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RMAF 2018 Photo Essay Part 3

10-17-2018 | By Carol Clark | Issue 99

Continuing on with our coverage...

In this report, all photos by Dave Clark, words by Carol Clark, except those in parentheses, which are by Dave Clark who will do his best to be nice.

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Auralic with YG Acoustic loudspeakers. (Loved the sound here.)

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Auralic Leo GX.

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Auralic Aries G2.

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Ryan Speakers with Cardas Audio and Pass Labs. (Loved the sound here.)

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Pass Labs Int-250 integrated.

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exaSound Audio Design. PlayPoint, Magnepan, and Pass Labs.

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In the Zesto Audio room, a stunning Merrill-Williams REAL 101.3 turntable with Tri-Planar arm.

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Zesto Audio Andros Deluxe phono stage, Allasso step up transformer, Leto 1.5 preamplifier, and Eros 300 monoblocks. Stillpoints rack. All cabling by Cardas. (Always a nice time with George and Carolyn... good people and good sound.)

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Marten Django L Black loudspeakers.

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Cambridge Audio and Bowers & Wilkins.

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Bowers & Wilkins loudspeakers.

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We spent an enjoyable evening with Kathleen Thomas of Bowers & Wilkins. (Photo from Carol's iPhone.) Kathleen shared a panel with Dave on how to increase the diversity in audio (both women and younger people). Much that was discussed was how to treat people with respect and to be inclusive in terms of music and that we are all after the same thing.

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Fort Collins Audio. Revel $228Be loudspeakers. Parasound JC5 amplifier, JC2 PB preamplifier, JC3+ phono preamplifier. Ayre QX5-Twenty digital hub. VPI Prime turntable. Cardas cabling.

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Troy Audio, Twin Audio Video, Triode Corporation, DiDiT High End, Schröder Tonearms, Ana Mighty Sound.

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TriangleArt Master Reference and Maestro turntables, Reference phono stage, Reference preamplifier, TA-200M monoblocks, and Ultimate TA-350 monoblocks. Muraudio SP1 point source electrostatic loudspeakers.

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Many rooms were playing an MQA live performance, sadly we walked in one of the rooms just as it ended, so we didn't get to hear any of it.

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Eggleston Works Viginti loudspeakers. Brinkmann Nyquist MkII streaming DAC, MkII line preamplifier, and mono amplifiers. AudioQuest cabling. HRS rack.

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Benchmark Media Systems, Martin Logan Ltd.

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Benchmark DAC 3 will list at $1695, and the LA4 will list at $2495.

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Aesthetix Mimas Hybrid integrated amplifier, Mimas Phono Option, and Romulus tube CD player/DAC. Acoustic Signature WOW XL turntable. Focal Sopra loudspeakers. Tara Labs cables. Critical Mass rack.

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Nagra HD-DAC-X, HD preamplfier, HD monblock amplifier, VPS phono stage, Classic power supply, IV-S/QGB open reel, and Seven Hi-Fi recorder. Rockport Technologies Cygnus loudspeakers. DeBaer Saphir turntable. Argento Audio cables. Auralic Aries G2 streamer.

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Scansonic MB-5 B loudspeakers with Simaudio Electronics and Nordost cables.

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ELAC. Alchemy Series DDP-2 preamplfier/DAC/Streamer, DPA-2 amplifier, PPA-2 phono preamplfier. Adante AS-61 stand mount loudspeakers, and SUB3070 powered subwoofer. Also in the room, Discovery DS-S101-G music server, Mobile Fidelity UltraDeck turntable, and 512 Engineering Marutani Consulting cables.

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ELAC's new line of electronics.

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In the second ELAC room, Navis ARB-51 powered loudspeakers, Alchemy Series DDP-2 preamplifier/DAC/Streamer. Discovery DS-S101-G music server. 512 Engineering Marutani Consulting interconnects. (Liked this room a lot.)

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Bluebird Music. Chord, Spender, SME, and a whole lot more.