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might be going into mere glitz.
On the final day the speakers
had been repositioned,
and they began to sound truly
excellent. In a better room, this
might be a really fine performer.
The speaker above left is an interesting
one, from Winnipeg. The Coherent 8 Phy
Si is faced with
flaming birch,
an old-growth
wood you can’t
find anymore
(Indians used
to ma ke fast
canoes from it).
But 19th Century
wood mills were a
little careless, and
some of their stock
wound up at the bottoms of
rivers. Well preserved by the water,
it is a treasure from the past. A pair runs
$14,500.
The source, incidentally, was
an all-digital component shown at
the bottom of the next page, and
still in pre-release form. You load
your music into it, and then play it
back the way you want. It was get-
ting mixed reviews
for its sound (I rather
liked it, actually), but
the sheer practicality
of the unit was obvious
to everyone.
Another new speaker was the Avalon Aspect, bottom left
on the next page. The lines of this $8500 speaker evoke the
familiar angular Avalon shape. Teamed with a Clearaudio
Performance turntable and VTL tube electronics, it exhibited
power and dynamics, and a broad range of frequencies.
Perhaps you’ve noticed the two impressive-looking pillared
components at left, a CD player and a preamplifier.
They’re prototypes from Exposure, and if
you associate that British
company with austere
chassiswork, perhaps
they grabbed your eye.
They certainly grabbed
mine. Here’s
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