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NEW 12/4/11
More Late Breaking News From RMAF!
Mr. Wechsberg only highlighted 3 room out of the 400+ rooms at the show!
RMAF 2011 - At a Snail's Pace
by Mike Wechsberg
Some audio magazines give you real time blogs from the floor of a show like the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, while others rush to publish as soon as the show is over. Well, here at PFO we writers are not paid to be fast, just accurate and interesting. So, here I am more than a month after the show writing yet another article about some old news. Editors David Robinson and Dave Clark have already posted the definitive PFO articles in pictures and words about this year's "fest" (just click their name's to read the reports). My motivation in writing this article is to convey some impressions about audio equipment, audio shows and the audio industry in general, that I hope give you something to think about.
I have attended all but two RMAF fests since they started in 2004. Each one has been better than the last in some way. This year I heard fewer mediocre sounding rooms than in the past. As these annual get-togethers continue in the same venue (Denver Marriott Tech Center) I think the returning exhibitors "figure out" the exhibit rooms and how to get decent sound in a small rectangular hotel room. Even on the first afternoon of the show, when the time to experiment with setup is short for everyone, I heard excellent sound virtually everywhere I went.
Over the three days I got to spend quite a bit of time in a few rooms. One of these was the room shared by Von Schweikert Audio and Jolida, Inc. I haven't been a fan of Von Schweikert speakers over the years, but the combination of VR-5 Anniversary Edition Loudspeakers with Jolida tubed electronics playing the Beethoven 9th Symphony on a United Home Audio open reel tape machine was spectacularly realistic and involving. The sound had great dynamic range and just the right blend of tonality, detail and spaciousness. I was exhausted at the end of the recording, just like I am whenever I hear this music in a concert hall. The equipment in this room was not cheap, but the cost was far from the most expensive setups at the show yet this room left me with one of the strongest impressions. Bravo to the folks who put this room together.
United Home Audio, Jolida, Von Schweikert Audio,
win a RMAF 2011
"OASIS AWARD"
from Positive Feedback Online!
By, Dr. David W. Robinson
Editor-in-Chief, Positive Feedback Online
http://www.positive-feedback.com
A grand system: Jolida Fusion System Preamp and Fusion 200 WPC Monoblock Amps, Jolida Fusion 200 DAC Transport prototype,
Von Schweikert Audio VR-5 Anniversary loudspeakers, and United Home Audio UHA Phase 9 tape deck.
I have been following the Von Schweikert line for a very long time now. As a matter of fact, I've owned several of the VR speakers over the years (VR-4, VR-4 Silver, VR-6),
and have evaluated/reviewed several others (the very fine VR-9's, and the VR-5's).
Albert had the VR-5 Anniversary Edition on display; I was familiar with them, but I had not heard them with Jolida electronics before.
The results with the United Home Audio UHA Phase9 open reel tape deck and the Jolida Fusion preamp and monoblocks were really impressive.
There is always something very special about open reel tapes… this is where I started in audio, while still in high school…
and the overall effect was smooth, richly harmonic, dynamic, and commendably transparent.
(I have to admit that I am completely unfamiliar with this company and this tape deck, and had no time to dig in on it while at RMAF 2011.)
I sat there for a while, just soaking in the music. It was so good that I forgot to check the titles of the classical recordings that we were listening to!
The VR-5 AE's were providing rich, involving sound, with little to fault in terms of musical values. Reasonably compact speakers…
but full-range performance! This is the real thing, amigos…Albert Von Schweikert and company have produced a real marvel here.
I'm going to have to look into Jolida… that's a lot of bang for the audio buck!
And I guess that I really should see if United Home Audio is interested in a review of their Phase9 sometime, eh?
Jolida Fusion preamp: $1099
Jolida Fusion monoblock amps: $6000/pair
Von Schweikert Research VR-5 Anniversary Edition loudspeakers: $27,000
United Home Audio UHA Phase9 tape deck: $17,000
Anything that gives me such a an exceptionally pleasant, relaxing audio experience at RMAF rates an Audio Oasis! Award in my book…done!
The Jolida Fusion Monoblock: 200 Watts of 211-based power!
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Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2011
United Home Audio new Phase9 tape deck
Jolida's new Fusion 211 tube monoblocks and Fusion Preamp
Von Schweikert VR-5 Anniversary MK2 speakers
Celtic Silver Pendragon Cables
(Photo from TAS web site taken by Jonathan Valin)
If you would like to see more and larger photographs of many of the loudspeakers reviewed, go to:
RMAF 2011 Report - Analog Sources
Posted by: Jacob Heilbrunn at 3:03 pm, October 19th, 2011
(Photo from TAS web site)
The VTL room included mastering engineer Piper Payne playing some of the Tape Project’s reels,
which, more often than not, sounded dynamic and translucent via Luke Manley and Bea Lam’s imposing Siegfried II monoblocks,
which are priced at $65,000 a pair, along with the $20,000 7.5 Series III preamplifier.Tape was also featured at Alon Wolf’s Magico Q1 demo.
The Nagra tape machine fed the $25,000 Q1, which sounded smashing—exceedingly nimble and transparent.
But the most memorable cut for me was listening to Lee Morgan’s “The Sidewinder” at United Home Audio’s room
on a $17,000 Phase9 Tascam machine, which boasts, among other things, capacitors with silk as the dielectric.
It sounded amazing.
The “Sidewinder” recording, which Morgan cut for Blue Note, was a surprise bestseller in 1964 and features some of his
most sizzling playing. I was quite smitten with the $6000 200-watt Fusion monoblocks that Michael Allen,
head of Jolida, Inc., has developed and based on the venerable 211 power output tube.
RMAF 2011 Report - Loudspeakers Priced at $20,000 and Up
Posted by: Jonathan Valin at 2:02 pm, October 19th, 2011
From MBL I went down to the second floor and heard the $30k Von Schweikert VR5 Anniversary multiway floorstanders,
driven by Jolida electronics and sourced by Greg Beron’s UHA Phase 9 reel-to-reel 15ips tape deck.
The sound was excellent.
Tonality, spaciousness, dynamics—all first-rate. Of course, in a way this room was unfair.
Greg was playing back Tape Project mastertapes, including a freshly minted Beethoven Ninth,
and when they’re good those tapes are hard to beat.
Jonathan Valin's Best in Show
Best Sound (over $40k)
Vandersteen 7 (with ARC Ref 250 amp)
Runners-up:
Lansche 5.1, Cessaro Affascinate I SE,
YG Acoustic Kipod II Signature (with Esoteric electronics),
Vandersteen 7 (with Aesthetix electronics)
Best Sound (under $40k)?
Audio Physic Avanteras
Runners-Up:
Magico Q1 (on Sunday),
Wilson Audio Sashas (with D’Agostino Momentum amp and McGrath tapes),
Coincident Speaker Technology Pure Reference Extremes,
Von Schweikert VR5 Anniversary (with The Tape Project tapes),
Schimmel Voxativ Ampeggio
Greatest Bargains
Trigon Elektronik “Energy” integrated amp, Synergistic Research “The Music Cable”
Most Significant Product Introduction?
Audio Research Reference 250,
Clearaudio Goldfinger Statement moving-coil cartridge
Runners-Up:
Schimmel Voxativ Ampeggio loudspeaker,
Synergistic Research “The Music Cable” and Enigma II power supply,
Clearaudio Master Innovation turntable,
UHA-Q Phase 9 reel-to-reel tape deck.
Stereophile Report from RMAF 2011
Filed Under: RMAF 2011By: John Atkinson• Posted: Oct 20, 2011
The United Home Audio room at RMAF featured Von Schweikert speakers driven by Jolida electronics,
this time the Von Schweikert VR5 Anniversary Mk.2s ($30,000/pair), Jolida Fusion preamp and Fusion 200W tube monoblocks ($6000/all three).
But my eye was drawn to the UHA Phase 9 tape deck, which was playing some Series 3 releases from The Tape Project,
specifically Nat Adderley and his band performing "Work Song." One of the better-sounding rooms, I thought.
United Home Audio, Jolida, Von Schweikert Audio,
win a RMAF 2011
"OASIS AWARD"
from Positive Feedback Online!
By, Dr. David W. Robinson
Editor-in-Chief, Positive Feedback Online
http://www.positive-feedback.com
A grand system: Jolida Fusion System Preamp and Fusion 200 WPC Monoblock Amps, Jolida Fusion 200 DAC Transport prototype,
Von Schweikert Audio VR-5 Anniversary loudspeakers, and United Home Audio UHA Phase 9 tape deck.
I have been following the Von Schweikert line for a very long time now. As a matter of fact, I've owned several of the VR speakers over the years (VR-4, VR-4 Silver, VR-6),
and have evaluated/reviewed several others (the very fine VR-9's, and the VR-5's).
Albert had the VR-5 Anniversary Edition on display; I was familiar with them, but I had not heard them with Jolida electronics before.
The results with the United Home Audio UHA Phase9 open reel tape deck and the Jolida Fusion preamp and monoblocks were really impressive.
There is always something very special about open reel tapes… this is where I started in audio, while still in high school…
and the overall effect was smooth, richly harmonic, dynamic, and commendably transparent.
(I have to admit that I am completely unfamiliar with this company and this tape deck, and had no time to dig in on it while at RMAF 2011.)
I sat there for a while, just soaking in the music. It was so good that I forgot to check the titles of the classical recordings that we were listening to!
The VR-5 AE's were providing rich, involving sound, with little to fault in terms of musical values. Reasonably compact speakers…
but full-range performance! This is the real thing, amigos…Albert Von Schweikert and company have produced a real marvel here.
I'm going to have to look into Jolida… that's a lot of bang for the audio buck!
And I guess that I really should see if United Home Audio is interested in a review of their Phase9 sometime, eh?
Jolida Fusion preamp: $1099
Jolida Fusion monoblock amps: $6000/pair
Von Schweikert Research VR-5 Anniversary Edition loudspeakers: $27,000
United Home Audio UHA Phase9 tape deck: $17,000
Anything that gives me such a an exceptionally pleasant, relaxing audio experience at RMAF rates an Audio Oasis! Award in my book…done!
The Jolida Fusion Monoblock: 200 Watts of 211-based power!
CES 2011
Posted by: Jonathan Valin at 12:12 am, January 12th, 2011
The ABSOLUTE SOUND web site
Posted by: Jonathan Valin at 12:12 am, January 12th, 2011
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Nola made its usual top-flight showing with the superb $55k Baby Grand Reference ribbon/cone hybrid that I reviewed last year.
Driven (as usual) by ARC and sourced by Greg Beron’s fantastic United Home Audio reel-to-reel tape deck,
the Baby Grands sounded fantastic—fast, detailed, dynamic, deep-reaching, transparent, with a vast soundstage.
Of course, none of this was a surprise,
Starts 12/13/10
Visit us at the Consumer Electronics Show 2011, Room 30-101.
Featuring:
"Golden Ear Award" winning UHA-HQ Reel to Reel Tape Decks
NOLA's huge and awesome "Baby Grand" Speakers
Audio Research
Nordost Cables
LATEST NEWS!
October 2010
UHA HQ Reel to Reel tape decks at the Rocky Mountain Audiofest 2010
Posted on The Absolute Sound web site
www.avguide.com by:
Jacob Heilbrunn
at 6:06 pm, October 25th, 2010
RMAF 2010 Most Important Trend
The resurgence of reel-to-reel, promoted by the Tape Project and dealerships such as
Maryland’s United Home Audio
has to be the most surprising development in high end audio.
The tapes offer extraordinary resolution, free of grain and boasting immense
soundstage depth and an immaculate treble, when they’ve been well-recorded.
Posted on the Absolute Sound web site by:
Jonathan Valin
6:06 pm, October 26th, 2010
I’ll conclude with Carl Marchisotto’s $25k Nola Metro Grand Reference,
which combines an open-baffle ribbon tweeter with an open-baffle Alnico-magnet midrange and two
6.5-inch magnesium woofers in a ported floorstanding enclosure. Like so many other exhibitors,
Carl was using a tape player (one of Greg Beron’s United Home Audio modified Tascams) as a source...
On the orchestral tracks I listened to (dubbed from LP by Berone), the sound was just terrific.
Open, detailed, dynamic as all get-out, and quite realistic. Another one of the best sounds at RMAF.
Positive Feedback Online
Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2010 - This is a Dogma- Free Zone
by Myles B. Astor
Jolida & UHA:
This room, using the Tape Project tapes played back through the $15,000 United Home Audio Phase VI modded
Tascam deck was easily one of the best, modestly priced audio systems at RMAF
Interestingly, the $3750 von Schweikert VR-33 speakers, sounded their best in the Jolida room being driven by the $2000
Jolida JD P1000 100 wpc tube amplifier and $1000 JD3000B balanced circuit tube preamplifier. The electronics acquitted themselves well with little evidence
of the soft upper octaves and muddy bass often associated with entry level tube electronics.
NOLA & UHA:
Marilyn and Carl Marchisotto brought to Denver their $25,000 Metro Grand Reference speakers replete with their
Alnico extra long stroke 6½ inch midrange drivers and an Alnico ribbon tweeter. As is Carl's custom, he used ARC electronics to drive his speakers;
the speakers really demonstrated excellent dynamic range, soundstaging and low frequency extension. T
eaming up with Marilyn and Carl at RMAF was Greg Beron of United Home Audio whose highly modded Tascam reel-to-reel decks provided tunes.
United Home Audio Tascam decks are now available in four color schemes including Black/Gold, Red, Silver and Turquoise.
The Stereo Times
By Clement Perry
Pimp My Deck! UHA designer Greg Beron has a sure winner in his fancy modified decks. Bravo!
The Nola / United Home Audio (UHA) room, that featured Audio Research electronics, was among the larger suites at this years RMAF.
It was easy to be lured into the warm and sumptuous sound being produces by a pair of
UHA decks that were being operated by an I pod based remote.
It was among the better sounding setups as well. Something about hi-rez analogue tapes that's
very easy on the ears without the usual suppression of the upper frequencies.
RMAF 2010 Room 2021
with NOLA Speakers, Audio Research, Nordost Cables
RMAF 2010 Room 2020
with Jolida, Von Schweikert Speakers, Celtic Silver Cables
The Absolute Sound Magazine
The Tape Project and The UHA-HQ Tape Decks Review
By Jonathan Valin
...recommends several machines - including huge studio quality Amprex and Studers, as well as smaller "prosumer" machines from Technics and Otari.
I myself highly recommend the modified TASCAM decks from United Home Audio which I gave a Golden Ear Award to in issue 202.
...on the best Tape Project titles, it is without question the most realistic source component I've tried. It is also exceedingly easy to use and a snap to setup.
...you will get more dimensional imaging, finer low-level resolution, somewhat truer timbres, simply phenomenal dynamics, astonishinly wide and deep
soundstaging, and greater overall realism on select 15ips tapes, and on the best of them, such as the Arnold Overtures, you will, as I said above,
get a sound that comes closer to the sound of a full orchestra in a real hall than any other recorded medium i've heard.
The UHA-HQ Phase5 Reel to Reel tape deck
wins a "Golden Ear Award" for 2010
from The Absolute Sound Magazine!
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See United Home Audio at The Capital Audiofest!
We'll have a $100,000 MBL system and a huge room!
Hear the amazing UHA-HQ Reel to Reel tape decks
playing second generation Master Tapes by "The Tape Project"
The first DC area audiofest at the beautiful Glenview Mansion!
Friday June 11
11:00AM - 7:00PM: Event Open
7:30PM - 9:30PM: Music Event
10:00PM Closed (Security Provided)
Saturday June 12
11:00AM - 7:00PM: Event Open
7:30PM - 9:30PM: Music Event
10:00PM Closed (Security Provided)
Sunday June 13
8:00AM - 11:00AM: Swap Meet
11:00AM - 6:00PM: Event Open
The date for this unique and exciting event is set for June 11-13, 2010 at the historic Glenview Mansion located on the grounds of the Rockville Civic Center in Rockville, MD. The venue is approximately 5 minutes from downtown Rockville, MD, 10 miles north of Washington DC and 45 minutes south of Baltimore, MD and has plenty of parking. The Glenview Mansion is a charming historic structure that was constructed in the 19th century by a local family and is surrounded by lovely parkland and well groomed grounds. The structure is very well constructed with stone, brick, plaster, old growth wide-plank hardwood floors and has high ceilings throughout. These qualities are near perfect for the reproduction of music and is a favorite venue for local performances. We believe it to be an ideal setting to hold the first ever hi-fi audio show in the Washington DC Capital area.
Special events in the UHA room at the Capital Audiofest:
1.) UHA and Jolida will raffle off a Jolida FX-10 amplifier, stop by to register.
2.) UHA will be playing a precious few 0 generation Master Tapes recorded directly to 1/4" tape at 15ips, these tapes are not copies,
these are the original 0 generation tapes. We have both jazz and classical, you won't want to miss this demo.
3.) We will be playing "The Tape Project" 1.5 generation Master Tapes.
4.) We will be playing tapes we recorded using the Phase6 reel to reel tape deck from a $100,000 vinyl system, incredible reproductions.
Original 0 generation Master Tapes
Click on the link below to see the actual video of one of the Master Tape Recordings we will play!
No dubbing, no mastering, no manipulation, no re-takes,
just a one pass recording using Neumann TLM-50's.
The TLM 50 is a studio microphone with an unusual omnidirectional characteristic.
The same way as in the legendary M 50, the capsule is mounted flush into the surface of a sphere.
This unique design gives the microphone a smooth rise in frequency response and an increased directivity in the upper frequency range.
There the directional characteristic is almost comparable to a pressure gradient microphone. In the lower audio
spectrum it performs more as a pressure transducer with a linear response down to the lowest frequencies.
In 1991 the TLM 50 received the MIX MAGAZINE TEC-Award.
Jonathan Valin's blog on The Absolute Sound web site.
Well, now, looky here what Jonny's got!
Yup. The very item I (and a lot of other folks) called the best source component at RMAF (and would've named the best source component at CES, if we'd given an award for best source component at CES)--United Home Audio's cherry-red UHA-HQ Tascam 15 ips, two-track, analog tape deck--is now sitting right next to the best source component I've (yet) heard in my system, the Walker Proscenium Black Diamond Mk II record player.
It's been a long, long, long time since TAS reviewed a reel-to-reel tape deck, and I'm not sure we've ever reviewed 15 ips, two-track, first-generation dubs of gen-u-ine mastertapes. But thanks to Greg Beron of United Home Audio, Carl Marchisotta of Nola Speakers, and Paul Stubblebine of The Tape Project that is about to change.
You can read about UHA's fabulous tape machines at www.unitedhomeproducts.com/reel_to_reel_hq_tape_decks.htm. (The one I've got is a "Level 5" deck, I think.) And you can read all about The Tape Project's fabulous catalog of 15 ips. two-track, reel-to-reel first-generation dubs of mastertapes--which includes little numbers like Bill Evans' Waltz for Debby, Sonny Rollins' Saxophone Colossus, Thelonius Monk's Brilliant Corners, Linda Rondstadt's Heart Like a Wheel, The Band's Stage Fright, David Oistrakh (with Horenstein and the LSO) performing the Hindemith Violin Concerto, and Reference Recordings' Nojima Plays Lizst, among other heavyweights--at www.tapeproject.com/catalog/catalog.htm.
It's almost too much for a poor boy to handle!
Greg will be arriving this Friday to give me a refresher course on tape recorders and tape recordings. Several of The Tape Project tapes should arrive on Thursday, with more slated for the coming months. As soon as I can I will post a picture of the Tascam lit up and in action. And as soon as I am able I'll begin to blog in detail about the Tascam, how to use it, and how it sounds. Until then, I'll just be sitting in front of it, drooling.
We all like talking about the sound of mastertapes--and guessing about how closer our systems take us via records and CDs and SACDs to their sound. Now, finally, after forty years of guessing, I will be in a position to actually tell you (and tell myself) if Turntable A or CD Player B is, indeed, coming closer to the sound of the mastertape! What an extraordinary treat!
Another blog on The Absolute Sound web site.
"and fed by the best sources I’ve heard—the Walker Proscenium Black Diamond Mk II record
player with Da Vinci Reference Grandezza Mk II cartridge and the
“Level 5” United Home Audio TASCAM 15ips, two-track tape deck playing back fabulous
second-generation mastertapes from The Tape Project."
Picture Jonathan took in his house.
Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2009 NEWS:
Jonathan Valin from
Tha Absolute Sound gives
Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2009
Best Source Component Award to
The UHA-HQ Reel to Reel Deck!
Jonathan Valin's
Best Sound of Show:
Vandersteen Model 7, with the Nola Baby Grand Reference, the MBL 111F,
The Nordic Tone, the Lotus Group Granada,
the Anat Reference II (Parish room only), and the GamuT S-9 runners-up
Best Introduction (or Speaker I Hadn’t Heard or Don’t Remember Hearing Before):
Lotus Group Granada, The Nordic Tone, the Haniwa HSP2H07 (tie)
Best Source Component:
The UHA-HQ 15ips 2-track tape deck from United Home Audio ($10k)
and Tape Project tapes in the Nola room.
Best Bargain:
Well…in my neck of the woods a bargain ain’t exactly a bargain,
but I did hear Odyssey Khartagos sounding mighty damn sweet in somebody’s room
Biggest Improvement Over Previous Shows:
Focal Grande Utopia and Vivid G1 Giya (tie)
Biggest Improvement During the Show:
Wilson Sasha W/P
_______________________________
TAS, avguide.com web site forum postings:
_______________________________
Rex (not verified) -- Tue, 10/06/2009 - 17:40
Jonathan,
How did the Nola Baby Grands perform when fed by your personal CDs?
Did they even have a CD player set up?
Regards,
Rex
____________________________________
Jonathan Valin -- Wed, 10/07/2009 - 01:27
Rex,
To tell you the truth I was so entranced by the sound
of the tapes I don't know if Carl had a CD player.
Jon
NEW!
UHA-HQ Reel to Reel
Tape Decks are now available
Starting at only $3998!
The Baltimore / Washington D.C. Metro
Audio Society meeting Dec.5th 2009
at United Home Audio 12:00pm.
Paul Stubblebine from "The Tape Project"
conducted a seminar on
The Tape Project Master Tapes!
It was a great seminar!
Click on the picture for details
The new Clearaudio Concept turntable is available for demo at UHA
Only $1500 with arm and cartridge!
NICE!
The new ARC MASTER universal cartridge alignment tool!
The finest setup tool available!
Easy to use!
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Latest NEWS FLASH as of December 2008!
MBL WINS TAS 2008 PRODUCT OF THE YEAR AWARD AGAIN!
Jan 2009 TAS magazine
MBL X-TREME Speakers wins TAS Product of the year!
New review on the Nola Viper Reference!
December 2008
Review: Ken Kessler
Lab Report: Keith Howard
Click below for the review
Don't miss us at the 2008 RMAF
Room 2006
We will show the HQ Reel to Reel source it's a must hear!
Judge for yourself, is it better than vinyl?
Equipment in the UHA Room will feature;
1.) SOURCE:
The UHA HQ Reel to Reel tape deck.
2.) PREAMP:
New! Aesthetix Callisto Eclipse, Aesthetix top of the line new
cost no object preamp, $19,500.00 w remote.
3.) AMPLIFIERS:
New! Aesthetix Atlas Monoblocks, first time seen at any show!
300wpc at 8 ohms, 600wpc at 4 ohms, $13,000!
4.) SPEAKERS:
The Amazing MBL 116 Radialstrahler Speakers, $26,250.
5.) CABLES:
Celtic Silver Cables, when we asked the guys in the store what cables
should we take to the show? What would offer the biggest bang for the buck?
Everyone said Celtic Silver, then so be it!
Lots of new equipment at UHA!
1.) NOLA Speakers
2.) Acoustic Zen
3.) <This link's target cannot be found>
4.) Dynavector Phono
5.) UHA introduces "THE" new
"High Resolution Audio" format.
HQ REEL TO REEL TAPE DECKS.
You have to see / hear this to believe it!
Listening to 1st generation analog studio master tapes is as close
as you can get to a live recording!
Better than vinyl, after all the LP was made from a master tape.
You found out for yourself that vinyl was better than CD
now UHA takes you one step further!
(Yes what is old is now new, again.)
Very interesting!
Read the latest blog regarding the setup of the amazing
MBL 101 X-treme system in Jon Valin's home.
They actually carried them up three flights of stairs!
This is the precurser of his review to come in The Absolute Sound.
If you want a private audition contact Greg Beron at 866-482-8346.
This is the state of the art in speaker systems offered at $199,000 a pair.
NEW at UHA !
ACOUSTIC SOLID TURNTABLES
Packages starting at only $3100
including arm and cartridge!
Only available at UHA!
The new UHA SOLID BLACK Turbtable!
By Acoustic Solid
Only $4800!
(without arm, with 211 arm pictured $5900)
Beautiful piece, looks & sounds
like a $10,000 table!
NEWS!
February 2008 The Absolute Sound Magazine
What is being said about the UHA / Jolida / MBL room at the RMAF?
By Jacob Heilbrunn, The Absolute Sound Magazine
From TAS Magazine February 2008 page 50.
"With the MBLs it was less of a surprise–they seem to specialize in a powerful,
dynamic sound, and United Home Audio’s demo was nothing less than riveting.
So powerful are the MBLs that they almost pin you to the wall."
Comments were regarding the UHA reasonably priced system as follows:
Jolida electronics using a $950 CD player!
MBL 121 speakers $13,500
Clearaudio Ambient TT and a $200 Benz Cartridge!
Jolida $450 Phono preamp!
Celtic Silver Cables interconnests $899
Celtic Silver Speaker cable $999
The affordable Jolida and MBL room featuring Clearaudio TT and Celtic Silver solid silver cables.
NEW PICTURES!
The CES SHOW,
the strange, the weird.
NEW FROM CES 2008
New Aesthetix Callisto Signature Line stage.
First pictures anywhere!
New IO Signature, first pictures anywhere!
NOLA SPEAKERS
Here for demo!
You must hear these!
Acoustic Zen loudspeakers
Here for demo!
Hear the newest design of the Phantom "2" just in from Graham Engineering!
Here for demo!
Graham Phantom II model
NOW HERE FOR DEMO!
The Aesthetix Calypso preamp
and also the MBL 9007 amps!
You asked for them so we got em!
In store for demo the awesome
Clearaudio Titanium$7500
Second best cartridge in the world!
Also here for demo (by appointment)
the finest cartridge in the world!
Solid 24k gold case the Goldfinger $10,000
You will not believe what these cartridges can do, they represent the finest in analog sound available.
These cartridges will transform your system, it will take your focus from "the equipment" and make
your listening experience all about the glorious sound of "the music".
They have transformed our listening rooms into a believable representation of the concert halls of classical performances,
the jazz clubs, and even the rock stadiums, it's a you are there experience!
Life's too short not to have this same experience in your home.
The MBL REFERENCE SYSTEM
Is here for audition, and yes it is the best you will ever hear!
For an appointment call 866-482-8346.
You've had almost too many components in your system to remember over many years,
it's time to get off the audio merry go round! You've been looking for that ultimate sound
for years and you have tried it all within reason. The fact is for what you spent you could
have had the best, let us show you an MBL system in your budget. We have complete MBL
Radialstraller systems with integrated amp and CD player for under $20K.
Call and we can discuss your system configuration today.
United Home Audio
Is one of only three Tara Labs Elite Dealers
in the world capable of selling
"The Zero" Interconnects
and
"The Omega" Speaker Cables
TARA LABS The Zero Interconnect
The best in the world is now available at UHA!
$18,000 1m pair
Tara Labs The Omega speaker cables, the best in the world!
Now available at UHA
8' pair $13,000.00
