Prices listed in CA$.
Another room that served up incredible sound was that of retailer Bliss Acoustics, whose demo included a J.Sikora Reference turntable ($64,500) fitted with a KV Max 9″ tonearm ($16,450) and Nagra Reference cartridge ($24,500), a Nagra Classic preamplifer ($24,000), a Nagra Classic phono stage ($26,000), a Gryphon Essence stereo amplifier ($32,480), a Gryphon Ethos DAC/CD player ($55,720), and a pair of modular Audio Nec Evo 2 loudspeakers (58,500). Cables and stands were by Nordost and Modulum Audio Arkitek, respectively.
Another room that served up incredible sound was that of retailer Bliss Acoustics, whose demo included a J.Sikora Reference turntable ($64,500) fitted with a KV Max 9″ tonearm ($16,450) and Nagra Reference cartridge ($24,500), a Nagra Classic preamplifer ($24,000), a Nagra Classic phono stage ($26,000), a Gryphon Essence stereo amplifier ($32,480), a Gryphon Ethos DAC/CD player ($55,720), and a pair of modular Audio Nec Evo 2 loudspeakers (58,500). Cables and stands were by Nordost and Modulum Audio Arkitek, respectively.
At one point, absorbed in the music and the moment, I thought to myself, “If I had the scratch, this system would be on my list of systems I could live with for the rest of my life.” That says a lot more than any words I could use to describe its sonic attributes.
