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A CD Player Unlike Any Other!
At least that's what Kevin Deal called the $1395 PrimaLuna Prologue Eight CD player.
The Brains Behind "It's a No-Brainer"
An inside look at PrimaLuna's adaptive auto-bias. Sometimes simpler is quite complex.
What Comes After the Prologue?
If you're PrimaLuna, it's the DiaLogue, an integrated tube amp available in two models: the $2199 DiaLogue One and the $2499 DiaLogue Two. Both amps deliver 21Wpc in triode operation and 30Wpc in ultralinear mode. What's the difference? The Two comes with Genalux KT88s, Solen capacitors, fast recovery diodes in the power supply, and a high-gloss hand-rubbed finish.
Tube Bling
Why would adult audiophiles do this to themselves? We have no idea. Kevin Deal and EveAnna Manley show off their latest tube blingware. Their dentists made a pretty penny knocking out their front teeth and adding the "Tubes Rule" matching grills. Yes, this stunt did get a photo in our blog.
New and Improved
"Well, there's another new development—sort of," Channel Island Audio's Dusty Vawter said. "We've upgraded our $599 VDP-1 by essentially removing the entire circuit board and replacing it with a better circuit."
You'd Think He Was in the CIA
"What's new?" We'd just walked into the Channel Islands Audio room and spotted Dusty Vawter.
Vandersteen Twofer
Eneke (left) and Jaclyn Vandersteen flank Vandersteen's new composite Ebony Quatro ($10,700/pair). The wood Quatros are quite different from the speaker cloth covered $6950/pair Quatro Michael Fremer <A HREF="http://stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/706vandersteen/">reviewed</A> in <I>Stereophile</I>.
What's In a Naim?
"I have a theory," I said to Jon Iverson. "There are two types of rooms at CES: The ones that make you want to sit down and listen forever and the ones that make you want to cover your ears and run into the halls screaming. This room," I said, encompassing Naim's $85,000 system with my sweeping arm, "is one of the former."