Genesis at CES 2017: with VPI, Transfiguration, SMc Audio and Viva Audio
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Over the years I have found the bane of most exhibits is playing too loud and unfortunate musical selections. Of course small rooms and associated equipment also rank hihgly.
Gary not only avoids these pitfalls but tends to excell in these areas. I see no need to expect anything different this year.
Gary not only avoids these pitfalls but tends to excell in these areas. I see no need to expect anything different this year.
carolkoh
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Some room photos. 
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I spent more than an hour there in two occasions and everything sounded fantastic. And the dinner last night put a great cap on the whole experience! Thanks Gary.
carolkoh
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The room really came together quickly this year. We usually reward ourselves with lunch after setup on the first day, and sometimes that lunch doesn't happen until mid-afternoon and we've fortified ourselves with chocolate through the lunch hour. This time, we the system sounded great (not fabulous but great) right out of the box. So we let it settle and play in while we ran out for some lunch.
Stopped by today to see Gary and his creations, and indeed the sound was great!
On the Royal Ballet piece, I was impressed by how the sound filled and enveloped the room, literally "freed" from the speakers. It reminded me of the good side of MBLs...
The amps also lacked for nothing, with great weight in the mids and very clean and pleasant highs!
cheers,
alex
On the Royal Ballet piece, I was impressed by how the sound filled and enveloped the room, literally "freed" from the speakers. It reminded me of the good side of MBLs...
The amps also lacked for nothing, with great weight in the mids and very clean and pleasant highs!
cheers,
alex
Thank you, Alex. It was great to see you and Fabio again.
Sorry I jumped down your throat when you said "that mbl thing" - my association with that phrase connotes a singer with a mouth the size of an aircraft hanger. That's why I played Ricky Lee Jones immediately after to note that her mouth was an appropriate size and the guitar sounded the size of a guitar. I thought that we had a particularly great sounding room this year, the total system synergy hung together really wonderfully.
Cheers
Gary
We missed Harry Weisfeld and Seiji Yoshioka the designers of the turntable and cartridge respectively, but the designers of everything else were there enjoying the music.
carolkoh
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As usual, my brother Gary does not toot his own horn.
From left to right.
That handsome gent on the left - no one other than my brilliant brother, Gary Leonard Koh - designer of many things audio - the Phono PreAmp, the Maestro speakers, all those cables, the rack, the music server.
The one with the great smile in the center - Amadeo Schembri - brilliant half of Viva Acoustics - designer of the Viva Auroras. Those sexy tube amps you see on the ground to the right.
The happy, buff one on the right - Steve McCormack (does he actually need any intro??) - designer of the SMc Pre-Amp, the component in the middle of the rack with blue glowy lights. (Designer of Tip-toes, the original McCormack Audio and engineer/producer for some truly brilliant direct to disc music LPs)
Here's a story from Mat Weisfeld in the VPI blog.....
http://www.vpiindustries.com/single-post/2017/01/25/Vanquish-with-Genesis-CES-2017
http://www.vpiindustries.com/single-post/2017/01/25/Vanquish-with-Genesis-CES-2017
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