Faces and Places
Picture Gallery
All prices are quoted in US dollars unless
otherwise noted.
Mark Markel and crew from cable manufacturer
Analysis Plus never travel far from home without their test gear.
Robert Lamarre, the designer of the
single-driver Lamhorn speaker line, stands next to his 1.8i ($5995/pair), which sounded
exceedingly open and delicate driven by 15W Tenor Audio OTL monoblocks.
Nordost's Joe Reynolds along with the new
Valhalla digital cable ($1995 USD).
Grant Samuelsen of Shunyata Research holds the
first of his company's soon-to-be-available interconnects, the Aries ($620/meter pair).
The line will include Vega ($295/meter pair) and Scorpio ($995/meter pair) interconnects
along with Matrix speaker cables ($1995/eight-foot pair).
Lionel Goodfield (left) and Costa Koulisakis
of Simaudio hold the new Moon Nova CD player ($2595), which is said to be "a
single-box, front-loading, non-balanced version of the Eclipse."
Bill Peugh of distributor Sumiko stands over
the Sonus Faber Cremona loudspeaker ($7495/pair), which was played for the first time in
North America at this show. Wes Phillips was very impressed with the sound and design
details.
Marie-Christine Prin, the organizer of the Son
& Image show, a a rare moment of standing still.
Tash Goka, whose Divergent Audio distributes Antique Sound
Lab products in North America, holds the two-piece ASL Mini Phono tube phono stage, which
provides 57dB of gain for $200. |
