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CES 2017

Genesis Presents the Maestro

Jason Victor Serinus Jan 10, 2017

An evolution of the original Genesis 5, which was designed by Arnie Nudell and released in 1994, the Genesis Maestro ($30,000/pair), designed by Gary Koh (above), is a highly efficient loudspeaker that can be driven by just a few watts.

CES 2017

New from Crystal Cable

Jason Victor Serinus Jan 10, 2017

Since you'll see the same smiling faces in two successive cable-company blogs, let's start by saying that cables from Crystal Cable and Siltech are made in the same factory, but have very different sounds

CES 2017

Siltech Triple Crown Power Cable

Jason Victor Serinus Jan 10, 2017

Siltech's Triple Crown power cable (approx. $13,683.40/1.5m at the current exchange rate) is a pure, mono-crystal silver design that uses stabilized air-core insulation and Furutech connectors

CES 2017

The Other End of the Elac Line

Jason Victor Serinus Jan 10, 2017

Although you may associate Elac solely with Andrew Jones's expanding collection of bargain-priced loudspeakers, the 90-year old German company actually has a wide range of products at various price points. "We're famous for a lot of bass from small cabinets," said Rolf Janke (above), head of research and development, as he discussed Elac's new 90th anniversary Concentro loudspeaker ($70,000/pair).

CES 2017

Cardas Celebrates 30 with New Cables

Jason Victor Serinus Jan 10, 2017

"Far better flexibility is the key," said the company's Brian Von Bork (above), as he held up both the Iridium interconnect and the company's new Clear Beyond flagship interconnect ($3750/1m pair)

CES 2017

All Hail the Dark Lord

Jason Victor Serinus Jan 10, 2017

"The Dark Lord has the most advanced planar-magnetic transducer that can be designed and manufactured," claimed Colich, seen with his hand on His Lordship in the photo above

CES 2017

RHA Dacamp L1 Portable Headphone Amp/DAC

Jon Iverson Jan 09, 2017

British manufacturer RHA, known primarily for their in-ear headphone models, had the new Dacamp L1 for the first time at CES. Beautifully built and feeling hefty in the hand, the new headphone amp and DAC sports independent processors for each channel. Three knobs along one side control gain (there are three settings), bass and treble, and inside is a 4000mAh lithium ion battery that RHA claims will give you 10 hours of play time.

CES 2017

Questyle CMA 400i DAC/Headphone Amp

Jon Iverson Jan 09, 2017

I was thinking this was a nice $1,000-2,000 product as Questyle's representative was going over the features: 3 types of headphone jacks (regular unbalanced, 4 pin balanced XLR and 2.5mm balanced), USB/Optical/SPDIF inputs on back, swithcable gain via three small switches on the bottom, and AKM AK4490 DAC chip inside.

CES 2017

Cocktail X-50 Music Server/Player

Jon Iverson Jan 09, 2017

Cocktail had their new brawnier and refined X-50 server/player on hand. And I'm comparing it to the previous X-30 model, which I'd seen at previous shows. The new X-50 feels much heavier and looks built to kill in a solid black case. On the front is a similar layout to the X-30, with a CD slot on the left and a slightly larger color display on the right.

CES 2017

High Fidelity Cable's New Entry-Level Line

Jason Victor Serinus Jan 09, 2017

In response to requests for a more affordable cable that's truly high end, High Fidelity Cable founder Rick Schultz has introduced the company's entry-level Reveal interconnect ($699/1m pair) and speaker cable ($1399/2m pair).