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CES 2007
Ultimate Ears; Not So Ultimate Price
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  First Published: Jan 09, 2007  |  0 comments
We caught up with Ultimate Ears' Mike Diaz at the Taqueria. "Check this out," he said, plunking a pair of earbuds in front of us with his iPod Mini. We cued up The Carpenters' "Close to You" and inserted the 'phones.
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CES 2007
iPod For Audiophiles?
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  First Published: Jan 09, 2007  |  0 comments
That's what MSB's Larry Gullman called MSB's iLink, $2000 package that makes your iPod "better than CD."
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CES 2007
MSB iPod Holder
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  First Published: Jan 09, 2007  |  0 comments
Here is the receiver or a place to put a second iPod.
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CES 2007
MSB Remote Attachment
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  First Published: Jan 09, 2007  |  0 comments
Here's the part that goes on your iPod to communicate with the base unit.
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CES 2007
Trio? 'S Notta Copycat Product
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  First Published: Jan 09, 2007  |  0 comments
Music Hall's new $999 Trio CD receiver puts a CD player, tuner, and integrated amp together. What makes it different? Tubes, for one thing—you get 50Wpc of tubey goodness. Just add speakers and cook!
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CES 2007
Monkey Business
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  1 comments
Devore clearly has a monkey fixation.
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CES 2007
Mono a Mano
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  1 comments
We always make a point of visiting DeVore Fidelity's rooms because John DeVore always makes music come alive—and we are so down with that.
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CES 2007
Excellence!
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  1 comments
Naum Dorkhman was chuffed about Audes' new Excellence series of loudspeakers. "I told he engineers to take a blank sheet of paper and make loudspeakers that would satisfy audiophiles, not the bean counters," he said.
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CES 2007
That's Stanwick, George Stanwick
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  4 comments
Sugden's US importer analog George Stanwick proudly preens with his A21SE 30wpc Class-A integrated amp and CD21SE CD player. What made the Keith Jarrett trio sound so good—was it the electronics or was it the Proac Response D28s?
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CES 2007
And the Cabinet Tuning Comes Out Here
Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson  |  Jan 08, 2007  |  0 comments
Proac's $6000/pair Response D-28 was making real music connected to Sugden's $3000 CD21SE and $4000 A21SE 30Wpc integrated amplifier. I eyed the 42.5" floorstander, noting its 1" silk dome tweeter and 6.5" midrange/woofer—but I saw no port.
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