The Kabuki Ohaku powered by Audio Tekna tube monoblocks with 35 watts pc at the last Newport audio show.
I heard a drum solo that was "as real" kick drum, cymbals, wow the best I have ever heard. vocals, strings, and big classical were absolutely flawless! I guess having $200K amplifiers and a 50K pre-amp does not hurt! Also, I've never seen a raal ribbon tweeter loaded in a bass horn before but it really worked.
The room seemed to have zero room treatment!
I thought the sound was really open with tons of air, natural tone, and very, very dynamic with huge natural bass!
Lots of other great gear at the show but this was the best to me by good margin.
For a lot less money the Grimm room was really good as was the Vapor audio room and MBL always good!
I heard a drum solo that was "as real" kick drum, cymbals, wow the best I have ever heard. vocals, strings, and big classical were absolutely flawless! I guess having $200K amplifiers and a 50K pre-amp does not hurt! Also, I've never seen a raal ribbon tweeter loaded in a bass horn before but it really worked.
The room seemed to have zero room treatment!
I thought the sound was really open with tons of air, natural tone, and very, very dynamic with huge natural bass!
Lots of other great gear at the show but this was the best to me by good margin.
For a lot less money the Grimm room was really good as was the Vapor audio room and MBL always good!