YG Acoustics
For the past several years, YG Acoustics has been introducing significant, but incremental, improvements to its line of Anat and Kipod loudspeakers. This year, they rolled out a completely new speaker - the Sonja. It departs from the angular design of its predecessors with seductive curves. It comes in three flavors: the 1.1 ($38,800) is comprised of only the monitor section, which houses two Billet-Core midrange drivers and one Forge-Core tweeter in an MTM configuration; the 1.2 ($72,800) adds a bass cabinet to extend low-frequency response to 17Hz; and the 1.3 ($106,800) adds an additional subwoofer cabinet to further extend low-frequency response to 14Hz. The cabinets are so tightly integrated, the lines separating them appear to be simply design accents. They sounded luscious driven by a pair of biwired D’Agostino Momentum monoblocks ($55,000/pair), a Veloce Platino LS-1 line stage ($15,000), and a dCS Scarlatti stack ($80,000). Cables were Kubala-Sonsa Elation.
They were also spinning vinyl using a Zanden Model 1300 phono stage ($12,000) and, new from Germany, a Scheu Das Laufwerk 1 turntable ($8150) fitted with a Scheu Tacco 12-inch tonearm ($4995) and Scheu Ruby 3 moving coil cartridge ($2950).
Next door, they were showing their new Kipod II Signature Passive loudspeakers ($38,800). Previous iterations have had an active bass cabinet, which is still available on request. As with the Sonja, YG chose Dan D’Agostino’s Momentum amplifier, this time the stereo version ($29,000), and a Veloce Platino LS-1 line stage ($15,000). The digital source was all MSB in the new elegant piano black finish. The system was laced together with Kabala-Sonsa Emotion cables.
Not shown were their entry-level Carmel loudspeakers, but you can read my latest review of them here.
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