California Audio Show 2019 - July 26th-28th
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The countdown to CAS 2019 has started, 25 days to go!
https://www.caaudioshow.com/
Looking forward to fully covering this show over on The Audio Beatnik! I'll probably do my usual "live" room photos here as well.
I believe it'll be slightly larger this year, with even more listening rooms to check out. Sweet!
Anyone local going to be attending?
https://www.caaudioshow.com/
Looking forward to fully covering this show over on The Audio Beatnik! I'll probably do my usual "live" room photos here as well.
I believe it'll be slightly larger this year, with even more listening rooms to check out. Sweet!
Anyone local going to be attending?
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Might as well kick it off with some eye candy. Looking forward to experiencing this Whammerdyne Heavy Industries DLM-4!
"Just wait, Till the debut of the "Monster" at the California Audio Show July 26th-28th 2019. This new amplifier will amaze even the most hardened audiophile and totally change his/her belief in what a TRUE breakthrough amplifier can achieve.
Pure DC coupling no caps in the signal path, bandwidth to 165 KHz, phase shift whats that? hum and noise below 13 uV, micro volts.. that's one of the lowest noise floors of any tube amp period. Slew rate fast damn fast. Low end response for bass below 12 Hz!, Pure class A, no feedback 8.4 watts 17 watts peak. Sonic nirvana. I guarantee this DLM 4 (Damn Little Monster) will bring all other amps to their knees.
Yes, its that good you think I'm kidding?, have you read the recent review by Tone Audio on our entry level (The baby) DGA-1 .. let's just say this is an order of magnitude above. Confident you bet. All you so called SE and other brands of tube amps look out your day of reckoning has come, I say solid state amps too bring e'm on!.
Only $ 10,500 for the "Finest SE 2A3 Amplifier on Planet Earth"
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Margules Group will be debuting a new set of speakers at the show this year!
Their room was my favorite last year, so I'm very much looking forward to hearing their system again! -
Not sure, Skip. I think at least one pair of transformers is external!
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Woah, $36k speakers from Wilson Benesch! I'm intrigued!
Excitement level rising! I love audio shows! -
"Room 5222
Salk Sound / McCary Audio / Exogal / Anticables
Salk Sound SS 9.5 loudspeakers"
Looks like I'll get to again experience the very nice sounding Salk towers that were at Axpona this year:
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Cool, a Focal and Rega setup by one of the local retailers here. I'd like to hear those Kanta N1 bookshelf speakers!
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"Room 5222
Salk Sound / McCary Audio / Exogal / Anticables
Salk Sound SS 9.5 loudspeakers"
Looks like I'll get to again experience the very nice sounding Salk towers that were at Axpona this year:
Yep those 9.5's were the star of the show as far as I'm concerned. I spent some time in that room on a couple occasions, that room and Skips room impressed me the most.Home Theater
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The room was pretty busy and I didn't have an ideal seat, but I liked what I heard. Looking forward to getting to spend more time with them. CAS is a much more mellow show where you can easily spend 20+ minutes in the sweet spot and not feel like you're hogging the chair.
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afterburnt wrote: »Oakland?
https://youtu.be/78o5YE9A0MU
Awesome movie.Just a dude doing dude-ly things
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Margules Audio!
Last year their Orpheus speakers blew me away with their huge soundstage and treble dispersion. It was my favorite room at the show.
I wish more people would discover this brand, they really know how to put together an excellent sounding system. Their tube amps are also stunningly gorgeous:
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The countdown to CAS 2019 has started, 25 days to go!
https://www.caaudioshow.com/
Looking forward to fully covering this show over on The Audio Beatnik! I'll probably do my usual "live" room photos here as well.
I believe it'll be slightly larger this year, with even more listening rooms to check out. Sweet!
Anyone local going to be attending?
Not that far from home. I may go on Saturday. Will see.
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That thing is hideous. I think I would've rather seen it at $15k and look more refined honestly.
I guess all the transformers are in the bottom portion?
Totally agree!!"if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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I wasn't really a fan of these massive horn speakers last year, but I'm willing to give them another listen this year!
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Might as well kick it off with some eye candy. Looking forward to experiencing this Whammerdyne Heavy Industries DLM-4!
"Just wait, Till the debut of the "Monster" at the California Audio Show July 26th-28th 2019. This new amplifier will amaze even the most hardened audiophile and totally change his/her belief in what a TRUE breakthrough amplifier can achieve.
Pure DC coupling no caps in the signal path, bandwidth to 165 KHz, phase shift whats that? hum and noise below 13 uV, micro volts.. that's one of the lowest noise floors of any tube amp period. Slew rate fast damn fast. Low end response for bass below 12 Hz!, Pure class A, no feedback 8.4 watts 17 watts peak. Sonic nirvana. I guarantee this DLM 4 (Damn Little Monster) will bring all other amps to their knees.
Yes, its that good you think I'm kidding?, have you read the recent review by Tone Audio on our entry level (The baby) DGA-1 .. let's just say this is an order of magnitude above. Confident you bet. All you so called SE and other brands of tube amps look out your day of reckoning has come, I say solid state amps too bring e'm on!.
Only $ 10,500 for the "Finest SE 2A3 Amplifier on Planet Earth"
Parallel 2A3s?
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Doc Bottlehead & crew -- long, long ago -- had a speaker project they called the Whamodynes.
https://www.bottlehead.com/valve/whamodyne files/page2.html
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Here's one I'm very interested in having another listen to. I briefly heard this Voxativ Hagen Absolut system at Axpona this year and enjoyed it. It's a "one-box" style setup where the full range driver style speakers come with their matching amp/dsp/dac/streamer.
Here was their room at Axpona:
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Staggering prices from the above mentioned Audio Federation room:
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Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them. -
Staggering prices from the above mentioned Audio Federation room:
The only thing I see both interesting, and at a decent price, is the Acapella Audio One music server. I wonder how it compares to the Lumin products.
Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
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So I've been trying to think of a track on vinyl that I know very well, to bring with to the show and play in various rooms that have turntables. I thought this might be a good candidate, even if it technically falls into the dreaded audiophile cliche of "female vocals":
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Great song.
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Day 1 of CAS 2019 is a wrap. I listened to and photographed all 19 rooms, the photos will be published on The Audio Beatnik soon.
I have a good idea of which rooms I need to hear more of tomorrow.
One of which is the Salk room. Their speakers sounded even better than they did at Axpona.
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They look fantastic too.
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Here's my photos along with Jack's initial impressions on some of the rooms from day 1: https://theaudiobeatnik.com/california-audio-show-2019-day-1-pictures/
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Thank You for taking these Drew. It’s nice to see them if one cannot attend.
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Those Salks are impressive.Home Theater
Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable
2 Channel
Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+
Stuff for the Head
JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365
Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin -
Nice, thanks for the link.
Heh... I remember David R. Cope (who, if memory serves, used to be a dentist!) from the Bottlehead days.
