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Acoustic Plan's Vadi CD player and Sitar integrated were on display as well as Nagra's phono stage and another German vinyl spinner.



This big Acoustic Solid 111 deck reconfirmed the Germanic obsession with high-mass turntables. Heavy is in.

Goosebumps Audio GmbH from Uitikon Waldegg had assembled a Brinkmann/Usher system on a Harmonic Resolution Systems stand. The CHF 3.300/pr BE-718 two-way monitors were perfectly matched to the CHF 7.490 Brinkmann integrated and room. That the SRX rack alone weighed in at CHF 12.960 was a fact most audiophile männer would have done best to not point out to their sharp-brained fräuleins.

These folks weren't just serious about resonance control, they also brought their own power station. These are two oft-overlooked, non-glamorous but heavy weight contributors to good sound.

If anyone did wonder from where all the strung feathers in the stair case came -- no bucket of tar was in sight -- the slogan of Goosebumps explained it: Hühnerhaut garantiert. Plucked chicken skin guaranteed.

The big top-floor room housed two systems on either end. The Avantgarde Acoustics setup wasn't playing during our stay but Klangwerk's two-way Manger import from Germany was. Sources were Weiss digital or a Studer tape deck.