THE Show Newport 2012

Hot Products

		Tri TRX-M845SE
		Antelope Audio Rubicon
		Teresonic Reference 2a3 and Reference 211
		Bel Canto C7R
		Spendor SP2/3RČ
		Chord Red Reference Mk III and SPM 1200 Mk II
		TW-Acustic Raven GT
		Coincident Speaker Technology Dragon Mk II and Frankenstein M300B
		Cessaro Chopin
		Zesto Audio Leto
		Audio Analogue Fortissimo
		Nola KO
		Zu Audio "unnamed"
		Audio Research Reference 75
		Davone Mojo
		GutWire Davoti

Best of Show

		Highwater Sound, TW-Acustic, Cessaro, Thoress, Silent Running Audio, Silver Circle Audio, High Fidelity Cables
		Joseph Audio, Bel Canto, VPI, Soundsmith, Cardas
		Audio Image, Scaena, VAC, Kronos Audio, MIT
		Magnepan
		Brooks Berdan Ltd., VTL, Wilson Audio, dCS, Grand Prix Audio, Cardas

TABlog

		"The cones for these drivers begin as thick pucks of aircraft-grade aluminum that are then machined down to 8/1000ths of an inch, removing 99% of the material."
		"One of the opportunities that a show affords is hearing gear that other TAB writers have covered and comparing their impressions with my own."
		"I've now heard the BMC electronics in three systems -- Aaudio Imports' in Denver, at CES and in Newport -- and the results were slightly different each time."

Sounds & Sights

		. . .as is often the case, Analogue Productions steals the show with some much-anticipated titles that are just about to begin shipping.
		We guess we're in the right place, as this banner on the side of the Atrium Hotel announces.
		Daniel Weiss of -- not coincidentally -- Weiss Engineering makes adjustments to the playlist for his MAN301/Medea + system. . .