Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson

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Oracle Thalia
CES 2008
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2008  |  0 comments
We glanced into Oracle's room to see what was new. We'd seen the Delphi, we'd seen the CD 1500 and CD 2500 before. "Nothing new?" we asked.
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Not For Sale!
CES 2008
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2008  |  0 comments
We were listening to Magico's fabulous V3s ($25,000/pair), which John Atkinson will be reviewing in the May issue, when we noticed a large music server. "What's that?"
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Resolution Revolution
CES 2008
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2008  |  4 comments
When we wandered into Resolution Audio's room, we hadn't heard about the company for a while and weren't sure what to expect. It didn't matter, nothing could have prepared us for Jeff Kalt.
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Revolver's Back!
CES 2008
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2008  |  3 comments
The Replay Turntable ($3499) is Revolver's re-entry into the turntable market after a lengthy absence. It comes packaged with a Jelco tonearm although the company might eventually supply a top plate that can be drilled for any arm. It has a decoupled suspension—which is not sprung–and a large flat belt driven by an AC motor with an outboard power supply. At 50 lbs, it's no lightweight.
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Unity, What a Concept
CES 2008
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2008  |  0 comments
We'd heard of Aurum Acoustics, of course. We read Stereophile and were impressed by Art Dudley's account of his adventures with the Integris 300B Active loudspeakers.
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Esoteric X-05 SACD/CD player
CES 2008
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2008  |  10 comments
Esoteric unveiled its new X-05 SACD/CD player ($5600), which employs a new VRDS-NEO "VMK-5" drive mechanism that includes a precision machined aluminum turntable and a polycarbonate clamping mechanism. The VMK-5 is said to be extremely rigid and optimized for SACD's high-rotation speeds.
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Primare, oh oh, Primare, oh oh oh oh
CES 2008
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 07, 2008  |  0 comments
Sumiko was showing the $2495 Primare DVD110 DVD/CD player/reciever. It's a two channel unit with a class-D 102Wpc amplifier and a couple of features you don't see on most stereo components: a subwoofer and 1080p video outs.
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Synergistic Tubes
CES 2008
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 07, 2008  |  7 comments
We ran into SinglePower Inc.'s Mikhail Rotenberg as he was sprinting down the hall to the Synergistic Research room. "Check these out," he said. "These are a 1932 Tung Argon 4327 and a 1943 722A (323), labeled Centennial, but manufactured by Western Electric."
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Wadia iTransport
CES 2008
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 07, 2008  |  20 comments
It exists; we saw it for ourselves! Wadia's $349 iTransport can take the digital signal out of an iPod before the DAC, outputting 16-bit/44.1khz resolution for uncompressed files—it doesn't upconvert lower-rez files like MP3s, but it does reformat them to 16/44.1, according to Wadia's John Schaffer.
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Roger's Back!
CES 2008
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 07, 2008  |  1 comments
We were stunned to see Roger Skoff in the Ultralink/XLO room—we thought he'd retired years ago. "I did," he explained, "but I was asked to design some new stuff incorporating new technologies and more advanced versions of our existing designs."
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