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WINTER 2020
The time has been flying by. One would think there would be a lull for a rural hifi dealer out in cornfield land during winter, yet it's been remarkably busy here. Lots of new customers have found their way here, and so have many new products.
I am mighty impressed by the recent addition of the Chord Electronics dacs, on display is the Hugo TT2 with the matching Hugo M Scaler.
Also a new speaker line for this area, JM Reynaud, from France, has been keeping the winter blahs away with some outstanding music making. More to come on those very soon. I can tell you this much, the $2500 Bliss Jubilees w matching Magic Stands $450 have stolen all our hearts here. Every time I play them I can't even imagine how they do all this for the price, if someone told me $10k I wouldn't have batted an eye. You know how I like to go on about something when I'm smitten with it, well, be ready to get an ear full on these.
More cables are here, a biwire pair of the new Audioquest William Tell Silver are in Studio A, telling those Vandersteen Quatros how to sing. Talk about transparent! No, not that blasted company. I'm talking good sounding cables here, really good, as in highly recommended cables. And finally we have some new Audioquest power cords, the Blizzards, who's female ends actually fit the built in subs of the Vandersteens. Quite the improvement over the old stock cords, let me tell ya.
Cardas cables are here, quite a variety, and especially sweet are the Clear Beyond Power cables, at $1050 1/M. An extremely good power cord, do come check these out. The cable line is very different than the old Cardas sound, which was sort of thick and murky. I think you'll be as surprised as those that have heard them at how good they are now.
And naturally, lots of busy work going on behind the scenes getting ready for Axpona, April 17-19. Forms to fill out, deadlines to meet, a bombarding of marketing companies soliciting everything under the sun. Of course the system, THE system, is still a work in progress. Always wanting to be better than the year before, but not to duplicate past years is always the fun and handwringing that goes on here before the show. The frantic part comes because a vendor must have everything in place brand wise by the middle of February, to meet the booklet deadlines. One can't go changing after that or no one will be able to find you by brand.
So even though there's been some intermittent bad weather, don't think the Haven is in winter slumber mode. Far from it.
Like those voles out there under the snow, activity continues......
The time has been flying by. One would think there would be a lull for a rural hifi dealer out in cornfield land during winter, yet it's been remarkably busy here. Lots of new customers have found their way here, and so have many new products.
I am mighty impressed by the recent addition of the Chord Electronics dacs, on display is the Hugo TT2 with the matching Hugo M Scaler.
Also a new speaker line for this area, JM Reynaud, from France, has been keeping the winter blahs away with some outstanding music making. More to come on those very soon. I can tell you this much, the $2500 Bliss Jubilees w matching Magic Stands $450 have stolen all our hearts here. Every time I play them I can't even imagine how they do all this for the price, if someone told me $10k I wouldn't have batted an eye. You know how I like to go on about something when I'm smitten with it, well, be ready to get an ear full on these.
More cables are here, a biwire pair of the new Audioquest William Tell Silver are in Studio A, telling those Vandersteen Quatros how to sing. Talk about transparent! No, not that blasted company. I'm talking good sounding cables here, really good, as in highly recommended cables. And finally we have some new Audioquest power cords, the Blizzards, who's female ends actually fit the built in subs of the Vandersteens. Quite the improvement over the old stock cords, let me tell ya.
Cardas cables are here, quite a variety, and especially sweet are the Clear Beyond Power cables, at $1050 1/M. An extremely good power cord, do come check these out. The cable line is very different than the old Cardas sound, which was sort of thick and murky. I think you'll be as surprised as those that have heard them at how good they are now.
And naturally, lots of busy work going on behind the scenes getting ready for Axpona, April 17-19. Forms to fill out, deadlines to meet, a bombarding of marketing companies soliciting everything under the sun. Of course the system, THE system, is still a work in progress. Always wanting to be better than the year before, but not to duplicate past years is always the fun and handwringing that goes on here before the show. The frantic part comes because a vendor must have everything in place brand wise by the middle of February, to meet the booklet deadlines. One can't go changing after that or no one will be able to find you by brand.
So even though there's been some intermittent bad weather, don't think the Haven is in winter slumber mode. Far from it.
Like those voles out there under the snow, activity continues......
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a bit of room remodeling in Studio B. Also note the new JM Reynaud Bliss Jubilee speakers, and at the far right the new Sugden Masterclass preamp and Sapphire amplifier in custom black faceplates, delightful solid state separates, if I do say so myself!