Top Audio & Video 2004 Milan, Italy

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  Not to be outdone by Boston Acoustic, the Pioneer booth had a CSi16V and a  Subaru WRX. Car guy time! The CSi16V had the TAROX 10 piston front and stock rear brakes while WRX was Brembo on all corners. As for the audio system, big bass in the back, many door loudspeakers, and enough amplification to shake your tooth fillings loose.

 

Jamo's model X870 (€990) has a side-firing 8-inch woofer mated with a pair of 6-inch mids and 1-inch silk dome tweeter.

 

Those of you who love the vintage Quad gear, then Quad Musikwiedergable at www.quad-musik.de refurbishes, repairs, and sells these goodies.

 

For many years the Top Audio & Video show has sold compact discs. Each and every year heralds in a new compact disc title and 2004 is no exception. This year chimes in Volume 10 sponsored by Naim and features many of the company's musical artists.

 

Standind 2.75 meter high is Ultrasound's Hornblower (€56,000) loudspeaker has six 6-inch coax drivers front, two side-firing paper cone woofers, and a pair of side firing midrange drivers.

 

An interesting find is the Pioneer DV-470-K with the usual DVD video features, yet also plays DIVX discs.

 

On another level is the Pioneer DV-668AV that plays DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, the usual surround sound features, and also has an HDMI output for HDTV.

 

Enjoy the Music.com one again proudly provides a world premier! Nagra's new PMA (Pyramid Monoblock Amplifier, €8,000 per pair) produces 200 watts each with very low distortion. These solid-state units have what Nagra is calling "power factor corrector" said to be a newly patented design that has a reserve when the main electricity supply lacks sufficient drive for the unit. It operates in "Class AB". Nagra is also offering their PSA (Pyramid Stereo Amplifier) that produces 100 watts per channel. Frequency response is from 10Hz to 70kHz with a signal to noise ratio of 104dB.