Continuing my show coverage… The most visually pleasing room I saw (overall), belonged to our friends at Charisma Audio. This setup looked and sounded great, with the beautiful Audio Space LS5/9 Ebony monitors, Audio Space monoblocks, and Well-Tempered Lab’s stylish new Amadeus 254 turntable. As at previous shows, there were two complete systems, this time each sitting on a stunning Codia Diagon rack. Unfortunately I only saw Bernard Li briefly on Saturday, and we missed each other when I was at the Charisma room on Sunday; we will follow up – especially about Charisma’s brand-new Musiko tonearm! ‘Most promising startup’ surely has to go to Saturn Audio, a partnership between two well-known gents from my area, Gilbert Yeung of Blue Circle and René Evans of Mystic Audio. A full (and impressive) Saturn system was on display, with the 601 amp, 501 preamp, 201 DAC, and 103C power filter. In conjunction with a Lumin U1 streamer/L1 music server, and driving PMC’s Twenty5 24 speakers, the sound was smooth and very musical. I only wish the photos did justice to how good this system looked! The components are so elegant and clean. The rack here is the impressive Blok, from Mystic [...]
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