T.H.E. Show (Newport Beach) 2012 Coverage

June 8, 2012

The darTZeel, Evolution Acoustics and Playback Designs Room

Jonathan Tinn duplicated his room from T.H.E. Show at Las Vegas, and with good reason. His remarkable MMMicroOne loudspeakers ($2500/pair with stands) sounded great. I overheard that there is a MMMicroTwo in the works.
 

 
The analog source was the beautiful Wave Kinetics NVS Reference direct drive turntable ($45,000) fitted with a Durand Telos Reference tonearm ($15,000) and Ortofon Anna MC cartridge ($TBA).
 

 
Though I didn’t see Andreas Koch at the show, his Playback Designs MPS-3 CD player with USB PCM/DSD input ($8500) was there.
 

 
Jonathan distributes darTZeel components, so it was no surprise that a NHB-18NS preamplifier ($29,000) and NHB-108 Model One power amplifier ($25,750) were called into service.
 

 

 
New to the setup was a pair of Audience Adept Response aR6-T power conditioners ($4600/each).
 
 
 

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