{"id":2980,"date":"2017-08-01T14:55:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T18:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/?p=2980"},"modified":"2017-08-01T15:06:13","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T19:06:13","slug":"making-your-marque-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/making-your-marque-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Your Marque: The 12 Most Important Products in the History of High End Audio  (PART 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2993\" src=\"http:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12-most-important-products_part-2.png\" alt=\"12 most important products_part 2\" width=\"559\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12-most-important-products_part-2.png 559w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12-most-important-products_part-2-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12-most-important-products_part-2-500x263.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 85vw, 559px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I hope all of our Nordost readers enjoyed <a href=\"http:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/making-your-marque-the-12-most-important-products-in-the-history-of-high-end-audio\/\" target=\"_blank\">Part One<\/a> of this blog and, strange as it might sound, I hope that <em>NOBODY<\/em> agreed with all of my choices! In Part One, I explained my reasoning for choosing \u201cThe Most Important Products\u201d but I need to say again: my choices are not carved in stone; rather, they\u2019re my opinion, based upon my knowledge of the components that preceded, as well as those that followed, my selections. It is my fondest wish that readers of this blog will sit down over dinner, drinks and some serious listening sessions and not only debate my choices but refute them.<\/p>\n<p>High End Audio has a rich and fascinating history distinguished not only by the products themselves but by the personalities of their designers, critics, and the dealers that sold them. The process of discussing and debating my choices is actually more critical to the future of High End than my process of selecting them is. Enjoy! \u00a0\u2013 Anthony Chiarella<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2982\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2982\" style=\"width: 602px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2982 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/main-qimg-db1b23a9fd691c4ec9f0c95178cd4d25-c.jpg\" alt=\"quora.com\" width=\"602\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/main-qimg-db1b23a9fd691c4ec9f0c95178cd4d25-c.jpg 602w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/main-qimg-db1b23a9fd691c4ec9f0c95178cd4d25-c-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/main-qimg-db1b23a9fd691c4ec9f0c95178cd4d25-c-385x300.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: quora.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Quad ESL 57 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a theoretical point of view, an electrostatic is an ideal way to make a loudspeaker &#8211; it matches the air perfectly and it&#8217;s all predictable, as ordinary loudspeakers are rather variable. It has some problems which are rather difficult, mainly due to the stretching of the diaphragm. It mustn&#8217;t shrink and that sort of thing. Very high voltages, 10,000v, make it difficult, but it&#8217;s an ideal &#8211; I think most loudspeaker manufacturers have looked at it and said &#8216;What a lovely way to make a speaker, but it&#8217;s not very practical&#8217;. And a lot of manufacturers have tried it, too, and most of them have said &#8216;This is not profitable. Get back to putting loudspeakers in boxes and start selling &#8217;em lad!'&#8221; &#8211; Peter Walker, Quad Founder, <em>Hi-Fi News<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Introduced in 1957, the world\u2019s first production, full-range electrostatic offered a higher performance alternative to <em>every<\/em> dynamic, box-type loudspeaker of that time. In pioneering an exotic, purist technology in the quest for ultimate reproduction of classical music, Quad didn\u2019t simply pave the way for subsequent electrostatic and planar loudspeaker manufacturers, it became, arguably, the first true High End Audio company.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2983\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2983\" style=\"width: 893px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2983 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/377821_orig.jpg\" alt=\"carpwrangleronline.weebly.com\" width=\"893\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/377821_orig.jpg 893w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/377821_orig-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/377821_orig-334x300.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: carpwrangleronline.weebly.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Celestion SL-600<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More than any other loudspeaker, the SL-600 was the ultimate expression of the design concepts first proposed by the BBC LS3\/5A; namely, a point-source whose compact enclosure and closely-positioned drivers eliminated most of the problems endemic to larger loudspeakers. Certainly, the SL-600 wasn\u2019t the best \u201cmini-monitor\u201d ever made. Wilson\u2019s WATT and Celestion\u2019s own SL-700 quickly surpassed it\u2014but, in its use of avant-garde technologies, including the first dome tweeter designed with the assistance of laser interferometry and an inert cabinet built from an exotic, honeycomb-aluminum laminate called \u201cAerolam,\u201d the SL-600 gave the compact speaker credibility, not only for use in \u201cBang-for-the-buck\u201d systems, but for inclusion in the finest and most expensive rigs, as well.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2984\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2984\" style=\"width: 263px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2984 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/200910_hrs_sxr.jpg\" alt=\"ultraaudio.com\" width=\"263\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/200910_hrs_sxr.jpg 263w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/200910_hrs_sxr-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 85vw, 263px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: ultraaudio.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Harmonic Resolution Systems SXR Rack System<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anyone who believes that equipment racks are merely accessories, and not true audio components, has never heard an HRS product. Designed by Mike Latvis and built in Buffalo, NY, HRS products elevate (pun intended) EVERY aspect of system performance\u2014\u00a0and Mike can scientifically prove it! Over the past four decades, there have been all sorts of attempts, from Target to Torlyte to CWD to Stillpoints, to use audio furniture to improve system performance, but HRS demonstrates that every one of them was inadequate. Actually, I could have chosen any HRS Rack System but the SXR seems to provide the best performance-per-dollar, and also leaves enough cash in the budget for HRS&#8217;s matching Isolation Bases, which are required to complete the system.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2986\" style=\"width: 206px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2986 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/WATT.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.soundstage.com\/\" width=\"206\" height=\"265\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: www.soundstage.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Wilson Audio Specialties WATT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At a time when state-of-the-art loudspeakers\u00a0(Inifinity IRS and RS-1B, Magnepan Tympani, Wilson\u2019s own WAMM) tended to be enormous, dauntingly expensive monstrosities, audiophiles started plunking Dave Wilson\u2019s recording monitor atop Entec Subwoofers (in the days before Wilson\u2019s \u201cPuppy\u201d woofer was available). \u00a0This created\u00a0a system whose resolution, transparency and spatial description rivaled those behemoths at a fraction of the price and, more importantly, did so with a footprint of slightly more than one square foot per channel. By enabling apartment dwellers and other d\u00e9cor\/budget-sensitive music lovers to mount the summit of high end performance at a time when that luxury had been reserved for those with no budget or space constraints, the WATT was a truly seminal product, as has been proven by Wilson\u2019s meteoric success ever since that speaker\u2019s introduction.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2987\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2987\" style=\"width: 1068px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2987 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/elg-6.jpg\" alt=\"elg-6\" width=\"1068\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/elg-6.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/elg-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/elg-6-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/elg-6-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: audiomatch.nl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>dCS Elgar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the help of fine digital products by Krell, Levinson, Audio Research and other iconic manufacturers, the CD had, by the early \u201890s, become the software format of choice\u2026even among audiophiles. Still, digital was considered inferior by the high end cognoscenti when dCS\u2019s first consumer product bowed in 1997. Designed by a company credited, not only with the world\u2019s best studio processors, but also with the developing threat-avoidance technologies for fighter jets, the Elgar was perhaps the most thoroughly engineered digital product in history. \u00a0This\u00a0statement was supported by the fact that it stayed in production, and defined the state-of-the-art, for nearly a decade\u2014\u00a0no mean feat for a computer! By elevating digital reproduction to a position of parity with world-class analog, dCS\u2019s Elgar deserves its place on this list<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2989\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2989\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2989\" src=\"http:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/TECHNICS-1200MKI-MAIN-1024x961.jpg\" alt=\"photo:   www.rewindaudio.com\" width=\"1024\" height=\"961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/TECHNICS-1200MKI-MAIN-1024x961.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/TECHNICS-1200MKI-MAIN-1024x961-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/TECHNICS-1200MKI-MAIN-1024x961-319x300.jpg 319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: \u00a0www.rewindaudio.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Technics SL-1200<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of my twelve selections, this is bound to be the most controversial. The SL-1200 wasn\u2019t the first commercially available direct drive turntable. \u00a0Its big brother, the SP-10, earned that distinction in 1970. \u00a0Nor was its sound quality universally applauded by audiophiles, a fact which Technics both acknowledged and addressed when it introduced a modernized version in 2016. It was, however, among the most beloved audio products ever made (the most robust, too!), as well as one of the longest-lived, with a production run that stretched from 1972 to 2010. Muse to the Hip Hop movement, the SL-1200 also inspired the current crop of state-of-the-art direct drive turntables by Continuum, VPI, Brinkmann and others.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope all of our Nordost readers enjoyed Part One of this blog and, strange as it might sound, I hope that NOBODY agreed with all of my choices! 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