Montreal Salon Audio / Montreal Audio Fest 2016 Show Report
Part 1 By Rick Becker

Next table down the hall I found Donald Locke of the Montreal retailer Plurison explaining the idea behind the Iso Acoustics speaker stands.

Across the hall the shipping crates announced the contents of the room behind the wall.

At TAVES last October the Focal Sopra No. 2 floorstanding speakers sounded exquisite driven by a Devialet all-in-one component. Here, using Naim separates, Plurison achieved similar results. Whereas Naim has given up producing loudspeakers and Focal has given up producing electronics (seldom seen on this side of the pond), each is now focusing on doing what they do best and there was a lot of synergy in this rig.

On a table outside the Plurison room were a handful of turntables, most notable being the Clearaudio Performance DC ($4995), presumably with a DC motor, that I think is a new model. It runs 33, 45 and 78 and is quite attractive with a two-tone plinth, massive platter and carbon fiber tonearm.

At another table in the hall was a display board of premium speaker cables from WireWorld. A close look at the end of one of their speaker cables reveals the complexity of design and difficulty of construction.

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