I wasn't necessarily expecting to find Alon Wolf (right) striking dangling bars of aluminum with a small mallet. Had Magico's celebrated designer embarked on a second career as a percussionist? Nah. He was demonstrating to Stereophile Editor Jim Austin (left) and myself that aluminum, which...
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At AXPONA, Stealth cables tethered the S3 2023s to a couple of Convergent Audio Technology JL7 monoblocks ($33,990/pair) and a CAT SL1 Legend Black Path preamp ($42,000). The DAC, a $69,000 Wadax Atlantis, was fed by Antipodes's $25,000 Oladra music server.