They're baaack. Left, William Eggleston (right), formerly of EgglestonWorks Loudspeaker Company, and Dr. Wayne Prather pose with the WEGG 3 speaker ($105,000 per pair). Right, Jim McCullough of Cello kneels next to his company's new products.

Now available, Meadowlark's Blue Heron ($8000 per pair) uses the Audax gas-piezo tweeter.

Even a scaled down Oracle, in this case CD-1000 transport ($4350), still looks like an Oracle.

The Phoenix Grand horn-loaded speaker ($50,000 per pair) caught the eyes of the Home Theater & Sound staff.

A pair of Wavelength Triton Signature monoblocks ($10,000 per pair) drove JMlab Mini Utopia speakers in the Wavelength/Nirvana room.

The Exact Power 2000 power-correction system ($2495) can produce 2000 watts of power for the components plugged into it.

The EgglestonWorks Savoy ($39,999 per pair) debuted at CES 2001.

The Marsh Sound Design A400S stereo amplifier (left, $2300) and HT500s three-channel amp ($1995) appeared to be and sounded like high-value products.

The Nova Applause S ($15,000 per pair) is a powered speaker utilizing Threshold Pro amplification. Among the musical selections Nova played were true 24-bit digital masters.

The Generation III version of the popular Von Schweikert VR-4 speaker ($3995 per pair) sounded very good with Bel Canto amplification and Analysis Plus cables.

The GW Labs Cyclops ($895) is a 12Wpc integrated amp that the company recommends for two-channel-music or computer use.

JPS Labs' new Aluminata power cord ($3499 in two-meter length) eclipses the company's Kaptovator in price -- as well as many other power cords.

The Alón  Exotica Grand Reference is a four-tower speaker system that retails for $120,000. It filled the Alón room sonically and visually.

The large Rockport Hyperion speaker ($86,500 per pair) proved difficult to photograph because of its highly polished black finish.

O.S. Services distributes both Audion and Cadence electronics. On the outside are the Audion Golden Dreams SET amps ($15,795 per pair), which output 22 watts each. Inside, the Cadence Canasya amps ($24,995 per pair) are hybrids that use 845 tubes and offer 200 watts each.

Among the new Bright Star Audio products for CES 2001 is the Rack of Gibralter 4 ($999; $1999 with four Gemini platforms) with hardwood trim.

Coincident Speaker Technology played the Total Eclipse (left, $7999 per pair) and Partial Eclipse ($2995 per pair) at various times in its room.