http://audiofederation.com/blog The pursuit of the ultimate music experiences using extreme high-end audio Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:20:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This room featured Estelon XA Diamond speakers driven by Concert Fidelity electronics. Neli and I both stopped here, each at different times, and as chance would have it, each time the record that was playing ended shortly thereafter. Should have asked to hear something else - but so tired… A closer view ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/1043 This room featured Classic Audio T 1.4 Reference loudspeakers with Atma-Sphere M-60 amplifiers and MP-1 preamp. Classic Audio T 1.4 Reference loudspeaker Classic Audio T 1.4 Reference loudspeaker tweeter Classic Audio T 1.4 Reference loudspeaker Classic Audio Speaker driver Classic Audio Loudspeaker field coil driver Atma-Sphere’s M-60 amplifier Atma-Sphere’s M-60 amplifier Amazon turntable A ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/1042 The smaller Classic Audio room had T-7,. T-5 and T-3 speakers on Allnic integrated, and a Kuzma turntable with a Tri-planar tonearm. Not going to speak on the overall quality of the sound here, or in many of these rooms - they are going for specific flavors of Enjoyable and it ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/1041 [Finally made it to THE Show in the Flamingo. It is late the 2nd day, Wednesday. Very late, about 6:00pm and the show is supposed to close 6:30, I think. Anyway, I tried to get as many rooms as possible that evening along this, the shorter hall on floor 4. ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/1040 This room featured Dan D’Agostino amps and preamp on Wilson Audio Sasha speakers. Dan D’Agostino amps and preamp on Wilson Audio Sasha speakers. Dan D’Agostino Momentum amplifier in black Dan D’Agostino Momentum amplifier in black Dan D’Agostino Momentum amplifier in black Dan D’Agostino Momentum amplifier Dan D’Agostino Momentum amplifier Dan D’Agostino Momentum amplifier from above Dan D’Agostino ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/1039 Visited this room twice, the second time with Neli. Can’t ever play CDs here and the music they play is… often strikingly unfamiliar. Or is it? The bad news is that the music here was so disconnected from itself, so uneven, so discontinuous, just note here note there as if they came ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/1038 This year the TAD room displayed their E1 speakers, along side their usual, larger Reference One speakers. 100% TAD electronics here, some on a HRS ‘MXR’ rack and some on another rack [which, although ubiquitous, their name escapes me. They say now that our vocabulary peaks in our 60s and ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/1037 Didn’t spend much time in the BSG Technologies room, which had the Vandersteen Quatro speakers, Audio Research electronics, PS Audio power conditioning, on a HRS ‘SXR’ equipment rack. But maybe I should have spend more time: “bsg technologies has developed a method of retrieving sonic information from audio signals that provides ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/1036 The room featured Hansen Emperor speakers on Tenor 350M monoblock amplifiers, with dCS digital, Clearaudio turntable, using Kubala-Sosna cables on Critical Mass Systems racks. Hansen Audio has changed the look of their speakers. Instead of the old cool deep black melted cabinet look they now have a more normal-shaped speaker cabinet. ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/1035 [OK. It is about 4:00pm on the 2nd day. Done with 4 of 6 wings on the 29th and 30th floors of the Venetian Towers. We now popup to the 34th and 35th floors for a bit - not too many rooms up here but we will only do about ... http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/1034