REPORT

ROCKY MOUNTAIN AUDIO FEST
The Denver High-end Audio Show

Part 3

October 20th-22nd, 2006

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Advanced Ribbon Technologies, North Acoustics / North Creek Music Systems

Salk Sound, AVA (Audio by VanAlstine)

Audio Alternative is a local Fort Collins dealer. Ayre amplification, Vandersteen speakers.

Well, I recognize David Berning amplifier and preamp... and that John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman LP is one of our test discs / LPs (what a great album)....

Analysis Audio loudspeakers, HGA, Joule Electra amplifiers, Real Trap room treatments, VPI turntable, Bybee Power conditioning.

A big room with nice relaxing sofas along the side.

More McIntosh.

Sonicweld active loudspeakers, Locus Design Group, CyroParts.

Sonicweld active loudspeakers

Gershman Acoustics Black Swan loudspeaker, Magnan cables, Red Rock Audio amplifier.

Red Rock Audio Renaissance amplifier

Exemplar Audio

LSA Group

Audio Unlimited is a local Denver dealership. Focal/JM Lab loudspeakers, Mark Levinson, Kuzma turntable, Running Springs, TARA Labs cables.

Audio Unlimited is a local Denver dealership. Focal/JM Lab loudspeakers, ARCAM, Dwin Electronics, Tannoy loudspeakers, TARA Labs cables.

A little ARCAM iPod player with little speakers.

GR Research, DODD Audio

Serious Stereo

ListenUp is a local Denver dealership. Sonus Faber speakers, Musical Fidelity amplifiers, Audioquest cables, ReQuest music server.

ListenUp is a local Denver dealership. B&W speakers, Classe amplifiers, Rotel electronics, Sonos.

Red Rock Audio amplifiers, Walker Audio* turntable, LSA Group, Exemplar Audio.

The Walker Audio / Red Rock Audio room was one of the best rooms last year, when they used Verity Audio loudspeakers.

This year the sound was much colder and closed in, unemotional and was not as enjoyable for my taste.

The Walker turntable has a new tonearm and new name, and we have a lot of photos of it below.

The new tonearm on the Walker Proscenium Black Diamond turntable

The Red Rock Audio Renaissance amplifier

The MBL room

The Globe Audio room with WLM loudspeakers and the Audio Aero* Prima CD player and Prima integrated amplifier.

The Audio Aero* Prima CD player and Prima integrated amplifier.

The Audio Aero* Prima CD player

The Audio Aero* Prima amplifier

The Legenburg cable room with Wilson Watt / Puppy loudspeakers.

The Symposium Acoustics room with their new Panorama loudspeaker.

MBL loudspeaker.

April Music and Design.

Stereo Dave's Audio Alternative, CD Clarity.

Awards for:

Most Innovative use of Bedding

Most Ugly Award

Lowest WAF, HAF, AAF of Show

and for

DIY Gone Wild

Butler Audio electronics with Escalante loudspeakers.

Emerald Physics.

I like this room for two reasons. One was aesthetics - it just seemed very open and modern. Second was the open baffleless-like sound. There is a baffle, so maybe it is more a boxless sound.

It was missing resolution and high frequencies - but it was enjoyable. Not sure how it would sound playing real music - but there was something right about it all. Hope they come back next year so I can hear it again.