Mark Macdonald of The Sound Room in Vancouver, British Columbia (100-2025 West Broadway) shot an interesting note my way regarding a Simaudio 888 Power Amplifier event that he will be hosting this Thursday. Macdonald always puts on great high-fidelity events, and is an exemplary host. Unfortunately I won’t be able to attend, but having heard these specific amplifiers previously in Las Vegas at CES, and High End in Munich I can say that they are worth the time to take a listen.
–Rafe Arnott
Press release below:
Please join us at The Sound Room for the west coast launch of Simaudio’s Moon flagship power amplifiers, the Evolution 888s. These amplifiers redefine the “state of the art.”
With a conservatively rated power output of 888 Watts per channel or 1.2 horsepower, these spectacular amplifiers can produce musical dynamics with the true scale of live music. Made in Montreal Quebec, Weighing in at 300lbs each, these $160,000/pair power amplifiers need to be seen and heard to be believed.
Moon will also be featuring the 850P pre-amplifier, 820S external power supply, 780D DAC/Streamer, and the 650D CD transport. Hosted by Costa Koulisakis, Senior Vice President and the face of Simaudio.
The System, including Wilson Audio’s Sasha 2 loudspeakers, Audioquest cables and the Shunyata Denali Power line conditioner and power cables, is just under $300,000. Rashpal Rai from AudioQuest will be on hand to answer any questions regarding the system’s AQ cabling.
We will be serving fresh organic hor d’oeuvres from Greens organic market plus a selection of BC wine and micro brewery beers. For more information call 604-736-7771 or email mark@soundroom.ca.
