Tonight I visited my local hi fi store and had the opportunity to listen to some fantastic music starting with the newest Clear Audio turntable, Aesthetix products between the source and speakers and Focal Stella speakers with dual JL Audio Gothom subwoofer using Nordost cables and a stack of Nordost Sort Kones. There's a lot more than I could correctly identify, but it was certainly fun to see some of this stuff in action. It's the worst my system has sounded since I've owned it. It's still wonderful, but no match for this truly amazing system.
While I was there I inquired about cryo-treatment of records with a local Focal rep and a highly respected amplifier engineer/designer that was there. The response was in the range of head scratching/shaking. Neither seemed to be aware of the concept which was interesting since they were on hand for the U.S. debut of the Clear Audio Master Innovation turntable. I would expect the amplifier guy to be at the leading edge of LP technology.
In any case, it's the most impressed that I've been with the main rig in the store in a long time. Everything seemed to be working great. On previous visits I wasn't as impressed with the Aesthetix products compared to the previously used Krell, but this time I had no complaints.
