Altitudo Audio, Audio Physics, Electrocompaniet, Audio Note, Harmonic Resolution Systems

Altitudo Audio, Audio Physics, Electrocompaniet, Audio Note, Harmonic Resolution Systems

You want chunky sounds, vivid tone, socking bass, and a globe-like soundstage with notes that appear so solid and dimensional you might be tempted to try to pick them like an apple from an apple tree? If so, then step right up into the Altitudo room, which may look a little small for the amount of gear present and the size of the speakers I listened to, but make no mistake, the sound I heard from FLAC files streamed from a hard drive was clean, muscular, and colorfully diverse.

absolu par Centre HiFi: Technics, Ortofon, Jorma Audio, AudioQuest

absolu par Centre HiFi: Technics, Ortofon, Jorma Audio, AudioQuest

Technics was showing some delightfully high-end stuff. The turntables were more alike sonically than different, revealing a house sound marked by clarity, explicitness, transient speed, ambient cues, and vivid pictures.

Motet, PMC, Accuphase, EverSolo, Lumin, Kimber

Motet, PMC, Accuphase, EverSolo, Lumin, Kimber

The room shared by distributor Motet and PMC Speakers showcased a system—actually, two systems, but I only experienced one. This system surprised me, not merely because it delivered a full, big-picture sound but because the source of that sound was not what I initially assumed upon entering.

Bliss Acoustics, AudioNec, Nagra, Gryphon Audio, Aurender, Playback Designs, Luna Cables, Computer Audio Design, Modulum Audio, Stillpoints

Bliss Acoustics, AudioNec, Nagra, Gryphon Audio, Aurender, Playback Designs, Luna Cables, Computer Audio Design, Modulum Audio, Stillpoints

If the AudioNec Evo 3 speakers ($125,000/pair) in the top photo look familiar, it's no accident. They're from the same company that made the Evo 1 speakers in my last Luna Cables / Thöress report. But this time, they have three more modules, so the Evo 3 is much taller than the Evo 1.
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