Sunday, May 23 -- Part 1

All prices are quoted in euros unless otherwise noted.
1 €  is approximately 1.19 US dollars at time of report.

England's Morduant-Short displayed the new Performance 6 three-way loudspeaker that will be available in the fall. The Performance 6 uses the company's Aspirated Tweeter Technology -- a method of decoupling the tweeter enclosure from the rest of the cabinet, as seen on the rear of the speaker. The Performance 6 retails for 10,000 € per pair.

Audiodata's clean-looking Avance three-way loudspeaker features two side-firing woofers and one coaxial midrange/tweeter driver. The price is 8800 € per pair.

Known for its OTL amplifiers, Graff showed the new GM 50B fully balanced tube-based integrated amplifier, which sells for 5800 €.. Capable of outputting 50Wpc, the GM 50B is available in silver or black finishes, and comes with a remote control.

Accustic Arts of Germany showed a prototype of the new Surround-Player I, a combination SACD, DVD-V and CD player. No price was given.

One word for this piece: massive. Denon displayed the POA-1, an extremely large seven-channel digital amplifier. Because it was only shown in prototype form (as it was at this year's CES), no details or pricing were available.