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CES 05

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In the Sutherland room were the Avalon Vision at 23K, one of only two pair in the Universe and they sounded superb with the VPI HRX. Alison Krauss sounded nearly as good as she did live last year. I have always liked the Avalon sound...clean, delicate and very open with great dimensional contrasts. Sutherland knows how to do phono right.
Cary Audio:There was magic being made in the Cary room. The piano music being played was full of weight and body and demanded to be listened till the piece was over. I liked this room very well.
Threshold:Good news is that Threshold is making gear again and in the Threshold tradition they made great music. The Threshold S/3700e was listed at 3500.00. The system was used with Cardas Neutral Reference interconnect and Speaker cable.
Sound Lab: The M1 SL speakers with the Parasound JC1's provided a grand liquid sound that was very musical. I spoke with John Curl for some time and I was very impressed with the engineering effort that went into the JC1's.
jallen
metralla
945 posts
 
Thanks Golden_ears. You could be right. I've got to learn to be a little less trusting. I did hear the Zanden combination the previous year in the Audiopax room at THE Show, and I was suitably impressed with the sound in that room. I did want to hear it again; I think the DAC has been revised.

There were quite a few Audio Aero machines at CES this year, and that says something.

Regards,
tbg
5,263 posts
 
The many Audio Aeros may merely say that they made them available to all. I would be shocked were the Audio Aero the equal of the Zanden setup, not that I think either are top digital units.
gthomas
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I am glad to hear that Ty took the Super Towers to the show. I have the prototype Super Towers. Ty made the first pair for me last May. I also have the center channel to match with the same drivers. Great sound!!

gthomas
nippon
1 posts
 
"My aim was to hear really good digital sources; and I tried to hear as many of the good ones as time allowed. Even this was not possible - for example, I really wanted to hear the Zanden combination, but the folks in the AvantGarde room claimed that their Zanden transport + DAC was too "green" to show off their system to the best; and they used a 32 bit Audio Aero."

SO WHY DIDN'T YOU GO TO THE ZANDEN ROOM?
youjoon
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I got to mention another fine speakers with RAVEN tweeter.

I have visited Audio Reserach room and listend to their reference power,pre, and CDP with wilson watt+puppy. It was a O.K.

Then I went to Connoisseur & Audio reference room without knowing anything about them. Rich and worm sound. Unbeliveable, You got to hear to believe this. The exhibitor drove them with 9 watts 300B int. amp. Best value and best sound of the show.

Another fine perfomer is NAIM's new n-Vi in reception area. One box all-in-one CD/DVD player / processor / five-channel amplifier. Little bit over priced, but still another good NAIM.

youjoon

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