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The Best Show Reporting
Coverage of CES 2000 from Las Vegas, NV --
Jan. 6-9, 2000
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LIVE ShowStoppers - Series 2 |
Inside Bel Canto's hot EVo 200.2 amplifier,
a 120Wpc single-ended digital amp that costs a reasonable $2150. SoundStage! has
a review sample coming.
Left to right, the Bel Canto DAC1 sitting atop a
Pioneer DV-414 DVD player, the Bel Canto EVo 200.2 amplifier, and Bel Canto's
yet-to-be-named solid-state preamp. This combination was responsible from some very
impressive sound with Von Schweikert Audio speakers.
Audio Aero showed its soon-to-be-available Capitole
A/V six-channel amplifier, which uses small "double-triode" tubes that are hard
wired to the circuit board and splashed with blue light from behind. The price will be in
the $8500 range.
Audio Aero has updated its Capitole CD player
($6403) to interpolate to 24-bit/192kHz data. It has a tube output stage that can drive an
amp directly and comes with a very user-friendly and feature-laden remote.
Gershman Acoustics' lovely new Opera Sauvage
loudspeaker (shown left, $15,000 per pair) is now the company's flagship model, surpassing
the GAP-520X (shown right). The Opera Sauvage is, according to Gershman, a
"high-efficiency" speaker that uses a Gershman-designed midrange and woofer.
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