I would say a couple rooms impressed me as "best bang for the buck" rooms, both next door to CES at THE Show.
I thought the Consonnance room sounded absolutely fabulous. Their new Eric-1 standmount speakers at $995/pr. paired with their very reasonable priced solid state electronics sounded nothing short of amazing (especially for the money). I bought the Consonance CD-120 demo CD player after hearing the setup... I was *that* impressed.
Their higher-end tube electronics also sounded phenomenal when paired to the VS DB-99 mk II speakers as well.
The other "best bang for the buck room" was Tyler Acoustics. Ty had his Woodmeres, the new Linbrook IIs, and some regular Linbrook Signatures paired with Jolida electronics on display. While I have heard Ty's stuff sound even better than it did at THE Show (in my listening room, for one)... it is hard to find better value for the money on driver cost alone for the speakers (and Jolida offers great bang for the buck as well for the electronics).
---Dave
I thought the Consonnance room sounded absolutely fabulous. Their new Eric-1 standmount speakers at $995/pr. paired with their very reasonable priced solid state electronics sounded nothing short of amazing (especially for the money). I bought the Consonance CD-120 demo CD player after hearing the setup... I was *that* impressed.
Their higher-end tube electronics also sounded phenomenal when paired to the VS DB-99 mk II speakers as well.
The other "best bang for the buck room" was Tyler Acoustics. Ty had his Woodmeres, the new Linbrook IIs, and some regular Linbrook Signatures paired with Jolida electronics on display. While I have heard Ty's stuff sound even better than it did at THE Show (in my listening room, for one)... it is hard to find better value for the money on driver cost alone for the speakers (and Jolida offers great bang for the buck as well for the electronics).
---Dave