Déjà Vu Audio

On A Higher Note’s Philip O’Hanlon is often seen at exhibits enjoying uncommon records whereas entertaining attendees together with his charming storytelling and Irish brogue. This was one thing totally different.

Brogue intact, O’Hanlon was working Déjà Vu Audio’s room. No shock there, as Vu is a significant mid-Atlantic supplier, primarily based in Vienna, Virginia. The room contained O’Hanlon’s Graham LS5/9 standmount loudspeakers ($7773/pair), a MoonRiver 404 Reference built-in amplifier ($5995) with a MoonRiver MM/MC phono stage module ($775). O’Hanlon performed records on a minty contemporary Garrard Model 301 turntable with a Triplanar tonearm and a Koetsu Rosewood cartridge. The Grahams had been positioned in entrance of an enormous pair of DIY floorstanders with two huge 18" woofers and a 15" horn. An tools rack held a traditional Western Electric amplifier.

This hybrid setup spanning a long time did a wonderful job enjoying records from O’Hanlon’s assortment, together with Ravi Shankar and Phillip Glass’s Passages and the Penguin Café Orchestra.