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iFi Audio elevates their range
SSI 2014
Art Dudley  |  Apr 01, 2014  |  0 comments
Avatar Acoustics' Darren Censullo brought to Montreal a variety of new iFi products, including a rack system that can hold up to four of the company's Micro-series products. Two versions are available: one without cables ($99) and the one shown here ($149), which includes two short cables and one long, wrap-around cable. In the foreground is another new iFi accessory: their in-line USB iPurifier ($99), which is said to be effective on DC power and digital signal alike.
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Lawrence's 2.5-way Cello
SSI 2014
Art Dudley  |  Mar 31, 2014  |  0 comments
As I made my way through the hall, I hesitated before entering the room of Lawrence Audio, makers of some very attractive floor-standing loudspeakers: They were playing the Nils Lofgren song "Keith Don't Go," which I really don't like, really loud. Even so, it was standing-room only: Mine appears to be the minority opinion, at least as far as the trampoline-loving Mr. Lofgren is concerned...
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McIntosh drives Cabasse
SSI 2014
Art Dudley  |  Mar 31, 2014  |  0 comments
Retailer AudioShop and distributor Audio Associé demonstrated a pleasantly impactful system built around a pair of Cabasse Riga loudspeakers ($18,000 /pair, including the Cabasse subwoofer), with a brace of electronics from my upstate New York neighbors McIntosh: the MCD1000 SACD/CD player ($10,000), C2500 tube preamp ($6500), and the beautiful McIntosh 275 power amp ($6500), all plugged into the company's MPC1500 AC power conditioner ($5000).
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Aragon got its groove back
SSI 2014
Art Dudley  |  Mar 31, 2014  |  0 comments
Also on static display at Audio Pathways: the revivified Aragon stereo power amp ($5500).
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Bergmannesque Magne
SSI 2014
Art Dudley  |  Mar 31, 2014  |  0 comments
Ontario retailer and distributor Audio Pathways had a number of new products on display—some active, some passive. Among the latter were the impressive Magne air-bearing turntable and companion Magne air-bearing linear-tracking tonearm ($14,000 as a package) from Bergmann Audio of Denmark.
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Sparta, from Kronos
SSI 2014
Art Dudley  |  Mar 31, 2014  |  0 comments
At the GTT Audio room, turntable designer Louis Desjardins introduced a more affordable alternative to the original Kronos turntable: the Kronos Sparta ($21,000, plus an additional $6500 for the companion Helena tonearm).
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Grimm reality
SSI 2014
Art Dudley  |  Mar 31, 2014  |  0 comments
I kept seeing pictures of something that looked a little like a DeVore O/96 and not really knowing what it was. Now, thanks to the GTT Audio room at SSI, I know that the thing I was seeing is the Grimm Audio LS1-S ($39,900), a three-way powered loudspeaker pair plus digital preamp with USB interface.
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Coming up for Ayre
SSI 2014
Art Dudley  |  Mar 31, 2014  |  0 comments
Here's a closer look at the Ayre MXR 20 amplifier, which is due to ship fairly soon, according to Ayre's Alex Brinkman. As he puts it, "We lost a little time working on the Pono thing."
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Filtronique Son-Or–Magico–Ayre
SSI 2014
Art Dudley  |  Mar 31, 2014  |  0 comments
Montreal dealer Filtronique Son-Or brought to SSI a system built around Magico's floorstanding S3 loudspeaker ($22,500), with a digital source in the form of the dCS Puccini CD player/D/A converter (ca $25,000) and amplification by Ayre Acoustics. The latter consisted of the Ayre KXR 20 line-level preamp ($27,500) and the newer-than-new, long-anticipated Ayre MXR 20 mono amplifiers (price to be determined).
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Son Idéal's Rega deal
SSI 2014
Art Dudley  |  Mar 31, 2014  |  0 comments
Presumably someone snapped-up this show special, seen in the second room of Montreal retailer Son Idéal: a Rega RP40, which is the 40th Anniversary edition of the Rega RP3, complete with the reddest mat in existence. Son Idéal offered it for $CAD1199, instead of the usual $CAD1699.
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