CES 2010 Coverage

January 11, 2010
The darTZeel, Playback Designs, Evolution Acoustics Room

Jonathan Tinn’s room was stuffed with his Evolution MMTwo speakers and the latest components from Playback Designs and DarTZeel. In a room so small, there was only one sweet spot, and it was the only place to be. The speakers sounded just great.

The Playback Designs MPS-5 CD/SACD player. Now where have I seen that before?

This was the world premiere of the darTZeel NHB-458 monoblock amplifiers. Although capable of delivering up to 1000 watts, the Evolution MMTwo’s are so easy to drive, they were playing at a very listenable volume with less than 1 watt RMS and 5 watts peak as shown on the front panel display.

The DarTZeel NHB-18NS preamplifier

Jonathan also brought along a beautifully refurbished Garrard 301 turntable. What a beauty. One of my favorite things at CES.

The best advice I can give to Jonathan is to move over to the Venetian next year where the rooms are bigger and he is in better company. His products deserve it.

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