Since I spent much time on Level 4 where the AV2day.com Help Desk was located, I walked around the floor and popped into many of the showrooms again. Since I was seated outside Absolute Sound’s Focal showroom, I popped in a few times to check out the new Focal Sopra No 2 speakers. I also went downstairs to Level 3 to have a look at the Epson laser projector since Willy had sung praises about it.
I also popped into the Clarisys room on Level 3 as an audiophile had mentioned to me that the full-ribbon speakers sounded good.
Our Help Desk was just outside the Focal room, so I popped in to listen to the new Focal Sopra No 2 speakers.
The Focal Sopra No 2 speakers were driven by the FM Acoustics 811 power amp.
The FM Acoustics preamp and Esoteric CD player complete Absolute Sound’s system.
The Clarisys speakers are full-ribbons and are styled after the Apogees. They sounded transparent and had great bass slam.
The new Marten Coltrane 3 speakers were launched at the show.
The Marten Coltrane 3 speakers were driven by the huge Vitus power amp.
The source was the huge Sperling turntable.
I walked past the McIntosh room and saw a pair of ‘naked’ Mcintosh line array speakers and took a picture to show the number of midrange drivers and tweeters.
Selling his audiophile CDs and LPs was Todd Garfinkle, the man behind MA Recordings. Todd is a very pleasant man and he will readily autograph the CD or LP that you buy.
In the Epson room, the Life of Pi was being screened. I must say the Epson EH-LS 10000 home laser projector offered absolutely stunning picture quality.
Absolute Sound had another room on the 7th floor featuring the Focal Chorus 716 speakers.
The lower-range Focal speakers were driven by a Teac integrated amp..
