CES 2007

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CES 2007

Emperor Hansen

Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson Jan 08, 2007 First Published: Jan 08, 2007 0 comments

Hansen Audio needed a speaker that wasn't quite as, um, lordly as its $65,000/pair King floorstanders, so Lars Hansen designed the $49,000/pair Emperors. The four driver three-ways are constructed of Hansen's composite matrix material in an enclosure that employs Sound Wave Refraction Distortion Elimination technology. The midrange (7.2") and bass (10.6") drivers are all multilayer composite sandwiches.

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They Cost How Much?

Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson Jan 08, 2007 First Published: Jan 08, 2007 0 comments

Roy Hall was blunt as usual. "I'm bringing in some obscenely expensive tubes. They're Telefunken ECC803Ses, which is one of the best tubes available, but Cool Valve measures them and selects the most perfectly matched, and then bonds their EAT Cool Damper to them. The result is lower operational temperatures, longer life, and lower microphonics. They cost . . . "

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On The Other Hand

Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson Jan 08, 2007 First Published: Jan 08, 2007 0 comments

If $250 per tube seems too dear, you can supply your own 12AX7, ECC 83, E83CC, 7025, 5751, 7058, 7729, 6681, CV492, CV8156, or 6057—and add Cool Valve's Eat Cool dampers for $40 each, as seen on the right..

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And the Cabinet Tuning Comes Out Here

Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson Jan 08, 2007 First Published: 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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That's Stanwick, George Stanwick

Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson Jan 08, 2007 First Published: Jan 08, 2007 0 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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Excellence!

Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson Jan 08, 2007 First Published: Jan 08, 2007 0 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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Mono a Mano

Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson Jan 08, 2007 First Published: Jan 08, 2007 0 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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Monkey Business

Jon Iverson Jan 08, 2007 First Published: Jan 08, 2007 0 comments

Devore clearly has a monkey fixation.

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CES 2007 Show Report Coming Soon

CES 2007 Jan 04, 2007 First Published: Jan 04, 2007 0 comments

The Stereophile editors are getting ready for CES 2007 and will be reporting live from the show starting Monday, January 8. Join John Atkinson, Wes Phillips, Larry Greenhill, Robert Deutsch, Stephen Mejias, and Jon Iverson as they file their reports and photos.

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We Open in Venice

Robert Deutsch Jan 04, 2007 First Published: Jan 04, 2007 0 comments

As we reported">http://www.stereophile.com/news/032706ces">reported last March, the Consumer Electronics Association decided to move the "high-performance audio" and "high-performance home theater" exhibits of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to Las Vegas' Venetian Hotel in 2007. Here, then, in a blatant attempt to scoop my show-reporting Stereophile colleagues, is my picture of the new CES venue. I actually took this picture last year, not in anticipation of the change in show venue, but simply because I’m a sucker for the ersatz-European ambience of Las Vegas hotel-casinos like the Venetian. And whatever the advantages/disadvantages of the Venetian for demonstrating audio equipment, you have to admit that it’s picturesque!