Piega loudspeakers and little Franco Serblin loudspeakers
Franco Serblin loudspeakers
Piega loudspeaker rear
Piega loudspeakers rear
Piega loudspeakers rear
Franco Serblin loudspeaker rear
Piega loudspeakers
Just this one photo of the Ayon electronics and Lumenwhite loudspeakers.
Second day and I think this is the first room that had a stable, deep soundstage and realistic imaging, good separation, harmonic accuracy, enjoyability etc.. They were playing (classic) jazz, which I love but it is easy to reproduce; the dynamics seemed reasonable w/r to what is expected by most people with speakers like this [hedging my description a little for you horn, open baffle, or efficient speaker enthusiasts]. I think most people would consider this room a clear success though for me personally it was cold-sounding, lacking some harmonic content and engaging decay and subtleties – but that was the sound that was unusually prevalent at this show(!). In that sense then, this was the best price-no-object system* I will hear until the third day when we get to the Von Schweikert / VAC room, where the VAC electronics introduce some slightly more realistic warmth, albeit with their own issues.
*leaving our room out of the competition. Seriously, our sound, and goals for our sound, are quite a bit different than these other systems.
YG Acoustics loudspeakers and AudioNet amps
AudioNet amps
YG Acoustics loudspeakers
YG Acoustics loudspeaker rear
YG Acoustics loudspeaker rear
AudioNote amp rear
Kronos turntable
Kronos turntable
This room had 3 suites each with a system, the primary one featuring Esoteric solidstate gear on the 109 db efficient Avatgarde Trio horns.
Esoteric gear on Harmonic Resolution Systems’ VXR equipment rack in black
Esoteric gear on Harmonic Resolution Systems’ VXR equipment rack in black
Avantagarde Trio loudspeakers
Avantagarde Zero loudspeakers
Avantagarde Zero loudspeakers
Avantagarde Uno loudspeakers
Avantagarde Uno loudspeakers
Avantagarde Uno loudspeakers
Various gear on a Harmonic Resolution Systems SXR equipment rack
Bergmann turntable
Bergmann turntable
Bergmann turntable
Bergmann turntable
View of main room from other end
… and this will be it for Day 1.
Clearaudio turntable
dCS and D’Agostino gear on Harmonic Resolution Systems VXR rack in silver
d’Agostino Stromtank amplifier
d’Agostino Stromtank amplifier
The meter for the forthcoming D’Agostino Relentless amplifier
d’Agostino Stromtank amplifier
The meter for the forthcoming D’Agostino Relentless amplifier in comparison to current meter sizes
dCS and D’Agostino gear on Harmonic Resolution Systems VXR rack in silver
Side view of Harmonic Resolution Systems VXR rack in silver
Top view of Harmonic Resolution Systems VXR rack in silver
Loving the black granite with silver surround for the Harmonic Resolution Systems M3X II Isolation Base platform
D’Agonstino monoblock power amplifier
D’Agonstino monoblock power amplifier on HRS M3X II Isolation Base platform on… more granite
Wilson Alexandria XLF detail
Harmonic Resolution Systems RXR rack’s R Shelf platform (isolation base) in silver
Harmonic Resolution Systems RXR rack’s R Shelf platform (isolation base) in silver
Spinning… spinning…
HRS SXR racks
HRS SXR equipment rack
dCS digital gear on HRS SXR rack
Audio Research Reference 160 M amplifier
Audio Research Reference 160 M amplifier
Audio Research Reference 160 M amplifier
Audio Research Reference 160 M amplifier
Audio Research Reference 160 M amplifier
Audio Research Reference 160 M amplifier
AMG turntable
AMG turntable
The Sonus Faber Aida II loudspeakers definitely sounded better than the version I to my ears. More even across the frequency spectrum and more competent in general. Still has more of the latter-day Sonus Faber sound than their early years for those of you who remember way back when. In any case, this was the best sound I had heard up to this point in my rounds – and up until the second day when I arrived at the GTT Audio / YG Acoustics room. There was still something lacking in overall performance here, a general digital-like hash sound – whether it was these amps on these speakers, something upstream, or first day setup issues, don’t know.
Sonus Faber Aida II loudspeaker
ARC Reference 750 amplifiers
ARC Reference 750 amplifier rear
ARC Reference 750 amplifiers
Sonus Faber Aida II loudspeaker
ARC Reference 750 amplifiers
ARC Reference 750 amplifiers
Sonus Faber Aida II loudspeaker
Sonus Faber Aida II loudspeaker
