These speakers weren't included on the price list, so I guess we can't have them.
Listening was via a pair of modified Magnepan MG1.7s.
#KANSO AUDIO FURNITURE SERIES#
The gear was sitting on a handsome and sturdy looking rack, the Atomic Audio Labs Ultimate Reference Series ($Custom). Linear Tube Audio was providing amplification, their Linear Tube Audio microZOTL2 headphone/preamp ($1100), and Linear Tube Audio ZOTL40 E元4 amplifier ($4500). Power cables were Mojo Audio Enigma CFC and SE ($1299/length not specified), and for interconnects the Mojo Audio Lucent CFC and SE ($999/length not specified). Also in place, the Mojo Audio Mystique v2.0 DAC ($2499).
At the source end of the street we had a Mojo Audio CAT Server HTPC computer ($3999), a Mojo Audio Joule v5.0 power supply ($999) which was used both for digital and the preamp stage. Having received this information when I walked into Room 1121, I can confidently tell anyone reading this that Mojo Audio were offering a fine bunch of hardware at very fair prices. Note to exhibitors: after spending so much time, effort, and budget to get to a show, surely a stop at Kinkos is in order? Simple clear pricing sheets not only benefit the harried press members, but the many visiting listeners who really might be motivated to make a purchase now or later, if they too can recall what they heard and where and how much it costs (footnote 1). Actually, several gold stars, and one of them is for having a handy list with pricing of the gear that was up and running in the system. But instead of handing out detention time, they get a gold star. Tetsuo Kubo.Ĭontinuing my Hall Monitor patrol of the eleventh floor at the Denver Marriott, I came upon another fine three-way in progress in Room 1121, involving Mojo Audio, Linear Tube Audio, and Atomic Audio Labs. This was indeed a fitting tribute to one of high-end audio's Founding Fathers. That glistening shimmering start wafted around the smallish hotel room in perfect proportion, courtesy of what Haniwa calls their "Real 3D Audio" approach. I chose to hear the opening of the Living Stereo Heifetz/Sibelius Violin Concerto. I was asked to pick a recording from those arrayed around the room, and heard digital playback of a direct transfer of an LP from Pearson's collection. The speakers are smallish sealed cubes featuring 5.5" magnesium-alloy cones. This analog signal, or digital ones, can be routed into the Haniwa HDCA01 Digital Control Amplifier and HSP1CO6 loudspeakers ($14,000/system for both amp and loudspeakers). (I don't care for the term "ripped", as it reminds me too much of digital thievery.) Haniwa offers an all-in system, starting with their own phono cartridge, the Haniwa HCTR01 ($5000), and the Haniwa Phono Equalizer Amplifier HEQAO2 ($5000). Kubo provided digital playback of several of the actual LPs from Harry Pearson's collection.
Kubo was here to present his company's products marketed under the Haniwa brandname. Tetsuo Kubo, designer and president/CEO of the Kubotek Corporation, based in Osaka, Japan. It was a bit like viewing hours at a funeral parlor, but instead of a casket, arranged around the room were a selection of the legendary Harry Pearson's actual 3000-LP collection, which he bequeathed complete to Dr.
I had seen information in advance, but it took me a moment to realize that I had walked into a unique event. Kubotek/Haniwa were hosting the "Harry Pearson Memorial Concert" in Room 1122 of the Denver Marriott. There are rooms at hi-fi shows, and then there are rooms.
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