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.
Have you ever been to a rock festival and started imagining your dream lineup in a hoped-for ending jam? What would it sound like to hear singer X with guitarist Y and drummer Z? Thoughts […]
Some of the set ups at AXPONA are altars to the Gods of high fidelity that seem to expect that you will kneel, or perhaps prostrate yourself at their feet as you grovel something like […]
It’s been the battle of the BIG loudspeakers in high-end audio this year–I know, but even more so than usual–and all the big players seemed to converge at PAF 2023. The Acora Acoustics VRC-1 loudspeakers […]
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