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Ljubljana Hi-Fi Show 2007 reportage:

(20071006)

Dear audio friends,

this year my Lubiana Hi-Fi Show will contain more pictures than before, because I had better camera (a digital reflex at least!).

This year I enjoyed the Show even more than before, because there were many good sounding rooms.

The first room I present you is that of Franc Kuzma:

This year Kuzma had his top system, including Karan monobloks and the huge Nola speakers with open baffle mid-highs.	The turntable was the Kuzma XXL with 3 motors and two arms. Of course the Air Line tangential arms was playing great!	The cartridge was a very niceZYX R1000Sigma.
The phono and line preamplifiers were two stratosferic Zanden!	Kuzma was presenting a new clamp with “rotating leds” and the VTA fine tuning base of the new tonearm, which will probably be presented at the next CES (01/2008).	This is the new Kuzma Vinvac record cleaning machine (only 440 E).

A room with “natural sound” was from the other slovenian turntable maker Mirko Smolic (SM Audio):

Mirko Smolic was using the same Sonus Faber Guarnieri as last year, with an improved version of his turntable number “2”.	The tonearm was the standard Helius Omega (tetrahedral bearings).	The cartridge was a simple Benz Micro.
Mirko Smolic while keeping the very heavy plate of his third turntable.	The tube electronics were all from the serbian NAT company.	The GE 211 was from US Army: the good ones!
Centering the hole is not always so easy...	The Smolic “3” turntable with Helius Omega Silver Ruby and My Sonic cartridge was unfortunately not playing.	This is the bearing of the new turntable.

After the AZ Adagio of the last year, also this year NEL Audio was able to surprise us with another new interesting product: the Emerald Physics CS2. This is an open baffle project, with dipole emission under 1KHz and a DSP based active crossover able to correct the answer for the room acoustic. The high way is a compression driver loaded by a wavelenght (why not colored it in Ferrari red?). NEL sells them for 3.3 kE including the microphone and its tripod.

Under the KR Huge Triode (22W) there it the DSP active crossover, which corrects the signal between the preamplifier and the power amp. Of course you can do a by-amping.	The new Acoustic Zen Adagio Junior have the same drivers of the floorstanding version, that is two ceramic woofers in D'Appolito and a ring ribbon tweeter. All that goods for only 2.5 kE!
The Smolic “1” with Helius Omega Ruby (3.2 kE) and Yamamoto YC-02 cartridge(650 E).	The phono and line preamp were ModWright 9.0SE (2.1 kE) and 36.5 (3.5 kE).

Under the KR Huge Triode (22W) there it the DSP active crossover, which corrects the signal between the preamplifier and the power amp. Of course you can do a by-amping.

The new Acoustic Zen Adagio Junior have the same drivers of the floorstanding version, that is two ceramic woofers in D'Appolito and a ring ribbon tweeter.

All that goods for only 2.5 kE!

The Smolic “1” with Helius Omega Ruby (3.2 kE) and Yamamoto YC-02 cartridge(650 E).

The phono and line preamp were ModWright 9.0SE (2.1 kE) and 36.5 (3.5 kE).

In the Nordost-Burmester room there was a Nordost show: we had to listen from the Blue Heaven to the Valalla and finally to the new Odino cables!

Very good CD player and integrated amp from Burmester with the Nordost AC “conditioner” was the patners from the REALLY expensive Odino cables.	The new Burmester B25 3-ways surprised me for the large soundstage and good resolution. Carbon fiber woofers and ribbon tweeter. The 6 kE seems not exagerated. I don't remember the name of the good stand speaker with the white ceramic woofer and ribbon (yep again!) tweeter but I remember its price: 9.5 kE!
During the cable turnover we were able to test the Faber signal (blue, above the Odino) but it was so good that the Nordost guy had to switch to the “dark” Sonus Faber Cremona speakers to hide it.	Faber spying the Nordost Odino!

Very good CD player and integrated amp from Burmester with the Nordost AC “conditioner” was the patners from the REALLY expensive Odino cables.

The new Burmester B25 3-ways surprised me for the large soundstage and good resolution. Carbon fiber woofers and ribbon tweeter. The 6 kE seems not exagerated.

I don't remember the name of the good stand speaker with the white ceramic woofer and ribbon (yep again!) tweeter but I remember its price: 9.5 kE!

During the cable turnover we were able to test the Faber signal (blue, above the Odino) but it was so good that the Nordost guy had to switch to the “dark” Sonus Faber Cremona speakers to hide it.

Faber spying the Nordost Odino!

And now some miscellanea from different rooms:

The big Vklop room had top-level Burmeter electronics and AvantGarde horn loudspeakers. As usual the alcohoolic tax in the air was simply unacceptable.	Who really knows how these big Burmester can sound? I had not the opportunity to listen true audiophile music...	Canyon Audio was showing a nice Air Tight system with Wadia CD-player and Living Voice speakers.
Son Et Image (Zagreb) was showing the Marten “Miles” ceramic-driven loudspeakers (10.5 kE) controlled by the ASR Emitter battery powered (13 kE) and an YBA CD-player (will be replaced by a much better Metronome). Good cables from Kubala-Sosna. The sound was too “dry” for my taste...	Audio Cinema Art (Zagreb) was showing the Reference VTL system (>40kE) with Wilson Watt/Puppy speakers (30 kE) and a big Wadia CD-player.	An interesting side view.
The McIntosh family was driving a big Dynaudio loudspeaker.	Pear Audio speakers well controlled by Jolida.	The nottingham turntable and Jolida monobloks.

The big Vklop room had top-level Burmeter electronics and AvantGarde horn loudspeakers. As usual the alcohoolic tax in the air was simply unacceptable.

Who really knows how these big Burmester can sound? I had not the opportunity to listen true audiophile music...

Canyon Audio was showing a nice Air Tight system with Wadia CD-player and Living Voice speakers.

Son Et Image (Zagreb) was showing the Marten “Miles” ceramic-driven loudspeakers (10.5 kE) controlled by the ASR Emitter battery powered (13 kE) and an YBA CD-player (will be replaced by a much better Metronome). Good cables from Kubala-Sosna. The sound was too “dry” for my taste...

Audio Cinema Art (Zagreb) was showing the Reference VTL system (>40kE) with Wilson Watt/Puppy speakers (30 kE) and a big Wadia CD-player.

An interesting side view.

The McIntosh family was driving a big Dynaudio loudspeaker.

Pear Audio speakers well controlled by Jolida.

The nottingham turntable and Jolida monobloks.

This is the end... of our money!

Visitors seem satisfied of the Ljubljana Hi-Fi Show.	The slovenian record prices are much more inviting than the italian ones...	A good Hi-Fi Show must end with a good dinner: in this case we visited the Spajza, just under the Ljubljana castle.

Hope to see you the next year!