Nice comments from Mr. Atkinson of Stereophile at the Capital Audiofest about The Voice That Is and Tidal. Page down about half way. http://www.stereophile.com/content/capital-audiofest151day-two-early-afternoon |
I was at CAF yesterday and got to listen to most rooms there including the two Tidal based systems. They sounded very good but dynamics were noticeably compressed with the rig using the smaller Tidals with smaller drivers as would be expected. Other than that, sound was top notch but for those $$$s I would want it all. I think the Stereophile guy sold the GT Audio works rig a bit short, probably due to unfamiliarity and not enough time to listen. I would have liked to heard more but for $3000 including two separate standalone subs, these were the giant killers there that I heard. I was there on Sunday and the presenter did have to make some tweaks to the subs for bass levels still during my audition, so possible this was off prior when the Stereophile guy listened. I agree the Mapleshade room sound was nothing to write home about although they won the award for best cable elevators and I liked the build quality of their stands. Mapleshade's recordings are their unique contribution to audiophilia I would say and I bought several while in the room. Why one of their own recordings was not playing when I went in I have no idea but they seemed to be going for something more mainstream with REM and such, which was probably not a good idea at an audio show. |
My Tidal Piano Cera has now 200h, paired with an Audiopax Model5 SE pre and two Model 88 SE SET 30W. I am amazed by the sound quality and transparency. It is much more than I thought it would be like. After 500h I will start listenning to different set of cables, including Argento Flow IC and Speaker. |
