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Within the Gryphon room is a new Ducati 1098 proper race motorcycle (or
'knee dragger' for those track rats like me).
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Loudspeaker manufacturer WLM used the High End Munich show to release their new Grand Viola MK. II (€12,000 on up depending on veneer). This flagship model has a Super PAC dynamic driver supertweeter, Eminence paper cone 8-inch drivers for lower frequencies. Overall frequency response is from 30Hz to 25kHz with a staggering 98dB/W/m at 8-Ohm efficiency. Could be a real winner for low-powered single-ended tube lovers such as myself.
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WSS had their all-new Adam Olympus Sound System (€220,000) staggering large fully active including digital crossover unit. This includes IIR and FIR filtering for time and phase alignment. The two large 18-inch woofers are driven by 1000 watts while the eight 8-inch drivers for bass, 6 front and 6 rear midrange ribbons plus four front and four rear tweeter ribbons. The front/rear drivers can be switched for monopole (normal) or dipole. Frequency response is from 20Hz to over 50kHz. Inputs can be analog (XLR or RCA) or digital via AES/EBU or SPDIF (XLR or RCA).
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Restek had a complete 'mini me' system including the MiniDac, MiniPre (below it is the system power supply) and MiniTun (€550, €550 and €660 respectively). The preamplifier has four inputs while the DAC ha a pair of TOSlink and coax
inputs.
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Furutech had their new European electrical outlets made with Carbon fiber and audiophile-grade gold-plated contacts.
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More live music.
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EAT's new ECC88/6DJ8/6922 is a long-life unit and includes the tube cooler/anti-resonant unit called their Cool Damper. There is a Diamond and Se4lected version (€149 and €99 each respectively). The difference between the two are the Diamond version has identical dual triode envelopes while the Selected can have upwards of 5 percent difference between each of the two triode envelopes. Other features include gold pins while the unit meets military specifications (MIL-E-1/1J168). The Cool Damper (£25) is available separately and features flexible Teflon/Carbon insert fingers of holding to the tube and allows for 18mm to 23mm size adjustment.
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