Hear This!

The Hear This room included merchandise from Von Schweikert Audio, WestminsterLab, Lampizator, Small Green Computer, Sonore, and MasterBuilt.

Streaming different music from Ipad—Yoyo Ma masking "Ava Maria," Creed’s "Arms Wide Open," Donny Hathaway’s "The Ghetto,"—the sound was crisp with sturdy main edges and air, air, air.

Source elements included a Lampizator Horizon ($49,000), Small Green Computer sonicTransporter i9 Optical (Gen3)($2999), and a Sonore Signature Rendu SE optical ($4950).

Amplification was WestminsterLab Class A Monoblock Amplifiers ($32,900/pair), WestminsterLab Quest Preamplifier ($25,100) with the Quest MM/MC choice ($5200).

An attractive pair of Von Schweikert Audio VR-55 MkII loudspeakers with energetic bass ($75,000) made massive sounds. MasterBuilt Reference speaker cables ($5400/pair), XLR interconnects ($4750/pair) and Reference energy cords ($5645/every), and Final Touch Audio Sinope USB cables ($1500/every) closed the deal within the Hear This room.