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Components Wavetouch Grand Teton speaker Oppo BDP-95 (transport) Jolida FX tube (DAC) Ampsandsound.com tube preamp VOSS audio amp (MOSFET 150 watts) ZENTARA cables
Zero acoustic room treatment added. No room correction device or software. No sub-woofer.
Speaker stands are 28" tall including the cement block.
I. (Room size : 17'L x 16'W x 8'H)
"Best I've heard.. in my life!" - Guest's comment in Audiocircle.com Back at the Atrium just down the hall from the MSB room was the biggest surprise of the show for us. We visited this room several times throughout the day on Sunday because it was sound staging and creating palpable harmonic richness and depth with purity that (when we were there) was among the best I have ever heard ...in my life! This was a noticeably humble set up. The bass was more than satisfying and articulate, although the speakers were a bit small for the room. It may sound strange but perhaps having ten to twelve full grown adults in the room actually helped to load the room better for these diminutive speakers. But all things being equal, (With the better recordings) these small speakers were as convincingly realistic/ natural, articulate, dimensional/ palpable and non fatiguing as anything I ever heard from (any) small speaker. In fact my friend who bought the little Napa's also is ordering a pair these to ship back to St. Louis, MO. On the last visit to the room at the completion of one of the best new tracks I've heard so far this year (A high powered Spanish percussive, melodic work of art) as two gentlemen were leaving one turned around and told the proprietors there they had just heard that same track in a room that had $300,000 worth of gear "and this blew it away." We all were pretty impressed with what we heard.
*Youtube video is recorded on Friday, 11am, 1st day of the Show. Components were still cold. The room sounded much better on Sunday. |
