RMAF 2009

German Physiks & Vitus

John Atkinson  |  Oct 6, 2009

"This wasn't our choice of music," whispered German Physiks' Robert Kelly when I entered the room they were sharing with Danish electronics manufacturer Vitus Audio. "No problem," I whispered back, " I love Howard Shore's symphonic score to the movie trilogy Lord of the Rings," which a visitor had asked to be played.

The speakers were the Borderland Mk.IV ($34,995/pair), driven by a Vitus SCD-010 CD player ($20,000), Vitus SL-10 line stage ($28,000 wity system remote), and a pair of SM-010 40W class-A monoblocks ($50,000/pair). The sound was open and transparent, as it should be given the price of the system!

I remain intrigued by the German Physiks speakers, which use, like the old Ohm designs, a bending-wave drive-unit to cover almost the entire audioband. In the case of the Borderland, the drive-unit's cone is made from carbon-fiber and covers the range from 190Hz to 24kHz, a downward-firing 12" woofer performing the bass duties.

COMMENTS
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Submitted by Robert (not verified) on October 7, 2009 - 8:58pm

The speaker is the Borderland and the current listed US price is $34,995. Borderline sounds like a Freudian slip

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Submitted by John Atkinson (not verified) on October 11, 2009 - 7:53am

Thanks for the correction, Robert. I have amended the text. Put the errors down to my notoriously incomprehensible handwriting :-(

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Submitted by C.D. @ Austin Tejas (not verified) on October 14, 2009 - 7:59pm

BIG WoW ! $ 50,000.00 just for the Mono Blocks... Holy Smokes ! I wonder how that RIG would sound in my dorm room...?I would love to put on " PINK FLOYD'S" "BIG GIG in the SKY" and crank that sucker up !

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