The 2006 CES: A Final Wrap

The 2006 CES: A Final Wrap

Jon Iverson, Stephen Mejias, and I were sitting in the Venetian's food court after the Primedia cocktail party on Saturday night with Mo-Fi's Coleman Brice and Music Direct's Bes Nievera, Jr. We'd wanted to grab some sushi, but Tsunami (what an unfortunate name) didn't have a reservation for five for another two hours and our second choice, an Italian restaurant (what else?) had just laughed when we asked. So we wound up eating pizza slices off of vinyl tables rather than sashimi off of bamboo.

Handsome Hansen from Canada

Handsome Hansen from Canada

Hansen is a new line of ultra high-end speakers from Canada, using proprietary drivers and said to feature extremely dense, non-resonant enclosures. The company is headed by Lars Hansen, who, as former president of the Dahlquist Corporation, is no stranger to the world of high-end speakers. The sound of the Prince ($27,000/pair, third model from the top) was simply excellent—an auspicious debut, I felt.

Upgrading Quad 99 CDP-1 to Quad 99 CDP-2

Very good review of Quad 99 CDP-2. This unit has a bit of additional resolution compared to the original version 99 CDP-1 and I would like to know the process to follow to upgrade 99 CDP-1 to 99 CDP-2.

I have done some comparisons between two models and depending on price the upgrade might be worthwhile.

Aparently the only difference between them is on the transport side, but seeing both units from inside, flat cables are not completely compatible.

Is there anybody out there who has gone through the upgrade process?

Cheers,

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