T.H.E. Show Newport Beach 2012

The Home Entertainment Show 2012
Report By Jeff Poth

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  A little more time passed between my West write-up (the past four pages of coverage) and the East, and so I took a little more time this go-round to give a little more gear info and insight, yet still a fast-moving, pic-intensive coverage. If you like your hi-fi chatty, this ain’t the write-up for you!

 

Brooks Berdan had Sumiko (they distribute Sonus Faber) with Musical Surroundings, Grand Prix Audio, and Cardas cabling. Very nice sound in this room, best I’ve heard S.F. sound.

 

The Digital Ear had BIG Martin Logan Electrostats combined with McIntosh- The combination of curved and flat stators was an interesting detail.

 

A big line of Macs- Can you dig it?

 

The Audio Salon had Magico, Constellation Audio, MIT, and smooth tunes

 

Brooks Berdan with Wilson, VTL, DCS, Cardas, and Grand Prix Audio.

 

Kubotek had their hornloaded speakers looking as smooth as ever!

 

Audience had bipolar arrays with passive radiators, and smooth curvy cabinets, using short arrays of their small full range speakers.

 

Motus was showing their underhung driver lineup- nice toys here, made to compete with higher end drivers like Scan Speak.

 

Not surprisingly, these guys get 2 pics. What can I say, I am a driver hound.

 

Precision Transducer Engineering did some good stuff in… big packages. Cool active electronics with very low noise, and big ballsy sound.

 

Audio Note UK.

 

AAudio Imports had BMC Speakers with Stage III and Tandem.

 

The BMCs were bipoles using AMT style tweeters in an MTM layout.

 

With opposed woofers and a nice-looking crossover, a pretty elegant overall design.

 

Dynamic Design driven by ModWright.

 

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