The 2002 Montreal Festival of Sound & Image!

Sonus Faber, Nagra, Wadia     Italian Sonus Faber was showing its new speaker: The wonderful Cremona. Named after the Italian city that is the custodian of the art and tradition of Lute making, Cremona is smaller than the famous Amati Homage but bears a strong resemblance. Finish and attention to detail is first rate - the standard Sonus Faber. A pair of Nagra VPA vacuum tube power amplifiers drove the speakers. The preamplifier was also Nagra, the PL-P vacuum tube preamplifier. The component rack was a Cyber Art all aluminum design. The front end was a Wadia 861 CD player floating on a set of Symposium Roller Blocks series 2. This system was open, detailed and full of dimensionality - Bellissima!   next room: