Press Information - T.H.E. Show 2004 - more information to follow
"The sound was easily the Best at Show in my humble opinion." - StereoTimes on the VAC/VonSchweikert/AcousticZen exhibit
"To demonstrate his new VR-11 ($100,000 to $165,000), Albert Von Schweikert compared a live performing group, the Misty River Band, (www.mistyriverband.com) with a simultaneous recording of the group, played back through these incredible speakers in a Virtual versus Reality demonstration. Using VAC tube amplifiers (www.vac-amps.com) to drive the VR-11's, famed record producer/engineer Chris Huston, who, by the way, humbly holds 80 gold and platinum records under his belt (www.chrishuston.com), recorded the group using the finest audiophile-based recording equipment in the world; mics were $10,000 Brauner and SoundDeluxe tube condensers, console was the $125,000 Daking analog board, and the recording deck was Ed Meitner's DSD Super Audio system with EMM ADC/DAC converters (you can see this pro recording gear at www.transaudiodirect.com/info.html). All cables were Robert Lee's Acoustic Zen, including the custom-built mic cables. The active room correction device included with the VR-11 is made by Rives Audio and is called the PARC. Rives Audio was also responsible for bringing in not only Chris Huston, but also the professional recording equipment and the RPG room tuning equipment, into the most elaborately planned demo room I've ever seen. Power line conditioning was by PS Audio and their impressive looking Power Plant 1000. As this demonstration was the highlight and my choice for "Best Sound at Show" of the CES and T.H.E. Show, I finally caught up and got an interview with Mr. Von Schweikert to find out how a project of this magnitude was brought to life. Thankfully, he, as usual, was always full of conversation. Here's how our interview went." - StereoTimes
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Exhibit room: Chateau Ballroom 3 - click for coverage by EnjoyTheMusic.com, Stereo Times, Audioholics,
Entry way/static display: Chateau Ballroom 6
Items used in active display:
For the recordings of Misty River Band (sessions daily at 5 PM):
Product Announcements:
The active demonstration system
Misty River Band getting ready to record
Chris Huston confers with Misty River
Chris Huston at the mixing deck
Beautiful VAC Phi 220 amps glow and music flows...
A veritable bevy of VAC instruments
More to come - probably...
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