Denver retailer Apex Audio, which is continuing in the tradition of the late John Barnes' Audio Unlimited store, was using the Soulution 700 monoblocks ($130,000/pair), which each offer 430W into ohms, 860W into 4 ohms, were being use to drive Focal's Stella Utopia EM speakers ($90,000/pair), with their electromagnet-powered woofers via Tara Labs cables.
This system handled delicate music, such as Shelby Lynne's version of Dusty Springfield's "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me," with aplomb, yet was able to effortlessly manage the huge climax of Respighi's Pines of Rome. The low frequencies had a seductive purring quality, and while the top octave was a little suppressed at my front-row seat—I was sitting off-axis for both tweeters—the high treble was better balanced farther back.
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I know this is all about the sound but I thought this was a very pretty layout.
That sculpture thing on the right of the speakers was really neat looking, it was glowing with a cool blue light.
Really "artsey fartsey", but in a cool way.
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