Series 2 All prices are quoted in euros unless
otherwise noted.
1 € is approximately 1.28 US dollars at time of report.
Designers Micha Huber (left) and Helmut
Brinkmann. Micha's Thales tonearm is featured in our ShowStoppers
Series 2 section, while Brinkmann's equipment is discussed in Doug's Daily Diary.
Ascendo's Jürgen Scheuring. His speakers were used in
Behold's room that received Standout recognition.
"Photo op."
Even in groups, headphone listening is a
solitary experience.
Lehmann Audio's Norbert Lehmann shows his upgraded Linear,
which has a USB
connection and can be used as a DAC, headphone amp, and preamplifier. Its price will
be 900 € when it's released in September. Norbert also showed new phono stages
that can be found in our May 28 Daily Coverage.
The Swedish Statement -- "five producers, one
statement" -- showed a very big system in a small room. The system -- created by
Bladelius (amplifiers, CD player with preamplifier), Marten Design (speaker), Nordic
Concept (turntable), Jorma Design (cables), and Woo Design (stand) -- costs 350,000 €
(200,000 € of which is for the speakers alone).
