SHOW & tell...

ABOVE: Yamaha’s new versus classic demonstration delivered a great (and perhaps brave!) pair of rooms, presenting the new 5000 Series C-5000 preamp, M-5000 stereo power amp and the heralded GT-5000 turntable, connected to the much-awarded NS-5000 flagship speakers, while next door (right) were classic NS-1000 loudspeakers, the legendary GT-2000 turntable, a C4 Control preamplifier and a rare MX-1000 power amp with its bouncing lights. RIGHT: The Davone Solo loudspeakers, designed in Denmark as homage to the Verner Panton 1-2-3 chair, and yes, that’s the forthcoming new Halcro Eclipse superamplifier there in the middle, reborn under Magenta Audio... BELOW: Just one of a set of suites populated by Tivoli Hi-Fi, this one with the Australian debut of the new Marantz Ruby components, playing through Definitive

Technology BP9080 tower speakers... BOTTOM RIGHT: Bricasti’s founder and designer Brian Zolner, who made the 17,000km trek from Massachusetts to Melbourne to demonstrate the shiny new Bricasti M21, switch-selectable for whatever digital inputs and DAC method you like, and network capable too, in a system which was producing one of the sweetest sounds of the Show this year.