April 30 OUT OF THE COOL listening show
MBL 126 speaker & THRAX ARES amplifier and much more beauty!
OUT OF THE COOL
Following the theme of our previous show, Birth Of The Cool, naturally follows Out Of The Cool the significant album of Gil Evans with his orchestra, adding innovative orchestrations, tonal colors and principles to jazz.
Mark Smotroff of the magazine Audiophile Review wrote about the vinyl reissue (2021) of this album (1961):
'Out Of The Cool is a bit of an audiophile's dream, produced by the legendary Creed Taylor and recorded in the legendary Rudy Van Gelder Studio. Pictured on the cover we see the recording layout of the instruments, the players and even the microphones used (Telefunken, Altec, Byers and an Electro-Voice)!
When I first played this album again, one of the first things I noticed was the incredible precision of soundstage, perspective and separation. A panoramic, almost cinematic stereo mix.'
THE SET
For this, we put as speakers our favorite MBL monitor 126 down. MBL is world renowned for its unique radial radiating playback technology that results in a perfect soundstage and sublime timbre.
Absolute Sound, world-leading high-end magazine, has named this little genius as a product of the year 2021. Ruud Jonker, our friendly journalist from Music & Emotion and Hifi.co.uk didn't escape it either and was heavily impressed.
We are going to connect this MBL gem to one of the finest integrated amplifiers: the THRAX ARES. This Bulgarian brand builds unique and high-quality HIGH END electronics and speakers. Yes, with capital letters!
The ARES has both a unique DAC and a phono stage on board. Thrax designs and develops everything in-house and has superior construction quality.
Therefore, and we don't often do this, some technical specs: dual mono construction, modular design, solid state, MM/MC phono, 32bit/768khz USB input, DAC with streaming support, DSD support, etc.
Music played with this set sounds refined and with a beautiful and powerful presence. In combinate with the MBL 126 we can only observe: a match made in heaven!!!
Reserve a spot and we'll be ready with the Gooi's finest coffee (BOOT) and music for true foodies.
thrax-ares
MBL 126
MBL 126 speaker
Sessions of about an hour and a half.Mandatory registration!
Maximum of 10 people per session!
Saturday, April 30:
NOTICE FOR SESSION 1: 9:30 a.m.
NOTICE FOR SESSION 2: 11 a.m.
NOTICE FOR SESSION 3: 12:30 p.m.
NOTICE FOR SESSION 4: 2:30 p.m.
