As you can see, a lot of the cool lookin’ stuff is over here at THE Show. The ESS Labs speaker feature their Great Heil drivers for most of the upper mid and tweeter frequencies.

I couldn’t find out the name of some of these ESS Labs speakers, but definitely an interesting design.

The ESS Labs LD-10 loudspeaker

The ESS Labs AMT Limited Edition speaker

Another view of the main ESS Labs speaker in this room

A few shots of the ESS Labs LD-10 loudspeaker

The LD-10 ESS Labs speaker

A closeup of the driver in the larger ESS Labs speaker

They were using an Oppo DVD player here

The CI Audio PLC-1 MKII Remote Passive Linestage preamplifier

The CI Audio D-200 MK II amplifier

The Plinius 8150 preamplifier

A few shots of the various sizes of the ESS Labs ‘Great Heil’ speaker drivers

Another high res shot of the ESS Labs Great Heil drivers

On static display, yet another new ESS Labs speaker

Episode Audio makes on-wall speakers and a couple different freestanding loudspeakers speakers like these.

Clement Perry of Stereotimes was having a good time …as always 🙂

Episode Audio loudspeakers

Episode Audio Kobra on the left, Episode-V on the right.

An Episode-V loudspeaker

Episode Audio loudspeakers

Another interesting speaker from Episode Audio, the Kobra

The interesting drivers and driver configuration of an Episode Audio Episode-V loudspeaker

The interesting drivers and driver configuration of the Episode Audio Kobra loudspeaker

They were using a Yamaha RX V1400 DVD CD player

They were also using an Onkyo amp / preamp combination

An Episode Audio on-wall speaker

Static display of some Episode Audio speaker drivers

Von Gaylord was demonstrating their new ‘Return of the Legend’ speakers which sit on their ‘VG-1 Plus’ woofers driven by their ‘Uni Earth’ amplifiers.

I remember the original ‘The Legend’ speakers getting good write-ups in the forums when they were played loud but not LOUD [which also sometimes happened at those shows]. Funny, this show was a very quiet show this year – in all the rooms.

The Von Gaylord speaker

The Von Gaylord ‘Return of the Legend and VG-1 Plus’ speaker

The Von Gaylord ‘Return of the Legend and VG-1 Plus’ speaker

The Von Gaylord ‘Return of the Legend and VG-1 Plus’ speaker

The Von Gaylord ‘Uni Earth’ amplifier

The Von Gaylord ‘Uni Earth’ amplifier

The Von Gaylord ‘Uni Earth’ amplifier

The Von Gaylord ‘Uni’ preamplifier

A Marantz CD-80 CD player with the logo blacked out [why do some rooms do this? have no idea.]