Nola‘s Metro Grand Reference Gold loudspeakers ($33,000) were sounding possibly the best I’ve yet heard from a Nola system, backed by a full complement of Audio Research gear: the Reference 75 amplifier ($9,000), Reference 10 preamp ($30,000), and CD-8 CD player ($9,000). Cabling was all Nordost, their new Valhalla 2 line.
This system did great things with piano: each strike of the key was weighty and percussive, and the notes had delicious liquidity.
My RMAF wrap-up for 2019 almost didn’t happen. Many people in the high-end audio industry were concerned with the new venue, the Gaylord Rockies Resort, and the increased expenses for exhibiting at a show held […]
It’s become a tradition at AXPONA for Quintessence Audio and Musical Surroundings to reserve a sizable block of large rooms together on the 12th floor of the Westin O’Hare. Walking through the displays, adorned with […]
It was dark, and it was cold, and the faint morning light seeping through a crack in the curtains of my hotel room was grey, and did nothing to prompt me to throw them back, […]
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