The current SOTA SACD player

Gregm, my dentist's drill is a highly modded device sporting twin 6H30 drivers protruding gracefully from behind the handle. It has a marvellous midrange bloom. It is rumoured of having been re-designed by a former engineer of AudioNote.

Hi Guidocorona. It was really nice seeing you again.
There are numerous challenges to be faced when converging in an unfamiliar room with unfamiliar audio gear . This assortment of equipment had never been tested together. We had a very short period of time to dial it in and find any synergy whatsoever. What sounded good the night before the show started , turned into glare once 200 plus audio systems fired up and taxed the Hotels electrical grid. Our system went through numerous changes throughout a 72 hour period and pretty much came together only on the last day of the show. Every exhibitor faced this situation so our problems were certainly not unique. For me at least , it was a crash course in understanding the importance of balance . APL Hi Fi was a guest of the ESP room and we thank them tremendously for their allowing us to be there .

Guidocorona wrote:

Conversely, both the NWO-2.5 and the EMM Sig I heard in Denver sounded reasonably acceptable to my ears, if not exactly overwhelming.

Brainwater, I could me mistaken, but my read on Guido's comments is that the APL and the EMM Labs Sig I were two players at the show that did NOT fit the dentist drill analogy.

Thank you so much Brent and Boa2. Yes, I did not feel I was being trapanated while listening to APL and EMM. As I said, both room sounded fairly reasonable.