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The Spiritual Series by Angelis Labor consists of the Gabriel turntable with up to four arms; the Bethor phono stage; the Sophia two-chassis preamp; and the Araton 300B monoblocks with external power supplies.

Truly eye-popping is the fully optioned Gabriel turntable as seen here during the Milano show.
The remote control or telecomando in Italian is for the Metamorphosis Series components. They all share the same two-tone metal/acrylic cosmetics shown below. For the complete lineup with associated specs, refer to the Angelis Labor website.


The evidence presented thus far suggests know-how, ambition, resources and the kind of contrarious commitment and passion that's always been required in high-end audio. Yet to the extent necessary today, it perhaps hasn't been in a long while. Put differently, the timing for this launch is certainly not the most opportune. Still, the parallel efforts of Audio Point Italia create the necessary scale of operations upon which to build this high-end brand. Dino Pappalardo's background as a self-made highly successful entrepreneur; the longevity of the Suono e Comunicazione business; the operational savvy of Salvo Giardina who oversees a team of 40 including five engineers - all the right ingredients are present to give Angelis Labor the best of chances to carve out its little niche in the global hifi market. Or so the oracle should put it.

If you believe that environments shape personalities as I do, then the following travelogue pages will give additional insight into the Italian and Sicilian cultures that surround Angelis Labor, inspire its personnel and will likely even prove to have an influence on its sound. We'll show the photos in the approximate sequence of our three-day visit to Sicily. That took us from Catania where Dino and Salvo live to the Black Madonna of Tindari, Taormina and Castelmole and The Weeping Virgin of Syracuse. While Sicily experienced unusual hurricanes just before our arrival, we were blessed with sunny blue skies. Those were quite the counterpoint to the heavy snow storms in southern Switzerland and Lyon to which we drove to catch our flight to Bologna. Without further ado, here's some drive-by fodder from the lens of my little Lumix TZ-3.