CES 2008

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PS Audio's Memory Link

Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson Jan 08, 2008 First Published: Jan 08, 2008 0 comments

The PS Audio Memory Link ($1695) is a CD/DVD/RAM drive. It's a mechanical player (ie, it still spins the discs), but it has an unusually large cache. Conventional players have caches of around 8–16MB, the Memory Link has a 64MB cache. Why is this better?

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Lyngdorf Server 1

Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson Jan 08, 2008 First Published: Jan 08, 2008 0 comments

The Lyngdorf Server 1 is a music and video server had us drooling. Lyngdorf, of course, loves to keep signals digital until the last millimeter, building DACs into their active DSP-driven loudspeakers. The Server 1 sounded great—there was just one problem: It isn't available. Yet.

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Audio Space's DAC-1

Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson Jan 08, 2008 First Published: Jan 08, 2008 0 comments

Audio Space's DAC-1 US ($3000) is a hybrid tube/Mosfet DAC with a difference.It has two pairs of RCA analog outputs: One deriving its signal from the tube DAC; the other taking its signal from the discrete Mosfet DAC.

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Oracle Thalia

Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson Jan 08, 2008 First Published: Jan 08, 2008 0 comments

We glanced into Oracle's room to see what was new. We'd seen the Delphi, we'd seen the CD 1500 and CD 2500 before. "Nothing new?" we asked.

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What's Old Is New Again

Jon Iverson Jan 08, 2008 First Published: Jan 08, 2008 0 comments

Several rooms this year are sporting 1/4" reel to reel decks as source components. The">http://www.stereophile.com/news/012907master/index.html">The Tape Project has caught on with exhibitors in the Venetian including Pioneer/TAD & Magico. Representatives from TTP were often spotted hauling reel to reel tapes, along with the machines that play them (such as this modified Technics 1600) up and down the halls.

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Not For Sale!

Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson Jan 08, 2008 First Published: Jan 08, 2008 0 comments

We were listening to Magico's fabulous V3s ($25,000/pair), which John Atkinson will be reviewing in the May issue, when we noticed a large music server. "What's that?"

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Berkeley Audio Design Associates' Alpha DAC

Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson Jan 08, 2008 First Published: Jan 08, 2008 0 comments

"You know," Alon Wolf told us. A lot of what you liked about the sound of my music server was the Pacific Microsonics Model Two DAC I was using. But that's no longer manufactured, this is even better and only $5000."

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Resolution iXS

Jon Iverson Jan 08, 2008 First Published: Jan 08, 2008 0 comments

The simple but effective iXS.

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Resolution Revolution

Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson Jan 08, 2008 First Published: Jan 08, 2008 0 comments

When we wandered into Resolution Audio's room, we hadn't heard about the company for a while and weren't sure what to expect. It didn't matter, nothing could have prepared us for Jeff Kalt.

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Revolver's Back!

Wes Phillips & Jon Iverson Jan 08, 2008 First Published: Jan 08, 2008 0 comments

The Replay Turntable ($3499) is Revolver's re-entry into the turntable market after a lengthy absence. It comes packaged with a Jelco tonearm although the company might eventually supply a top plate that can be drilled for any arm. It has a decoupled suspension—which is not sprung–and a large flat belt driven by an AC motor with an outboard power supply. At 50 lbs, it's no lightweight.