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CES 2015

GoldenEar SuperSub XXL subwoofer

Larry Greenhill Jan 15, 2015

GoldenEar’s Sandy Gross emailed before the show about Golden Ear’s new compact, sealed, self-powered Supersub XXL subwoofer ($1999), which would be premiered at CES 2015. The subwoofer has two inertially-balanced, long-throw 12" woofers in the horizontal plane and two fully inertially-balanced 12.75" by 14.5" passive radiators in the vertical plane.

CES 2015

The Mark Levinson No.585

Larry Greenhill Jan 15, 2015

Kevin Voecks showed me new products from the Mark Levinson line, including the $12,000 No.585 Integrated amplifier (above).

CES 2015

AudioQuest’s Nighthawk headphones

Herb Reichert Jan 15, 2015

My experience with the new AudioQuest Nighthawk headphones ($599) was one of highest points of my CES adventure.

CES 2015

VANA–Blue Horizon–IsoTek

Herb Reichert Jan 15, 2015

See that picture of a well-suited handsome man? That's Keith Martin of Washington-State firm, Vana Ltd. Vana distributes cool stuff like Vienna Acoustic loudspeakers, IsoTek AC line voltage products, Dr. Feikert Analogue (maker of one of the finest alignment protractors), and Acoustical Systems (makers of the Axiom tonearm, Archon cartridge, the Arché headshell, and the $799, SMARTractor cartridge alignment tool). What Keith is holding is the new Blue Horizons ProFono MM/MC phono stage ($1249).

CES 2015

Pear Audio's "Tracer" moving-iron cartridge

Herb Reichert Jan 15, 2015

It was the sonic flavor of new moving-iron Tracer 10 cartridge ($995) that really captured my attention in Pear Audio's room.

CES 2015

The TW-Acoustic platter mat

Herb Reichert Jan 15, 2015

I fell in love with this new, cool, 5mm-thick, two-layer, bi-rubber compound mat . . . Only one problem: It costs $400.

CES 2015

Audioengine's BlueTooth Speaker

Herb Reichert Jan 15, 2015

I am a sucker for the new breed of desktop "wireless" loudspeakerswhen they look and sound as natural and dynamic as the new Audioengine B2 Premium Bluetooth loudspeaker, I can dance around, sing, dream on Bartok, or play air guitar while streaming Tidal or WFMU. You are invited!

CES 2015

Roksan's K3 Integrated Amp

Herb Reichert Jan 15, 2015

The newly styled Roksan K3 integrated amp ($2500 with aptX streaming), the K3 CD player ($2500, which I am dying to review), and the soon-to-be-released K3 DAC ($2500) are so art-deco cool and artfully streamlined in their appearance that I was both gob-smacked and envious of the person who drew the lines that created these elegant faceplates.

CES 2015

Morel Octave 6 loudspeaker

Herb Reichert Jan 15, 2015

Morel's new Octave 6 bookshelf loudspeakers ($2500/pair) employ the kinds of new technologies I believe are leading today's audiophiles into some fresh, open, and I would say newly transparent realms of musical enjoyment. Driven by Hegel H300 amplifiers ($5500), the Morel Octave 6s played with a strength and precision that speakers of even the recent past could not achieve.

CES 2015

In the Rounded Sound

Herb Reichert Jan 15, 2015

I liked the sound of the music in this room. Driven by a Calyx M series music player and a Virtue Audio, "Virtue One" class-T integrated amp ($499), the Well Rounded Sound EXP loudspeakers ($1599/pair) and the WRS SUBST sub ($799) played the joyous hell out a variety of musical selections.