In years past, Fidelity Imports filled room upon room with the hi-fi equipment they distribute. This year, New Jersey dealer The Listening Room shared the load. Fidelity and The Listening Room compiled six systems in six—um—listening rooms full of hi-fi goodness.
In room 753, a Gyro SE turntable ($6499) with a Cusis cartridge and Rega RB3000 tonearm ($2445) fed a Grimm PW1 phono preamp ($5800) leading to a Grimm MU2 streamer/preamplifier ($20,600). The MU2's output passed—all connections were made with Viablue cabling—to a Kora TA 480 Class AB stereo amplifier ($19,999), which drove Diptyque DP160 Mk2 loudspeakers ($29,999/pair).
The Listening Room's Aaron Drabic had cool vinyl on hand in Room 753. Moses Yoofee Trio's "Push" played with punch and power through the large Diptyques. The system unraveled the record's intricacy and production, though imaging was a little soft. Otherwise, sonics were natural, visceral, and brilliantly alive.
In Room 750, an Aurender N20 streamer ($13,750) was paired with an Audia Flight FLS10 integrated amplifier ($16,498), which drove a pair of Perlisten S7t floorstanding loudspeakers ($21,990/pair).
Room 751 featured an Aurender N30 music streamer ($27,500), an Audia Flight FLS1 stereo preamp ($9999), and an Audia Flight FLS8 monoblock amplifier ($11,999/each), with Wilson Benesch Discovery 3zero standmount monitors ($34,999/pair).
A complete Grimm Audio system graced 755: a Grimm MU1 streamer ($14,800) plus an LS1a two-way active monitoring system ($17,500/pair).
In the Washington ballroom, Audia Flight worked the room again with its FLS20 SACD player ($21,999), an FL Phono phono preamplifier ($6999), and a Strumento No. 1 Signature preamplifier ($49,999), with the Wilson Benesch GMT One System turntable ($340,000–$400,000), the new, flagship Aurender N50 music server ($38,000), an Aurender MC10 master clock ($17,600), and an Aurender NH10 network switch ($3900). Magnepan 30.7x loudspeakers ($55,000/pair) delivered the final product: music. A Richard Gray's Power Company RGPC 1200 power conditioner ($2990) finalized the system.
The Listening Room's Aaron Drabic had cool vinyl on hand in Room 753. Moses Yoofee Trio's "Push" played with punch and power through the large Diptyques. The system unraveled the record's intricacy and production, though imaging was a little soft. Otherwise, sonics were natural, visceral, and brilliantly alive.
In Room 750, an Aurender N20 streamer ($13,750) was paired with an Audia Flight FLS10 integrated amplifier ($16,498), which drove a pair of Perlisten S7t floorstanding loudspeakers ($21,990/pair). 
