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This
is our new statement speaker here at Audio
Federation. We just recently received them after
we exhibited with them at the Rocky Mountain
Audio Fest show in Denver. Currently we have
them paired with Lamm amplification and
preamplification, with an Audio Note and Walker
sources, mostly because we wanted to hear what
this sounded like after the Audio Note
amplification and preamplification and Emmlabs
and Brinkmann sources we used at the show.
This
is probably the first speaker we have had here -
and one of the few speakers in the world - that
is inherently Impressive sonically. It, of
course, has all the other characteristics we
also require of speakers we carry: Realism,
Emotionality, Enjoyability, and, hopefully, if
we set up the system well - Magic.
These speakers are currently a little congested
as they are just now loosening up as they
break-in. Have to say that, usually a time of
frustration and extreme patience, this has been
one of the most fun break-in periods we have
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LOUDSPEAKERS |
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Marten COLTRANE SUPREME |
$250,000.00 |
If you personally want to experience the art and
the majesty, the talent and the skill and the
message and the emotion and the awesome
delicacies and complexities of the human
condition as communicated by the musicians to
listeners just like you throughout the ages,
then perhaps these speakers are for you.
Utilizing a light-weight, super-strong carbon
fiber enclosure; with
Accuton ceramic drivers, the Accuton
diamond
tweeter and 2� diamond midrange. 20 - 100,000 Hz
+/- 1.5 dB. 93dB. Internally wired with
Jorma Design Prime
cabling. 650lbs includes all four towers. From
Sweden.
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AMPLIFIER |
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The Lamm ML2.1 is Lamm Industry's statement
amplifier and
successor to the renowned ML2. It is technically
an 18 watt, 6C33C-tube based single-ended triode
monoblock amplifier. Physically it is a rather
unimposing utilitarian design statement.
Sonically it is a tool that creates amazingly
deep tapestries of music - deep because the
natural textures and harmonics that these amps
are able to communicate in are subtle, it takes
some time to plumb their depths.
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PREAMPLIFIER |
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Lamm L2 REFERENCE |
$14,390.00 |
The L2 Reference preamplifier is
the very best hybrid solid-state / tube
preamplifier in the world, and the most
transparent, dynamically and harmonically
correct preamplifier we have heard to date.
In particular it is a "Line-level dual-mono
hybrid preamp with a separate power supply; tube
rectifier, choke contained filter, vacuum tube
regulator; and TKD stepped potentiometers for
volume control -- the best available on today's
market. From the U.S.A. |
CD PLAYER |
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Audio Note
CDT-THREE (CDT3) transport |
$8,100.00 |
Smoother with more
harmonic detail and sophistication than the
discontinued CDT2 Mk I transport, this transport
transports the system even farther from the
digititus blues of CD playback. From the U.K. |
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Audio Note
4.1x Balanced DAC |
$13,000.00 |
This
DAC uses the 'back-to-nature' approach to avoid
the artificiality and digititus associated with
CD sound. A very natural sounding DAC that can
be listened to 24 hours/day.
1xoversampling� direct from disc� technology
with silver wired and patented Audio Note�
transformer coupled I/V interface. New Old Stock
Philips/ECG 5687WB double triode no feedback
anode follower output stage. From the U.K. |
TURNTABLE |
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Walker
Proscenium Gold Signature
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with motor
controller and setup $40,000.00 |
The best sounding turntable alive. Over and over
again, as new turntables hit the market and
raise the ante, up to $90K now - this table
beats them all
in terms of doing what a table is supposed to do
- playing LPs. |
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Lamm
LP2 Deluxe phono
preamplifier |
$6,990.00 |
Natural and realistic sounding, like all Lamm products.
Handily beats competitors costing twice as much.
From the U.S.A. |
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Lyra
Titan cartridge |
$5,990.00 |
Detailed, neutral, yet musical. A classic
cartridge that is the reference for all
cartridges that purport to be detailed yet add
little harmonic character of their own. |
CABLES |
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Jorma
Design PRIME |
1.0 meter RCA interconnect $7,000.00
2.0 meter biwire
speaker cable: $19,700.00 |
[No. 1] This is the only speaker cable we have
found that is as neutral as the Valhalla (others
seemed to remove too much detail or were
compressing large musical transients or worse),
trading a little more body for a little less
detail.
[Prime]. Awesome level of detail with staggering
harmonics.
From Sweden. |
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Nordost
VALHALLA |
Speaker cable $4,949,99+ Interconnect
$3,780.00+ |
Clean, neutral, and fast. When your components
are good enough that you want to hear everything
they are capable of. These are THE standard, the
ones to beat. Made of many thin conductors, each
conductor is made from optimized diameter solid
99.999999% oxygen free copper that has 78
microns of extruded silver on the surface. The
surface of each conductor is highly polished
before a high precision Micro Mono-Filament wrap
is helically wound over the conductor. From the
U.S.A.
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Stealth INDRA |
1 meter RCA: $5,750.00 |
The harmonics and emotion these cables reveal in
the music make them invaluable in high-end
systems. These cables are made of amorphous
metal - i.e. the wire has zero grain or crystal
structure. This metal was forged in the USSR
back during the cold war and is in very limited
supply. From the U.S.A.
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POWER CORDS AND
DISTRIBUTORS |
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Shunyata
HYDRA-M8 |
$2,495.00 |
The
Hydra
model-8 combines high-current capability with
Shunyata�s
passive form of noise reduction and system
protection to offer the perfect all-in-one
power-distribution solution. From the U.S.A. |
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Shunyata
ANACONDA ALPHA and
Vx (Helix and non-Helix) |
$2000.00 - $2250.00 |
The
Anaconda VX
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with patented
FeSi-1000
noise reduction materials (and the Alpha
without) and hand-braided matrix conductor
geometry act as an arm of refined
noise-isolation when applied to noise-sensitive
digital or visual electronics. From the U.S.A. |
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Elrod Statement II |
$2,700.00 |
Giant power cords that give that giant sound.
Full-bodied with a capital �F�.
From the U.S.A. |
EQUIPMENT RACK and
PLATFORMS |
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Harmonic Resolution Systems (HRS) M3
ISOLATION BASE |
Nimbus/coupler sets starting at $60.00.
Platforms starting at $1,550.00 |
The HRS Isolation
base significantly improves the performance of
any component that it is placed under.
The base consists of a
thick slab of granite isolated from a custom
metal frame resting on four very special feet.
From the U.S.A. |
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Rix Rax Custom 4-shelf Grand
Hoodoo |
Starting at $3,100.00 |
Beautiful and striking, one of the very few
racks that can be classified as fine furniture.
Maple shelves with Cocobolo inlay and Audi Black
car paint. From Canada. |
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