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From the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2006:
Show Reports and Photos

We ran with the ACT's most of the show using the deHavilland GM-70's which are 50 watt single ended triode amps that sounded much more powerful along with deHavilland's Mercury 2 preamp. With the Wilson benesch ACT's being only limited by their source we were able to recreate and incredable sound stage and filled the room with sweet natural and most of all musically satisfying sounds. Our new addition,. the Ultra Sonic Audio Amp stands and Rack added more resolution, actually much more resolution than last years set up. They feature 2 inch thick acrylic platforms on huge dampened spikes. Great looking too!!
We also ran the Wilson benesch Curves, with the same incredible sound stage. Room filling. Even with these under $10k speakers many attendees thought we had perhaps the best sounding room at the show. All that with the Wilson benesh Torus Infrasonic Generator out of the system. The Cardas Audio interconnects, power cords and speaker cables allowed all the great sound to come through. Somehow the Cardas just gets out of the way and lets you enjoy the music.

Here I am with Ron Jeracik, a friend and customer who flew out from Minneapolis for the show. Ron and I ran played the music and without his help I would have burned out in a hurry. Thanks Ron!!! By the way, Ron owns and loves his Curves.
Some feed back on the room is already coming in:
"As was the case with the Gershman Black Swans, I’ve not been a fan of Wilson-Benesch loudspeakers, which, in the past, have sounded sumptuously detailed and extremely free of box coloration but overly cool and analytical. Maybe it was the addition of W-B’s own $9500 Torus Infrasonic Generator (soon to be reviewed by /moi/), maybe it was deHavilland’s $10k GM70 amps and $5k Mercury preamp (plus Cardas cable), but W-B’s newest entry, the $15k 2.5-way floorstanding A.C.T., had all of the virtues of W-B’s former entries (little to no box or driver coloration, an abundance of fine detail) without their flaws. Sweet and beautiful in balance, supremely open, with a front-to-back layering that was scarce on the ground at RMAF, it impressed the heck out of me. I did
think the single Torus should have been a pair for best images (and
turned down just the slightest bit in amplitude); nonetheless, this was one of the better sounds at RMAF."
This from Jonathan Valin of TAS.
From the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2005:

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Here I am stacking the wax. The Euro Labs Premier II with the Morch DP-6
and Dynavector Karate cartridge are making some extremely incredible music.
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Our numero uno system: The Wilson Benesch A.C.T.'s. "That stands for
Advanced Composite Technology." You could certainly hear the total lack
of medium density fiberboard. Driven by the totally over the top "and
for now under priced" deHavilland GM-70's amplifiers and Mercury 2
preamplifier. Over achieving 50 watts mono blocks using the very cool
Russian Ulanov GM-70 single ended triode. We heard those triodes rage.
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George Kielczynski the "evil genius" and marketing man, making last
minute tweaks to his "Raging Triode's" the deHavilland GM-70's.
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Here I am giving a hug to my favorite speakers. They are a lot smaller
then I thought they would be. Maybe less is more.
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We still have some great demo deals on equipment and cables we used at
the show. Cardas Power Cords Cardas Golden Reference and Golden Cross
interconnects and speaker wire. $$$$ off the price. Also The A.C.T.s
speakers that we got so much praise for are on the block.
We have the Gamut CD-1 MK11 CD player that we used with the Wilson
Benesch Curves. We also have an Audio Aero DAC. This unit has Analogue
inputs and volume control so you can turn you inexpensive CD player into
a transport and use the DAC as a very good preamplifier.
A couple of fine Dynavector cartridges are available as well.
Call us for pricing.
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