Déjà Vu Audio

On A Higher Note’s Philip O’Hanlon is usually seen at exhibits taking part in uncommon records whereas entertaining attendees along with his charming storytelling and Irish brogue. This was one thing completely different.

Brogue intact, O’Hanlon was working Déjà Vu Audio’s room. No shock there, as Vu is a significant mid-Atlantic supplier, based mostly 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 recent 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 taking part in records from O’Hanlon’s assortment, together with Ravi Shankar and Phillip Glass’s Passages and the Penguin Café Orchestra.