Big speakers with powerful amps in a big room
can often make for disappointing sound, but Simaudio and Dynaudio have a lot of experience
working together, and the two companies put together an authoritative system in one of the
large lower-level conference rooms of the Sheraton Centre. Any audiophile worth his
contact cleaner can recognize the speakers -- Dynaudio Evidence Temptations
($40,000/pair). Simaudio Moon Evolution W-7M monoblocks ($18,800 CAD/pair) drove them,
with a Moon Evolution W-8 preamp ($12,900 CAD) and Moon Andromeda CD player ($13,500 CAD)
in front of them. All cabling was from Cardas.
The system cast a soundstage that was immense
in all ways, though not unnaturally expanded. The low-end power of the Simaudio amps was
abundant through the Dynaudio speakers. We've heard all of this equipment before, though
never used together and never with such thrilling results. [www.simaudio.com]
