AXPONA 2010

Bob Katz, DJ

John Atkinson  |  Mar 10, 2010

At the other end of the large room shared by Definitive Electronics and Michael Chafee Enterprises from the Genelec-based surround system that Jason blogged about, renowned mastering engineer Bob Katz was playing 24-bit/96kHz files handpicked from his portfolio. Speakers were the superb Revel Ultima Salon2s driven by a solid-state Balanced Audio Technology power amp, hooked up with Nordost cabling.

Bob was playing files from his Macintosh laptop fed via FireWire to Metric Halo's new ULN-8 audio interface, which fed a dCS Elgar D/A processor, then a Cary SLP-05 tube preamp. The 24/96 master file of Sara K's minimally miked audiophile classic "Brick House," from Chesky’s Hobo album, thrilled, despite its overfamiliarity, particularly when it came to the reproduction of the recorded acoustic.

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Submitted by Aston Wright (not verified) on March 21, 2010 - 11:38pm

I'd like to thank Bob Katz and his lovely wife for entertaining us late into Friday evening with some of his many varied and excellent recordings. It was a mini journey to audio nirvana, and I left with a long shopping list of music to add to my collection! A great time was had by all. Thanks again.

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