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AudiogoN Coverage T.H.E. Show 2010 |
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Albert Porter and the gang over at AudiogoN really did up this year. They have included sound links from the rooms as well.
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Spintricity Coverage RMAF 2009 |
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. . . Roger Sanders was showing his model 10C (digital crossover) electrostatic hybrid speaker along with his own amplifiers, preamplifier, and wires. He uses the same source at the show that he does at home. I know since I was there in September. While you may not be an electrostatic fan, he gets a very balanced sound that is amazing. I believe that he knows the equipment, he manufacturers most of it himself, and he knows what it should sound like. He can quickly set up the system and find the best location and representation of his vision of good sound. The typical drawbacks of electrostatic speakers have been addressed with Roger’s designs. They can play loud, they have bass, and they image very well. Congratulations Roger, nice job and great sound. . .
http://spintricity.com/59/public/Vol1-11
http://spintricity.com/unplugged/1002/synergy-and-rmaf
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Enjoy The Music Coverage RMAF 2009 |
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RMAF 2009 Show Coverage
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Sanders
had their Model 10B hybrid electrostat, with a 10-inch dynamic woofer.
($12,995/pair) These were driven by a Sanders power amp, a solid state unit
which is optimized for driving electrostats. I heard this system last year,
and liked it very much, so I didn’t spend much time in this room. The
speakers are very transparent with lots of detail, but they have a narrow
sweet spot. Roger Sanders sets up his room with a single row of chairs, one
behind another, aligned on the axis between the speakers, so that no one is
listening off axis. This year Sanders introduced a smaller model, the Model
11, with a retail price of $9,995/pair.
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AudiogoN Coverage RMAF 2009 |
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RMAF 2009 Coverage
What if you gave a party--and FOUR THOUSAND of your closest friends came?
That's
what RMAF 2009 was like. The mood was upbeat, the sound was great, and
over 150 rooms held an unimaginable variety of wonderful toys. Unlike
the air of anxiety often felt at CES, both staff and attendees seemed
excited and glad to be there. And why not? What better way to spit in
the eye of doomsayers? This place ROCKED, and there was no shortage of
new-tech products to introduce the high end to the next generation.
Following
the death of organizer Al Stiefel earlier this year, there was some
uncertainty regarding the future of the show. Thanks to Al's wife
Marjorie Baumert the show went on, bigger than ever, and will continue
in years to come. Here's proof that an act of love beats corporate
money-grubbing, every time. Many thanks to Marjorie and her staff for a
great show, and a fitting memorial to a good man.
(Please click the AudiogoN logo to go to their site's coverage of our room)
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RMAF 2009
We had a great show! Thanks to all that came by!
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I’m a sucker for
panels. If a room had a big panel, I
was in. Perhaps the best overall sound
I’ve heard from a hybrid ESL could be
found at Sanders Sound Systems.
Roger was showing his 10B ($12,995), a
hybrid that incorporates a 10” woofer in
a transmission line, which comes with
active crossover and 600wpc bass amp.
For the ESL part of the speaker, he was
using his ESL Amp (designed specifically
to drive stats). It’s an improved
version of the amp formerly produced by
Innersound, a design that garnered very
good reviews. The ESL amp ($3,995) puts
out 400wpc into 8ohms, 760 into 4ohms,
and as a mono mode, 1,000 watts into 8
and 1,800 into 4.
The sound
was very faithful to what
was on the recordings.
Listening to Willie Nelson
and Stevie Ray Vaughn (how
did he know I was from
Texas?), the vocals were
extremely compact and smack
dab in the middle of the
sound stage. It was some of
the truest sounding vocals I
heard. Most panel and line
source systems will make the
singer sound abnormally
large and too diffuse, like
they had a mouth 10 feet
wide. It might sound cool,
but it’s not right. The
10B’s performance was
exemplary in this regard.
Even at relatively high
outputs, the voice stayed
solid and compact.
Meanwhile, the acoustic
space stretched beyond the
outside boundaries of the
speakers, doing an excellent
job of recreating the
acoustic space.
Roger
surprised me with a
recording he made of
Saint-Saens Organ Symphony
(How did he know I had
French relatives on my
father’s side?), which did a
good job of showcasing what
the TL woofer can do. I
could definitely feel the
fundamental bass frequency.
The acoustic space was
realistic and frequency
balance was first rate.
Though I was there for a
short time, I don’t think
there are any integration
issues with the woofer and
ESL element.
The
system had a wide useable
sweet spot, with good impact
and speed, could play big,
and managed to minimize the
sound of the room. The
electronics were tube-like
with the impact and noise
level of transistors. Roger
will be sending the 10B to
be reviewed by DAGOGO.
Based on what we heard, we
are looking forward to that!
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UHF- The Electrostat Man The Show 2008 |
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 This is Roger Sanders (left) with our publisher, James Darby. Roger has
spent most of his life researching and building electrostatic speakers,
the latest incarnation the 10B's you see in the background. James is
putting the finishing touches on our world's first review of the
Sanders 'stats and the electronic remotely adjustable crossover and
amplifiers that Roger also makes that are designed to deal with driving
the rigorous loads that such speakers demand.
Apparently Sanders has done a pretty good job because he and his
speakers have been given Stereomojo's rare "Product of the Year Award"
for 2008. Congrats to Roger Sanders and his 10B's!
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Ultra High Fidelity Magazine The Show 2009 |
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Roger Sanders, the electrostatic speaker designer who was the subject of a Rendezvous
article in our pages a little over a year ago, was back with his new
model 10b electrostat/dynamic hybrids. They were driven by Sanders' own
electronics. Only the source, a Tascam flash memory recorder, was not
his own. Panel speakers are not noted for great depth, of course,
whatever their technology, but the 10b's put up a superb, stable image,
and the music was fast and detailed, as well as natural.
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