Some rooms stick with you long after the exhibits have been dismantled and everyone has gone home, and I’m betting this one will be one of them.
It stood out—visually, sonically, and pricewise. Not that it was inexpensive, but it seemed to offer a lot of artisanal, high-end bang for the buck. The setup included the MACO open-baffle Macaria speakers ($15,699/pair), a pair of Whammerdyne Heavy Industries Damn Awesome 2A3 SET monoblocks (US$17,500/pair), and a LampizatOr Amber 5 DAC with volume control (US$7,000), all wired with Viablue cabling. On silent display during my visit was Whammerdyne’s Circuit Salad integrated amplifier, featuring an indirectly heated triode input stage and a solid-state output stage.
The sound I heard—mostly electronic fare—was immediate and in-your-face explicit: über-transparent, tactile, enveloping, tonally juicy, tangible, and richly detailed. Vocals emerged as breathy caresses that warmed the soul.
Before this, I’d never heard of either brand, but they have my attention now.
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