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Genesis Speakers demonstrated a new setup that
has subwoofer signals spread around the room instead of being relegated to
one subwoofer. The sound was spectacular. |
China is coming on strong with imports of their
own brands, including these Ming Da Power Amplifiers. Each monoblock
produces 75 watts of pure Class A sound, using 300Bs as drivers and 845s
as output tubes. Beautiful power meters on the front, a la McIntosh. $10,000 the pair. |
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Here is a close-up of one of the Ming Da
monoblocks. The power supply is in the bottom chassis, and the amplifier
circuits are in the top chassis. Heavy? Very! |
Totem Acoustic showed off their very compact
surround sound speaker set (called the Dreamcatcher), including the subwoofer at the bottom center
(which is about 10" in width),
having a 200 watt amplifier. The veneer is real cherry, not vinyl. $1,695 for the system. |
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MBL sported their CD transport retailing for
about $15,000. No SACD no DVD-A. No hurry. |
Vinyl is alive and well, at least in Italy where
V.Y.G.E.R. makes 30 of these $32,000 turntables each year. It has
compressed air cylinders that isolate it from the floor. If I ever got one
of these, maybe I could rent it to George Lucas as a prop, to pay for it. |
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It sure looks like Lucite is popular in making
turntables |
Perhaps these horn speakers, by BassHorns, would not
be popular with the spouse, but they are so efficient (112 dB/w/m), that
only a few watts are necessary to drive them to satisfying volume. They
remind me of a set of drums I had in college, except that they play music
a lot better than I did. |
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Balanced Audio Technology has their new VK-600
stereo power amplifier. See all those power supply capacitors in there?
That is what makes a good power amplifier. They also make a good power
amplifier expensive. |
Monster Cable sponsored a nice luncheon for the press
at the Westin St. Francis hotel, where the show was held. |
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Tetra
floor-standers. |
Racks
and racks of new DVD-A releases. |
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Legend
Audio speakers. |
Red Rose
speakers. The inset photo shows a close-up of the ribbon tweeter. |
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Straightwire speaker cables. I imagine these can carry plenty of current. |
Penaudio
Charisma bookshelf speaker sitting on top of the Charm subwoofer. |
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Inteset combines home entertainment and computers. |
UmeVoice's "The Boom" headset for telephone use has noise cancellation
technology built-in. Originally designed for use in Black Hawk
helicopters. |
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Talon
Audio Technologies showed their Hawk monitor speakers (on the stand) -
$8,000/pair and Thunderbird subwoofer ($10,000). |
Vishorn
is a company in China now importing their own brand to the USA. They have
been producing hundreds of thousands of speakers and amplifiers each month
for other companies, so they want to sell their own. They, along with
other China OEMs are really coming on strong with their products, which
are nicely built and very, very affordable. |
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Gershman Acoustics 520-X (in the rear). |
Pipe
Dreams column speakers with subwoofer, driven by VAC tube power
amplifiers. |
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Wisdom
Audio Adrenaline column speakers and subwoofer. |
Dolby
Laboratories gave a press conference in their reference theater room. The
chandeliers in the photo were from "The Godfather" movie. |
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