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Shelter's new Harmony (€4000) had a body made from layered sheets of carbon fiber and includes carbon fiber hardware! This MC has a 0.5mV output, internal impedance is 15 Ohms, weights 8.5
grams, and has a frequency response of 20Hz to 50Hz.
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Longstanding audio manufacturer Luxman may indeed be coming back to America and will include
the company's solid-state and tubed units. Seen here is the launching of Luxman's new SQ-N100 (€2400) stereo integrated tube amplifier. It produces 12 wpc with a frequency response from 20Hz to 50kHz
from a pair of EL84 per channel. Other Luxman goodies include the EQ-88 (€1550) tubed phonostage and M800A (€9900) 60 wpc stereo amplifier.
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Consonance, who makes one of my favorite 211/VT4C monoblock amplifiers
(as reviewed within Superior Audio) released their new LP LIU table and ST100
tonearm (€2400 as a package). The black acrylic platter sits on a ceramic ball and graphite. In fact, graphite is used strategically on the base and tonearm mount for anti-resonance purposes. The carbon fiber tonearm is 9 inches long while the main arm to mount is precision made by a watch manufacturer.
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Consonance's new Cyber 10 (€1000) integrated tube amplifier
has USB and analog inputs plus headphone output. A single KT88 per channel can be changed to KT66 if desired; the tube can operate in triode or ultralinear mode.
The digital input employs no oversampling. Am awaiting a review sample to arrive at my doorstep.
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At the High End Society's Munich event are many parts retailers,
perhaps hinting at the huge DIY and tweak market. Intertechnik's booth had an over 6 feet high display with capacitors, coils, loudspeaker binding posts and much more!
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Wait! Are my eyes deceiving me or is that Roy Hall drinking...
bottled water? (Said in good fun and humor as Roy in a great guy). The original negative of this photo is available to the highest bidder as this incredibly rare photo is sure to become a
very rare collector's item! (Serious) Ok, those of us who have known Roy for many years may have a bit of friendly fun as Roy indeed has supplied more than a few hundred glasses of single malt
scotch to audio reviewers (Full Disclosure: as i do not drink alcohol, the previous statement does not include Yours truly). Also,
Roy is a man with a great sense of humor and joy for life.
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