The Legacy Audio Rom

If you are a fan of my Stereophile scribble, I do not contemplate myself a fan of stuff like DSP processing, digital amplification, spatial reconstruction, or energetic room correction—all of which play an necessary position with Bill Dudleston’s Legacy Audio loudspeakers.

So you could possibly have knocked me over with a flea-watt tube amplifier once I heard Dudleston’s Legacy Aeris ($23,400/pair), Legacy Focus XD ($15,200), and Legacy Signature XD ($11,200) loudspeakers. I used to be floored. This was one of many best-sounding rooms I’ve heard thus far at CAF 2023.

Whether enjoying Shelby Lynne (her cowl of "Just A Little Lovin’"), the Oscar Peterson trio, or Herbie Hancock’s tackle "Besame Mucho," these audio system—and I imply all of them—have been stunningly pure sounding, totally participating on all ranges, wealthy however detailed, with the form of kick and sense of enjoyable that’s uncommon. Music had bounce, grace, scale, startling depth, stream, and the form of ease that attracts not simply your ears but in addition your coronary heart into the music.

Also within the system (as shared with me by e-mail by Legacy Audio’s James Thompson): Legacy Wavelet II Preamp/Processor ($7950) and Lattice speaker cables ($600), Lumin U2 Mini Streamer/Transport ($2400), with energy and interconnect cables by Douglas Connection.