Series 1
All prices in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.

No, we didn't catch Verity Audio's Julien Pelchat asleep at the CD player. He was actually finding just the right cut with which to demonstrate his company's new Parsifal Ovation loudspeakers.

Bill Stierhout of Quantum Products holds his new Symphony Pro, an "EMF stabilizer" that is said to "radiate a QRT field and smooth out random noise and clarify sound over a 50' range." The price is $499 USD.

Winston Ma, the man behind the First Impression Music audiophile label, holds up his latest two releases: Super Sound! [FIM XR24 066] (left) and Treasures of Asia Pacific [FIM XR24 -64]. Both are released in the JVC XRCD24 format, which Winston believes sounds best -- better than even SACD.

Mirage's Canadian sales director Marcel Mukerjee holds the new Omnisat v.2 ($250 each), the latest in Mirage's growing line of Omnisat speakers. [www.miragespeakers.com]

Son & Image always draws a number of homegrown manufacturers. Morssen Technologies from Quebec showed a two-piece speaker system...

...with dedicated outboard amplification. A company representative said that system was for listeners "who prefer a live sound." Pricing is not currently available.