Enjoying billion USD worth party of sound
It cost about 2,5 -3 billion VND one pair. The wilson Audio, Utopia II speakers have become “VIP” in Hi-end show in Hanoi last week.With hundreds of hi-end component is organized by Hoaphuc-DongThanh company.
The show make impressions for audiophile in Ha Noi capital. “It’s really Wilson” one viewer said, after listening to the performing of the big boss Wilson’s Anlexandria X-2 accompany with famous subwoofer Thor’s Hammer and McIntosh’s Amplifier. Many people is excited giving a big applause when the performance ended.
“ the perfect speaker have to make the sound just has being played by a live bands, not from speakers” Mr Phuong, an Audiophile in Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi said. The set of Audio Wilson components has been treated with priority which has a biggest room in the show. Even though it did not reach a standard for a perfect listening room about dispersion, adsorption, but it really bring a standard and nature sound which have been known on the world. Thor’s Hammer, it is truly a “hammer of the Thor” with the big and powerful bass like a sound of thunder.
Audiophile often take the classic music as a standard when evaluating, and speakers perform precisely that sound is known as a measure for “ “true listening” concept. So it was not a surprise for the reference price of Alexandria X-2 is USD 140,000 ( it is a same 2,5 billion in VND)
However, Alexandria X-2 also have a big competitor which is a pair of speaker of Focal’s firm in a next room which have a reference price is USD 165,000 (it is equivalence VND 3 billions, someone thinks, if he want to own a complete speaker, they have to spend VND 8 billions for this). Utopia III is designed with the arc shape, that mean you can make adjustment to make it down and up to fix the listening direction. It is operated by a handle, so it is flexible to set up in many kind of room.
Utopia III delivers a wide sound with density and a power handling, it use a Electro-Magnet for woofer not a conventional permanent magnet so it need a extra power to handle Electro-Magnet. The major thing make it special is that it has a adjustment section for 5 drivers on behind: 2 trebles, 1 mid, 1 woofer and 1 subwoofer. For example, if you feel its sound hard and dry. You can make a adjustment on the treble to make it lower. Many viewer complain about the ceiling of the room as too low. So that they can’t feel all of the good of the speaker related to Alexandria X-2 but that is enough to know the “power” of it.
“Many component in this show is the new and first product which has been just imported, so he has no chance to listen before, that’s why he has to set up basing on his experience with the same products and adjusted progressively to make it perfect during this show” Mr. Vuu Minh Tai, the chief of the showroom, who take care to set up speakers in this show, said to us. “For example, for Utopia III, on 17-May you will feel difference from 16-May because I have replaced interconnect cable to make the sound more clear, less noise, and wider” , he said.
The biggest speaker, Grande Utopia EM of the Utopia III series is set up with Burmese’s Power Amplifier 909, Burmese’s Preamplifier 808MK5, AudioQuest Meteor interconnect cable. For Audio Wilson’s speaker MAXX 3 which is set up with Jadis’s amplifier JA800, Jadis’s preamplifier JA800 and for the “big boss” speaker Alexandria X2 is set up with a powerful McIntosh’s amplifier.
There are 6 listening room in this show, and other rooms included B&W products which delivers strong, detail and nature sound. Krell
‘s Product is perfectly with a strong, fast sound. The Advantgarde’s horn speaker make viewer impression with a feeling as sitting in a small theater. And the home theater room make a impression with a YSP (Yamaha sound Projector) which has more 40 beam drivers inside. It is a integrated, powerful systems with price about USD 600-1200.
Even though, it was not a most perfect hi-end show, when MAXX3 and Alexandria X-2 had to share a big room together, which interrupt the demo. This show is also a big chance for Ha Noi’s music lover to discover hi-end products and enjoy truly hi-end sound. Not sweet and melodious, the US speaker have just like a US personalities: straight, open-mind and full vitality.
According to: sohoa.vnexpress.net
