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CES 2015

Shunyata Research's Sigma Power Cables

Jason Victor Serinus Jan 11, 2015

Grant Samuelson of Shunyata Research introduced me to the company's new Sigma series of power cords. Designed to intercept noise at a component's power supply, the Sigmas are available in different models specifically intended for digital, analog, and high-current equipment. Each model has a different ETRON filter set that measurably reduces noise for the class of equipment for which it is designed.

CES 2015

AudioQuest's Forthcoming Niagara 7000

Jason Victor Serinus Jan 11, 2015

It's not every show that a cable company invites a publication's staff to breakfast to preview a power conditioner whose faceplate isn't even ready for viewing. But after a short but most impressive listen to the patent pending circuitry in AudioQuest's forthcoming Niagara 7000 Low-Z PowerAC Grounded Noise-Dissipation System ($TBD), I'm convinced that something special is coming our way.

CES 2015

USB to Lightning

Jason Victor Serinus Jan 11, 2015

No, we're not talking alchemy, but rather AudioQuest's new line of USB to Lightning cables. Designed to facilitate transfer of music from iOS devices to computers or whatever, AQ's Cinnamon, Carbon, and Diamond models made their first appearance at CEDIA. Steve Niemi of AudioQuest (above), who introduced me to the cables, forecasts the lowest-priced Forest model by summer.

CES 2015

New Cables from Synergistic Research

Jason Victor Serinus Jan 11, 2015

Synergistic Research has just introduced four levels of its new, hand-fabricated Atmosphere interconnects ($695$2500 for a 1m/pair, depending upon level) and Atmosphere speaker cables (approx. twice the price). Non-active, which means that they don't need to be connected to an external power supply, albeit actively grounded, the cables come complete with blue and red tuning bullets specifically designed for this new "passive" cable line.

CES 2015

Magnepan 0.7 loudspeaker

Herb Reichert Jan 11, 2015

The main joy of returning to audio and writing for Stereophile is the pure fanboy excitement of meeting the folk-heroes of high-end and getting to talk them. In one great-sounding room I got to meet three at once: Wendell Diller of Magnepan (one of the nicest humans in the audio schema) as well as Bill Conrad and Lew Johnson of Conrad-Johnson.

CES 2015

Conrad-Johnson's MF 2275

Kalman Rubinson Jan 11, 2015

Magnepan demonstrated their new .7 speaker with the Conrad-Johnson MF2275 ($3850).

CES 2015

Creek Evolution EVO 100A Integrated

Herb Reichert Jan 11, 2015

Those who’ve read my reviews will already know how much musical pleasure my vintage Creek 4330 integrated amp has given me. On the first day of CES I got to relax and listen to the legendary Mike Creek show and tell about the Evolution 50CD ($1695) which is really a high-end DAC with a built in transport.

CES 2015

Parasound's New Halo Integrated

Kalman Rubinson Jan 11, 2015

One of the trends in amplification this year is the large number of stereo integrated amplifiers with digital inputs. Among these, the Parasound Halo Integrated stands out for its impressive feature set.

CES 2015

Aesthetix Metis

Kalman Rubinson Jan 11, 2015

At Musical Surroundings, the Metis line-stage preamp from Aesthetix, first seen at the 2014 RMAF, was running the big demo system. This new 4-tube preamp replaces the multi-chassis Callisto at about $25,000.

CES 2015

Rogue's P5 Preamp

Kalman Rubinson Jan 11, 2015

For years, I have greeted Rogue's Mark O'Brien with the question, "Anything new in digital?" fully knowing that Rogue Audio is committed to vacuum tube-based analog. This time I asked "Anything new that is not digital?" and Mark beamed. Finally, I had asked the right question...