Series 2

Acoustic Zen's Daniel Griffith holds his company's Wow! interconnect (left, $248/meter pair) and Gargantua power cord ($1488)...

...both of which are designed by Robert Lee.

Dick McCarthy of Richard Gray's Power Company holds the prototype of the RGPC 600S. This unit is smaller than the 1200S and is designed for more budget-conscious consumers. In addition to the company's filtering technology, it features six Hubbell outlets, surge protection, and 12-gauge internal wiring. The price is $1200 for black finish and $1250 for silver.

Roger Kanno reclines at the Dolby headphone demo that used Clark Synthesis transducer chairs, which provide jiggling and wiggling to augment the sound experience.

Dr. Urs Wagner is the design mind behind the Ensemble brand from Switzerland, which includes electronics, speakers, cables and even connectors.

Christopher Hollman of Hollman Audio poses with his Sphinx speaker ($85,000/pair) in BMW Daytona Violet finish.

David Smith, president and chief engineer of Snell Acoustics, stands beside his company's XA Reference Tower loudspeaker, which is priced at $25,000 per pair in black, with optional finishes available starting at $30,000 per pair.

PS Audio's Paul McGowan poses with his new Classic 250 stereo power amplifier ($3995). Styling is very similar to that of the company's popular Power Plant products.

Roger Kanno stands beside a wall of Sonance in-wall subwoofers. From top to bottom on the front wall are the P800D, A800D, A800DR priced at $349, $799, and $799 respectively.

Home Theater & Sound editor Jeff Fritz poses with the Canton Karat home-theater speaker system comprised of M 80 DC floorstanding speakers and the CM 7 DC speaker that is used as a center-channel and for surrounds. We weren't able to dig up pricing.