Intelligent Network Device’
Simaudio ‘Moon 600i integrated amplifier’
Simaudio ‘Moon 750D DAC / CD Transport’ [CD player] with an open chassis
Simaudio ‘Moon’ amplifier with open chassis. A little blurry, and don’t know which amp this is, but I think we can tell quite a few things from this photo about the design of the Moon amps. They feature clean and simple designs and at most a medium-sized transformer [presumably under that metal box].
Dream 360 makes interesting-looking speakers.
This was a weird room – the guy on the left there wouldn’t move his arm either time as I had to squeeze by to take close-up photos and then to leave. Kind of creepy.
They weren’t playing music loud enough to really hear what the speakers sounded like.
The Dream 360 Reference speakers
A Dream 360 Reference loudspeaker
A Dream 360 Reference loudspeaker
A Dream 360 Reference loudspeaker
A Dream 360 Reference loudspeaker
A Dream 360 Reference speaker from below
Desktop Dream 360 speakers
A small Dream 360 desktop speaker
