If there’s anything that will grab this whistler’s attention, it’s the sound of another whistler who knows what she or he is doing. Given that the first thing I heard when I set foot in the room from Pro Audio Ltd. of Tower Lakes, IL was the delightful sound of whistling on Livingston Taylor’s “Isn’t She Lovely,” I was primed for a good experience. And so it was, with the system’s genuinely lovely if somewhat light-bodied sound distinguished by a captivating sense of air that is the mark of good analog.
Pro Audio Ltd, the importer/distributor for Onda cables, Funk Firm Turntables, Audio Physic, and more was showcasing Audio Physic’s Avantera loudspeakers ($25,000/pair) driven by a Trigon Energy amplifier ($5000), Trigon Advance phono stage ($1700), Funk Firm Saffire turntable ($5000) with Funk arm ($2300), Soundsmith Hyperion cartridge ($7500), and Soundsmith phono stage ($800).
Unauditioned was another turntable, provocatively called the LSD (Little Super Deck—$1995) outfitted with a Denon DL-103 cartridge. Then again, as a child of the ‘60s, I’ve had more than a taste of the real thing.
