All prices are in US dollars.

Richard Gray stands next to his newest creation, the Richard Gray's Power Company 1200S ($2000). Essentially two of the RGPC 400S units wired in parallel, the 1200S is 20-amp compatible and includes 12 Hubbell outlets. As part of an interesting demo, Richard Gray the man demonstrated the energy-storage capabilities of Richard Gray the Power Company by showing how one, two and three units "star clustered" would make a small light flash progressively more brightly.

Mark Markel (left) and Steve Pennock of Analysis Plus hold their new Power Oval power cord ($267 or $397 depending on terminations). Analysis Plus had new video and digital cables on display at CEDIA 2000 as well as their Copper Oval-In shielded interconnect ($269 per pair).

Brent Monning of TARA Labs holds a length of the company's The Zero vacuum-dielectric interconnect, which costs a healthy $12,800 per pair in lengths of up to two meters.

John Beyers, the "B" in B&K Components, stands next to his company's Reference 30 A/V System Controller ($2798), among whose many features are Firewire and DVD-Audio inputs.

Equi=Tech's Katie Protsman stands next to the Model Q ten-amp  (top, $2489) and 50-amp ($5889) balanced-power systems. High-profile users of the company's products include Sony Pictures, Fox Broadcasting, AT&T and a whole host of performers.

Tony Gregory (left) and Anthony Chiarella of Audiophile Systems, distributors of Arcam, Acoustic Energy, dCS, and Nottingham Analogue products. Chiarella is a former Fi and Abso!ute Sound reviewer who's now "on the other side" -- handling PR for the Indianapolis-based company.

Happy or possessed? Doug Blackburn models Sony's newest wireless headphones, the $500 MDR-IF5000, which can reproduce DTS soundtracks.

Jeffrey James Coombs, the James in James Loudspeakers. This is the first time his company has displayed at CEDIA.