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At the opening of the show there was a huge crowd waiting in
line for their show badges.
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Michael Kalellis of Analysis Audio gladly held the award for VPI's
2008 Blue Note Award-winning turntable and tonearm.
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Music Direct vinyl display. If you music on vinyl, RMAF 2008 was a great place
to be!
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AMR CD-777 ($11,995) tubed CD player is both balanced and single-ended. AMR was also proud sponsors of Enjoy the Track
SCCA Driver Champion Formula 2000 race car driver Steven R. Rochlin.
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Ron Cornelis of McIntosh accepted the award for their MS300 Music Server.
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Grammy nominated Reference Recordings offers many music titles that audiophile swear by.
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Of course Acoustic Sounds had a large display with many original titles and excellent
reissues on vinyl.
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The amazing Tri-Planar tonearm.
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Ralph Karsten, chief designer of Atma-Sphere, stands with his MA1 MK.III
OTL monoblock tube amplifier and Classic Audio Reproductions hornspeakers.
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YG Acoustic model Anat 2 Reference loudspeaker ($107,000) full range
floorstanders looked very impressive. These units employs the new Aluminator ScanSpeak drivers, which are above the Revelators, so
one should expect excellent sound.
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Chris Hoff of Balanced Power Technology (BPT) received the award for their BP-2 unit.
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Aaudio Imports is now offering the Millennium Audio accessories from Germany that includes the Carbon CD and LP mat, Tuning Weights and Analog protractor set, etc.
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Tyler Acoustic had a world premiere of their Decade D1 ($9500/pr including shipping) loudspeakers. This is a true D'Appolito design and go from 28Hz to 20kHz. Also in the room was Silver Circle Audio power filters.
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Paul McGowan of PS Audio holds the 2008 Blue Note Award for the Quintet Power Filter.
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Concert Fidelity had their CF-080LS preamplifier and SPA-48 phonostage ($18,000 and $14,000 respectively. We have reviewed their
preamplifier, which received an Enjoy the Music.com 2008 Blue Note Award.
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