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Some Things Are the Same All Over

We went to the "audio district" of GuangZhou—in China, all shops of similar character tend to group together, so the audio district is where all the hi-fi shops are. Actually, they're there twice: many store have display showrooms in the central mall and listening rooms ranked along a nearby alley.

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CT-1 AC Tester

Plug the CT-1 into an outlet and it will measure the THD+N noise carried on your line. You can plug headphones into the output to <I>hear</I> the noise pollution, or you can measure it with a test instrument. The CT-1 will also alert you to DC on your line.

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Dussun

Dussun was showing a line of power conditioners (500W, 800W, and 1200W) that offered waveform shaping, regulation, isolation, and DC suppression. Oh yeah, and they offer 85% efficiency. The X-1200 retails for $2500.

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NuForce S-9

NuForce's S-9 was pretty interesting, too. The cabinet is constructed of birch plywood laminations, which creates both the inner and outer profiles. The tweeter is mounted into a fairly deep horn and flanked by the twin midrange/woofers. There's a built-in switchable Zobel filter and an external crossover, which can be purchased as active or passive. Speaker wire is included in the S-9's $5500/pair (USD) price.

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The Same Language

I'm currently attending GuangZhou Hi-Fi 2006 in GuangZhou, China (you can read my <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/china2006//index.html">China Hi-Fi Tour 2006 blog</A>). The show is a fantastic audio event and everywhere I look, I see products I want&mdash;some very similar to mainstream US brands and some exceedingly strange and different. But the <I>audiophiles</I> are familiar: Show me a guy who lights up in the glow of a 300B and I'll show you one of <I>my</I> chosen people.

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