Emails with information of the brand new for CAF 2023, which begins this Friday!, are floating into my Inbox like autumn leaves filling our gutters.
Audioshield Distribution shall be exhibiting the brand new 180 lb., 330 Watt (RMS steady energy per channel into 4 Ohms) Class A/B EMM Labs MTRS Stereo Amplifier ($65,000) pictured up high. Woof!
Southern California’s ampsandsound shall be showcasing various new preamplifiers together with the flagship Yellowstone ($35,000) pictured right here. The Yellowstone options new in-house designed energy transformers, separate chokes for the twin energy provides, Jupiter Condenser copper and beeswax capacitors all through, and a choice of premium NOS tubes.
Harrisburg, PA and Falls Church, VA seller Now Pay attention Right here shall be exhibiting off Rega’s flagship Naia turntable ($12,995), the primary to hit our shores. That includes a Graphene impregnated Carbon Fibre skeletal plinth with Tancast 8 foam core, ZTA Zirconium toughened alumina (ceramic) central bearing, RB titanium tonearm, Tungsten steadiness weight shaft and weight, Ceramic high and backside braces, reference superior absolutely adjustable energy provide, resonance managed ceramic platter with improved flywheel impact and sophisticated profile, low mass skeletal aluminium toes, and triple reference drive belts for improved stability and drive traits.
Border Patrol can have the Dwelling Voice R80 Loudspeakers (begins at $40,000/pair) on energetic show mated to their S20EXD PSET 300B amplifier that places out 18 Class A watts per channel from a parallel pair of single-ended 300Bs. The LV R80 slot in between the Auditorium R25A Loudspeakers I reviewed (and loved) and the corporate’s flagship Vox horn techniques.
Amongst Constancy Imports a number of rooms at CAF 2023 would be the new Acoustic Vitality Corinium (begins at $7499/pair), the corporate’s new flagship audio system. Sporting Carbon Fiber mid and bass drivers mated to a mushy dome tweeter, the Corinium covers frequencies from 38Hz – 25kHz (-3dB) whereas presenting a 92dB/m/2.83v sensitivity, 4 Ohm load the accompanying loudspeaker.
Belleson LLC, identified for his or her energy merchandise, shall be showcasing their new Brilliance Phono Amp ($8500), which boasts a novel enter stage consisting of a completely differential JFET enter transconductance amp feeding a transimpedance amp.
Command Efficiency AV of Falls Church, VA will host the north American debut of the Gryphon Diablo 333 built-in amplifier ($24,900) that pumps out. . .333 Watts of output energy into 8 Ohms. I’d prefer to get my ears on one in all these beautiful beasts in Barn some day…
