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Below you will find a large table with photos and their
descriptions (legends) underneath. The photos will be updated throughout each
day, so check back often. At the bottom are links to photos from each of the days at the show.
Day 0 is the day when the exhibits are being installed, and the equipment photos
are previews. The actual show starts on Wednesday, January 6 ("Day
1").
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Legend Audio's new Starlet
integrated tube amplifier. $2,500.
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Merlin TSM-SE speaker.
$2,500/pair.
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Myryad amplfiers. MT100
tuner, MCD-500 CD player, MDR-500 digital preamp processor (top to
bottom).
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Neosonik V2 speaker
with hand made drivers. $2,200/pair.
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Robertson Audio 40-Ten 2
preamplifier. Singapore company looking for USA distributors.
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Skaaning # 1 speaker.
$9,000/pair.
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Vac Renaissance Signature
70/70 tube power amp using all 300Bs in single ended mode. 70 watts per
channel. $16,990.
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Verity Audio Parsifal
speaker.
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VTL IT-85 integrated tube
amplifier. First time shown publicly. $2,500.
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ATI's AVP-7.1 DD/DTS
processor offers not only a cool LCD
display, but full hardware and software upgradeability, $4,000
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Camelot provides a DC power supply for
their Uther & Dragon products.
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DTS has developed an encoder for studios,
making it easier for post production companies to incorporate DTS 5.1
soundtracks.
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Camelot's Round Table DVD player offers
progressive output, using the DVDO 101 video processor (it will update to 102
when chips available.) Will output 24/96 digital signal. MSRP $3.995
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The ultimate antennae, for what,
we're not sure.
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Denon's AVR-4800 THX Ultra "EX"
receiver, rated at 125 watts/channel, utilizes dual Sharc 32 bit DSP to
power the THX EX decoder.
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Gary Pelled posed with his two favorite
knobs, part of the nucleus system, which features 5 identical balls and a
two-part powered subwoofer that can separate to add passive woofers.
$1,500 for 5 speakers and a sub, $400 for an extra passive woofer.
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Jamo had several handsome speakers under
$1,000
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Klipsch's Synergy line offers relatively
affordable, efficient speakers that can pull maximum SPL out of most
receivers.
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Onkyo's latest THX EX preamplifier and
processor look Purty. Supposedly, the amplifier was designed by the
ultra high-end company Balanced Audio Technology, though the piece is not
fully balanced.
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Long-throw cones with fat surrounds seem
to be in vogue. Klipsch's LF-10 and LF-12 have not only an active
driver with an insane excursion, but TWO passive radiators of equal size, and
an independent LFE gain control.
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Outlaw, an internet-only company in terms
of sales, held a press conference for their new 6.1 receiver, deriving a
single center rear channel from 5.1 soundtracks with proper
encoding. MSRP $599.
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Panja, the parent company of both Phast
and AMX, introduced some boxes which allow not only control over the internet,
but video/audio transmission as well.
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Click on links below to go to the photo
pages for each day.
DAY-0
DAY-1 DAY-2
(Page
1, Page 2) DAY-3
DAY-4
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