ACORA
MONTREAL AUDIOFEST K. E. Heartsong MONTREAL AUDIOFEST K. E. Heartsong

ACORA

The Acora room was teaming with exceptional gear that would find its signal beautifully broadcast via the Acora SRC-2 2.5-way Floorstanding Loudspeaker. The SRC 2.5 while seemingly diminutive, for the size of the room, had no problem filling the room with excellent music.

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LEMAY AUDIO
MONTREAL AUDIOFEST K. E. Heartsong MONTREAL AUDIOFEST K. E. Heartsong

LEMAY AUDIO

The Lemay Audio room sported some of the most beautiful equipment at the show and, no doubt, some of the most expensive as well. I also found Francois Lemay, the proprietor and founder, a kind and gracious gentleman, with a fabulous aesthetic.

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LENBROOK - DALI & NAD
MONTREAL AUDIOFEST K. E. Heartsong MONTREAL AUDIOFEST K. E. Heartsong

LENBROOK - DALI & NAD

Beat! There was a hard, driving beat in the Lenbrook room via the NAD and DALI system, that got one’s foot tapping pretty quickly. I would call this the ‘Adrenaline System No. 1.” Wasn’t able to sit for a short ‘show’ review, but boy did the gear get the blood flowing and it looked exceptional.

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YAMAHA
MONTREAL AUDIOFEST K. E. Heartsong MONTREAL AUDIOFEST K. E. Heartsong

YAMAHA

The YAMAHA system was a walk down memory lane and was composed of a system which brought together the GT-5000 turntable, C-5000 preamplifier, M-5000 amplifier, and the NS-5000 speakers, which completed its reference system.

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SONIC ARTISTRY
MONTREAL AUDIOFEST K. E. Heartsong MONTREAL AUDIOFEST K. E. Heartsong

SONIC ARTISTRY

The Sonic Artistry room featured the MERGING TECHNOLOGIES Streaming DAC, the darTZeel Audio LHC-208 MKII DAC, Streamer, and Integrated Amplifier, the STENHEIM Alumine 3SE special edition Speakers, and the SEISMON Active Isolation Bases.

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B&W/CLASSÉ
MONTREAL AUDIOFEST K. E. Heartsong MONTREAL AUDIOFEST K. E. Heartsong

B&W/CLASSÉ

This was another quite impressive room which featured reference-level components from B&W and Classé. The system was built via the Classé Delta Pre preamplifier, the Classé Delta Monoblock amplifiers, the B&W 801 D4 speaker…

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GERSHMAN/EON/ORACLE
MONTREAL AUDIOFEST K. E. Heartsong MONTREAL AUDIOFEST K. E. Heartsong

GERSHMAN/EON/ORACLE

The Gershman/EON room for its assemblage of components was rather impressive. The Gershman/EON system was composed of the EON Boson Integrated Mono Amplifier, the EON Tachyon DAC, the Oracle Delphi MkVI Signature turntable…

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