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Welcome to the May 2010 edition of the highend-electronics Newsletter!
There will be a brand new HiFi Show in the Hilton Garden Inn San Francisco, held on the weekend July 30th until August 1st. It is the only HiFi/Hi-End Show on the West Cost and is called California Audio Show organized by Dagogo.com. It's already clear that this event will be a big success by looking at the exhibitor list. We will be exhibiting products from Valvet, Consensus, Alto-Extremo and more. Details in our next newsletter.
We received a few new great reviews for our top-of-the-line Valvets, the A3.5 mono-blocks and the soulshine tube preamp.
One comes from Robert Learner of Positive Feedback Online issue 48 March 2010:
"...haven't heard better for the money and certainly worse for more. These components have some magic, something past competence or even excellence and
into the illusion of 'real'. You can find components that do this or that better in the price range, but none I've spent time with are as addictive.
They get the essence of the music..."
"The sound quality is not only that good, it's that true—park them on your rack for the next ten years and find other things to worry about."
Read the entire review on: Positive Feedback Online
"...smooth, dynamic, lively, and organic. Tonal purity suggests straight-wire gain with a dash of inner glow. Soundstaging is precise in localization...
Transients have snap and life, and decays are full-blooded, something I've come to associate with Class A electronics versus some other designs.
There is none of the sterility I've heard with some other solid-state amps..."
Absolutism from Austria
Marco Kolks wrote in Hoererlebnis (March 2010): "Consensus speakers are different, so very different. They are extremely fast and extremely precise, working like an acoustic magnifying glass. They don't seem cold though. The reproduction is convincing with captivating tone colors and much emotion. In addition, the Magma plays incredibly direct. Some listeners will be shocked when they hear percussion attacks, because the music sounds so real... This impression is supported by a bass that is rarely reached in this perfection by Magma's competitors. Tight, incredibly well-defined and powerful, the bass is virtually catapulted into the room."
"To understand what Stefan Fekete has really developed, definitely requires listening for a long time. But from time to time a new dimension of the reproduction then opens up for the listener, that impresses him deeply and enthralls him forever."
Synergistic Research Galileo Universal Speaker Cell
The Galileo Universal Speaker Cell technology is a trickle down from Synergistics cost-no-object Galileo Research Program and is a huge improvement for any system in any price class. With the Galileo Universal Speaker Cell, you hear an extraordinary balance of musicality, detail, and refinement. In fact, the new Galileo Universal Speaker Cells elevate even modest speaker cables to near state-of-the-art status, while taking state-of-the-art speaker cables to a significant new level of holographic realism, power, and finesse (any single-wire speaker cable can be used). Our introductory offer is $1899.00 (retail $2500.00) and includes a pair of 6ft. Galileo BASIK speaker cables.
Synergistic Galileo Mini Power Coupler (MPC)
The Galileo MPC improves nearly all aspects of TESLA Active Shielding, with soundstaging and air that extend beyond the boundaries of a listening room. Detail is enhanced thanks to a lower noise floor, for even greater clarity and transparency, delivering a more natural sense of the live event. Mid-range texture is improved with breathtaking “you are there” instruments and vocals and a significant boost to low frequency impact and control, improving bass response by one half to a full octave. In short, the Galileo MPC is a significant improvement to performance of Synergistics' Active cables, PowerCells and Universal Speaker Cells. Our introductory offer is $315.00 (retail $400.00).
Audio Magic Liquid Air Cables
Audio Magic released beginning this year the first true liquid cable. The main conductor in each cable is a CONDUCTIVE LIQUID POLYMER. With this type of conductor these cables are not affected by ringing you get in metal based conductors, room vibrations, static discharge, etc. What you get is a very neutral cable - bigger and deeper soundstage, lots of air around the performers, detail, dynamics, realness you have never heard before with an extremely quite and black background. Audio Magic offers 4 levels of Liquid Air Cables - Liquid Air, Sorcerer, Illusion and Clairvoyant. We offer a 20% discount on the Liquid Air Cables and 15% on power conditioner and all other Audio Magics proucts throughout May.
