SoundStage! Global | SoundStageGlobal.com - TWBAS 2012

March 30-31, 2012

Details: Written by Jeff Fritz Jeff Fritz; Parent Category: TWBAS 2012 TWBAS 2012; Created: 01 April 2012 01 April 2012

The Sound

This is what it's all about. Dialed in. Warmed up. Ultra tweaked. Here's what I heard.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Parent Category: TWBAS 2012 TWBAS 2012; Created: 31 March 2012 31 March 2012

The TWBAS 2012 system is made up of products from seven manufacturers from five countries: Vitus Audio (Denmark), WideaLab (Korea), Magico (USA), AudioQuest (USA), Silent Running Audio (USA), Esoteric (Japan), and Torus Power (Canada). The retail price of the system approaches $500,000 USD. Profiles on all the products can be found through this link.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Parent Category: TWBAS 2012 TWBAS 2012; Created: 31 March 2012 31 March 2012

Company (Wo)Men

SoundStage! Network publisher Doug Schneider photographed each of the TWBAS 2012 participants with their products. Featured in this gallery: Hans-Ole Vitus (Vitus Audio), Charles Kim (WideaLab), Tim Crable (Esoteric), Alon Wolf (Magico), Howard Gladstone (Torus Power), and Jett Logan (AudioQuest). (Unfortunately, Kevin Tellekamp of Silent Running Audio, whose racks were used to support the electronics in this system, could not attend on this day.)

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Parent Category: TWBAS 2012 TWBAS 2012; Created: 31 March 2012 31 March 2012

The Portraits

Photographer Chris Lang created portraits of the company participants, as well as the entire TWBAS 2012 team. (Unfortunately, Kevin Tellekamp of Silent Running Audio, whose racks were used to support the electronics in this system, could not attend on this day.)

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Parent Category: TWBAS 2012 TWBAS 2012; Created: 31 March 2012 31 March 2012

The Gathering

On March 30, the SoundStage! Network hosted a gathering at the Port Land Grille restaurant in Wilmington, North Carolina. TWBAS 2012 corporate participants were all present, as were a large number of writers from the SoundStage! Network staff. Photographer Chris Lang was on hand to capture the excitement.

Details: Written by Jeff Fritz Jeff Fritz; Parent Category: TWBAS 2012 TWBAS 2012; Created: 30 March 2012 30 March 2012

Measurements and a Listening Panel

Setting up the Magico Q7 loudspeakers for TWBAS 2012 meant more than just placing them in the room, listening to a few tracks, making an adjustment or two, and then calling it a day. In the case of TWBAS 2012, a listening panel consisting of Vitus Audio's Hans-Ole Vitus, Magico's Alon Wolf, and me, along with three microphones and two software-based measurement programs, were called into service to get the Q7s dialed in to perfection.

Details: Written by Administrator Administrator; Parent Category: TWBAS 2012 TWBAS 2012; Created: 30 March 2012 30 March 2012

TWBAS 2012 Setup and Kickoff (Video)

TWBAS 2012 setup and kickoff! Produced, shot and edited by Chris Lang Photography. Enjoy!

Details: Written by Administrator Administrator; Parent Category: TWBAS 2012 TWBAS 2012; Created: 08 January 2012 08 January 2012

TWBAS 2012 Introduction from Las Vegas (Video)

SoundStage! Network editor-in-chief Jeff Fritz introduces the companies and components that make up TWBAS 2012, a cost-no-object system that will be showcased in his Music Vault listening room from March 30-31.

Details: Written by Aron Garrecht Aron Garrecht; Parent Category: TWBAS 2012 TWBAS 2012; Created: 25 January 2012 25 January 2012

Vitus Audio Masterpiece MP-L201 Preamplifier and Masterpiece MP-M201 Monoblock Amplifiers

Details: Written by Peter Roth Peter Roth; Parent Category: TWBAS 2012 TWBAS 2012; Created: 24 January 2012 24 January 2012

AudioQuest WEL Signature Interconnects, Speaker Cables, and AC Power Cords

Details: Written by Howard Kneller Howard Kneller; Parent Category: TWBAS 2012 TWBAS 2012; Created: 19 January 2012 19 January 2012

Silent Running Audio Scuttle3 isoRack and Virginia-Class isoBase

Details: Written by Peter Roth Peter Roth; Parent Category: TWBAS 2012 TWBAS 2012; Created: 30 December 2011 30 December 2011

Magico Q7 Loudspeakers

Details: Written by Jeff Fritz Jeff Fritz; Parent Category: TWBAS 2012 TWBAS 2012; Created: 27 December 2011 27 December 2011

Torus Power WM100 BAL and RM 20 AVR Power Conditioners

Details: Written by Randall Smith Randall Smith; Parent Category: TWBAS 2012 TWBAS 2012; Created: 26 December 2011 26 December 2011

WideaLab Aurender S10 Music Server

Details: Written by S. Andrea Sundaram S. Andrea Sundaram; Parent Category: TWBAS 2012 TWBAS 2012; Created: 22 December 2011 22 December 2011

2L "2L-TWBAS 2012 Sampler"

Details: Written by Vade Forrester Vade Forrester; Parent Category: TWBAS 2012 TWBAS 2012; Created: 20 December 2011 20 December 2011

Esoteric D-02 DAC and P-02 SACD/CD Transport