J.Bevier

The basic Micromega M1 100 retails for $3995.00. Here'a link to the web page that will fill in the details —* M-One range - Micromega - Le son de France As I said, the "Basic" M1 100, since the unit is offered with a variety of options: Silver or black casing - $3995 An enamel casing (Think La Creuset) adds $1,000 to the cost. (We showed an orange enamel version that matched teh Focal Sopra 2 cabinet color) In December Micromega will offer active room tuning software already built into the unit in two versions: EQ1) analysis and correction of all frequencies below 250Hz for $599.00, and EQ2) full 20kHz to 20Hz in both amplitude and impulse response (Phase) correction for $1,000. These last two options effectually allow the owner to create a neutral room environment without resorting to acoustic panels, diffusers, etc. Yes - I work for the importer/distributor, so I'm a biased voice. But I think this all-in-one is creative genius and sounds fantastic. My finest regard - J.Bevier | APS |

Hi Chris (Just spend 20-mins typing a response and then lost it - guess I earned my Newbee status - hahahah) - thanks for your kind words. No matter how I respond, this is going sound like an advertorial. (I'm the importer/distributor that handles Focal, Micromega, Crystal Cable and IsoAcoustics - the components used to create this HiFi - I make my living selling these brands, so you can expect me to be a positive voice for them. This is the conversation I would have if Chris and I were face to face) I was VERY VERY pleased with the sound of that room. Hotel shows generally don't allow the potential of gear to be heard due to lack of time, poor acoustics, etc. Our team and I spent focused time trying to position the Focal Sopra 2's in an evenly balanced (Tonality, frequency response, dynamic contrast, reflections, image field creation) placement position. We used Crystal Cables (Power and speaker) for their speed and transparency characteristics; cables we've used in the past to great success. Then we spent time isolating the Micromega M1 100, my laptop and my hard drive from room resonances produced by the speakers being driven. 99% of the show we used Tidal via Rune as our source coming from my MacBook Pro's USB output. So no 24/96 hi-rez files were used. That combo of Tidal and Rune is AWESOME!!! (And we can take requests and discover new music) We've both hear thousands of HiFi systems in our careers (Think about it - we get a paycheck for listening to hifi systems playing music - we much have been very good in prior lifetimes to deserve such a reward!!!), many of these systems do wonderful audio gymnastics, but VERY VERY VERY few can communicate emotively the passion of the performers playing the music. This system did to my ears and my heart. I wished you were in the hall late on Sunday!!!!! Dave Morrison (Pres. of IsoAcoustics) stopped by the suite to collect his four "Pucks" (Debut in Jan) that separated the M1 100 from the hard shelf below it. Instantly the image field dropped, softened, the dynamic contrast was flattened, the direct emotive capacity of the system was lessened. I was bummed. Once you taste the finest wine, it's hard to go backwards. I ran down to his then locked suite and took a new Aperta 300 center channel speaker stand back to suite 3018 and placed the MM M1 100 under it hoping to pull back some of it's prior performance characteristics. (My laptop was already sitting on an Aperta 100 speaker stand) I was floored - the image filed jumped up about a foot higher than when you heard it, depth increased another 20% or so, dynamics (Especially microdynamics) improved, but most importantly, the emotive nature of the system was significantly better than before. My mouth hung wide open. This was the single finest sounding HiFi system I'd set-up at any show in my 35-years of being in this industry. And I only had five minutes left to have anyone appreciate it!!! I looked for you in the hall, but you were busy on another floor apparently. In once sense, this is illustrative of a basic fundamental; system set-up either makes or breaks a HiFi. Yes, you need world class components (Speakers, electronics, cabling, racks to reduce room borne vibration from entering your gear, room acoustics, AC service, etc) but you need to speak careful time and consideration on where and how to place speakers, how to isolate the gear, what cabling to link components together, etc. Our team worked hard to create the best sound we knew how, and I am very proud of what we achieved. An under $20K system that could transport the listener into the musical experience. Enough ruminating - sorry for the seeming advertorial. Perhaps others whom heard the system will report, "Eh - yea, it was OK" as a balance to my feelings! All's good. Thanks again for your kind words - you were very generous with your time which I know is precious at shows. Going to get a demo unit and send it to my house to see if I can realize the same system sound in my living room.

No WD, This new model called the M1 100. A 2nd power powerful model, the M1 150, will debut in early December. Originally shown at CES last January, the importer (Audio Plus Services - the company I work for) just received first run production inventory. Anything I say is going to be attributed to a conflict of interest, but this unit is TRULY, TRULY special. It mated perfectly with the Focal Sopra 2's (Another brand we import/distribute, so discount my words if you must). The irony is, in the final 5 minutes of the show I made one vibration reduction adjustment and heard the system take a rather large step towards fooling the brian into thinking it's listening to live music, then in fact you know you're sitting in a hotel room. It was BY FAR, the finest sound I'd been able to create at a show in my 35-years of being in this business. I was very proud of what we achieved. Finest regard - J.Bevier / APS

The AirStream features a native 24/196 based Crystal DAC set, uses a highly regulated R-Core transformer and a re-clocking system that reduces jitter to very low levels. It has no RJ45 input to prevent line noise contamination and can be configured to add onto an existing wireless network as well as additional unit throughout a home. It will not allow different source materials to be sent to different AirStream nodes. I've heard this unit and can tell you on a $250K priced very high resolution hi-fi system, there was absolutely no difference between it and a new $10K CD player from a highly respected manufacturer. Zero hiss as well - The sound is just wonderful, and if you use the Apple "Remote" app, you can access all meta-data and build playlists in the palm of your hands. In my mind, this thing changes the way I access my music. Using Amarra, the sound of 24/192 files is magnificent. Sure you can use Airfoil and stream external services like Pandora, etc. How's it sound compared with an Airport Express and say, a Cambridge Audio DacMagic for less money, not as good by any means. This things for real.