Author: Kees Schreuders

The super amplifier Rhapsody, from TRAFOMATIC and the Amber
Midnight speakers by DANIEL HERZ + GRIMM MU2 streamer + THIELE turntable take center stage in this December show

Cessaro was an "ear" opener for us. At the last Munich show, we spoke with Ralph, Cessaro's unyielding designer, and he recognized exactly what we meant. He let us hear proof that their speakers deliver exceptionally lifelike and true-to-life reproduction.

We have proudly carried the MARTEN speakers in our program for years, and their Parker Trio Diamond is another gem. A good reason to highlight them during this show.

SUMMERSALE | > NAIM Solstice > REED MUSE 3C > VAN DEN HUL Grail SE > AUDIO-TECHNICA AT-ART1000 > GRADO Lineage Aeon > TRAFOMATIC Experience MK 2 > ESTELON AURA > MBL 126 monitor

Italian master Aldo Zaninello (SIGMA ACOUSTICS) manages to enchant us with high-end gems time and again.

Rhapsody is proud to present TLA's state-of-the-art tube and hybrid amplifiers from Greece.
These have been our favorite for years and are finally available with us exclusively in the Benelux.

🎶 Get ready for an audio experience like never before! Rhapsody is proud to present an exclusive gala show - Redefining the state of the art of high-end audio -, featuring a lineup of one-of-a-kind, high-end audio devices. 🔊💎
🏆 As always, we are always on the look-out for the best sound systems and equipment to bring you the pinnacle of audio excellence. We are going to showcase a set that offers the best audio experience the market has to offer.

Two days dedicated to superior analog enjoyment.
with: HELMUT THIELE & HSE SWISS
+ MARTEN Mingus Quintet 2, CH Precision and Schnerzinger

Italian master Aldo Zaninello (SIGMA ACOUSTICS) manages to enchant us with high-end gems time and again.
Now it's the turn of the more modest OUVERTURE and the brand new M15

This will be a fascinating show featuring a tube amp versus a solid-state. You can come and listen to THRAX's ENYO Mk2 integrated tube amplifier and ARES Mk2 solid-state side by side.

NAIM 300 series + SIGMA ACOUSTICS Orchestra 2.6

Celebrating the New Year with a superset that's how we like to do things. What are you going to see and hear?

Now at Rhapsody to listen to: the new NAIM 200 and 300 series. No Rhapsody without NAIM! Again and again this English brand manages to amaze us musically. That is why Naim will always remain a must-have for us. And the new series are absolute gems.

SIGMA ACOUSTICS Orchestra 2.6
Exclusively in the Netherlands and Benelux
Designer Aldo Zaninello manages to overwhelm us with this unique speaker. Why? Read how he describes it himself.

A speaker you must have heard if you are looking for something under 9,000 euros a pair.
The Ouverture is a two-way speaker and is of a technically sublime level. 

> ZELLATON Reference Ultra series speakers > CH PRECISION > SCHNERZINGER > PINK FAUN > MSB > HSE > DÖHMANN
This exceptional set we are going to let you hear. RESERVE and be welcome!

> MARTEN Mingus Septet > CH PRECISION 10 series solid state > PINK FAUN 2.16 Ultra > DÖHMANN Helix One MK3 > SCHNERZINGER field elimination + JORMA & AUDIOQUEST cables.
This exceptional set we are going to let you hear. RESERVE and be welcome!

SIGMA ACOUSTICS Orchestra 2.3 & CESSARO Opus I & Alpha III.
We are going to let you hear these exceptional speakers during these listening shows.
Make a reservation and be welcome!

As you may have noticed, there has been a lot going on at Rhapsody lately. Finally the time has come to tell you that as of mid-July we will be moving and something special will begin. Come say goodbye to our legendary Hilversum premises. It is currently full of interesting offers.

35 YEARS RHAPSODY show
Five years back we celebrated our anniversary big time at Wisseloord Studios. Fond memories for us and all our Rhapsody friends. This lustrum year we will do things in a more modest way, but just as festive.
It will be one of the last shows in Hilversum. Not with a set of several tons, but this time with a compact but very complete set that we think sounds fantastic.

At our old familiar address (while it lasts), a show of favorites that are sure to come with us to our new location.
With:
> Estelon XB Diamond Mk II - speakers
> CH Precision I 1 - integrated amplifier
> Schnerzinger - cables and field elimination
> Grimm MU1-mstreamer

This will be the last year-end show in Hilversum. And before we move, a GRAND FINALE show and more festive events will follow.
So be there because this will be a great and memorable bouncer. 

Today's most revolutionary and mesmerizing speakers: the 101 E MKII - omnidirectional speakers from MBL.

You won't hear a big horn-sounding speaker anytime soon at Rhapsody. But sometimes you have to step over your own ideas to be surprised. And we're going to let you hear that surprise with the Blumenhover Acoustics Corona 2×220

The THRAX Spartacus and Libra: the most advanced tube amplifiers available.

Summer Breeze shows at Rhapsody on Aug. 13 & 20

FOR YOUR EARS ONLY - SECRET DEALS. This time a show full of interesting secret deals that will help you refine your set even further. Deals that you can close on the spot. But then you have to come by. So feel free to walk in on July 15 or 16.

The speakers from Zellaton, the German high-tech manufacturer, amaze critics, reviewers and listeners with their realistic and natural music reproduction. No wonder the Zellaton Plural is our best-selling high-end speaker. This speaker exceeds everything you would expect from a high-end speaker.

For this show, we put up as speakers our favorite MBL monitor 126. MBL is world renowned for its unique radial radiating reproduction technology that results in a perfect soundstage and sublime timbre.

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 loudspeakers.

Our motive is always to express the qualities of an album in all its nuances and thus to maximize the importance of certain albums. And this time we are putting out a great set of firsts for that.

The sublime TRAFOMATIC Rhapsody.
A musical gem with a 20 watt triode circuit that provides plenty of "headroom" and lends itself perfectly to many high-end speakers. All in all, a technical and external beauty that will make you very eager.

OUR YEAR-END WISHES:
Above all, stay healthy! Happy & peaceful days with anticipation of a beautiful and musical 2022! And check out the video!

There must be some kind of way outta here
Said the joker to the thief....

New releases on our audiophile RAR label: Jeremy Olivier - Where The Light Gets In and Atzko Kohashi (piano) & Eddy Koopman (percussion)

CH Precision sets a completely new standard when it comes to music reproduction. Their equipment is not about what it does, but what it does not do!
Only the pure music input and output through your speakers.

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Estelon and Audio Research is twice world class. We have wonderful sets with these top products on display. And firsts with the NAIM Solstice and Audio Research I/50. You won't want to miss that!

RHAPSODY novelties >
ESTELON Forza speakers, DÖHMANN Helix One MK2 turntable and NAIM Solstice turntable

- CH Precision L1 pre-stage i.c.w. X1 power supply
- CH Precision A1.5 output stage
- CH Precision P1 phono stage i.c.w. X1 power supply
- CH Precision C1 DAC (at the second show)
- Döhmann Helix One turntable
- Schnerzinger cables and field elimination
- Marten Coltrane 3 Statement Edition speaker

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SCHNERZINGER interference-free enjoyment SCHNERZINGER cables, elimination protectors, power products When you have a beautiful and expensive system in place, you want...

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- Sonus faber, Trafomatic, Holbo & Naim
- Zellaton, Thrax, Schnerzinger, Döhmann, Nagra & Grimm
- Mark Levinson, MBL, Naim, Holbo & EAT

A budding classic and a neo-classic

Mark Levinson: on top again! New No 5805 intregated amp digital and analog € 9190 New No 5101 streaming SACD player...

ESTELON + SME, dCs, Soulution Estelon has long been on our wish list. We have two models in the house: the...

dCS Bartók DA converter & streamer Designed and made in Britain to the highest quality standards, Bartók possesses the design elements of...

GOLDEN EAR Triton One.R This floorstanding speaker is the just smaller brother of the amazing Reference. You will believe your ears...

Friday, Dec. 28 from 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - scoop: TAD E1TX - Our...

Saturday, Oct. 27 from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Nov. 9, the 50th anniversary edition of The White Album will be released. Special...

Elegance with a rich "live" sound. These slender Estelon speakers have a beautifully smooth soundstage with precise tonal balance. We...

Redefining the state of the art of tube amp design. Many famous tube amp designs have passed the revue at Rhapsody over the last 30 years....

Italian passion, beauty and perfection, the holy trinity according to Sonus Faber. With a seductive and eye-catching design that stems from...

With 65 years of audio innovation, it offers superior NAGRA: emotion, control, "staging," tonal balance and always a beautiful enclosure. Every detail...

Not only does the sun beckon but also our summer Rhapsody shows with equipment, music and workshops. Come enjoy radiant sounds....

Friday, June 22: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, June 23: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. RHAPSODY introduces the new MAGICO M6 Still...

- Obsidian speaker cable 3 meter set (other lengths possible while supplies last) - including superior connections - from €...

Of course, American AUDIO REASEARCH cannot be missing from our show. Leader in tube amplifiers for 30 years. Harry...

Of course the beautiful Naim is on our show. Anyone with us who has ever heard - The Statement - his...

GOLDEN EAR speakers have a special place in the world market. The brand always manages to design a speaker with...

AUDIOQUEST is one of our favorite cable brands. During this weekend, the folks at AudioQuest are going to show the differences between...

When you throw a party, of course festive discounts belong to it. We have in cooperation with a number of importers...

At our anniversary show, we present ELAC's top speaker: the Concentro M. The great Concentro has always amazed us....

During these days, Peter Mackay of American Magico presents the brand new Magico A3. This floorstanding speaker has been designed from...

Saturday, March 10, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. In terms of digital playback, dCS is among the...

Saturday, April 21 from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday, April 22 from 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. 2018 marks 30 years of...

Saturday, February 24 from 10.00 - 16.00 RHAPSODY introduces SOULUTION 3-series During this show we will present the new Soulution 3-series. These...

Saturday, January 27 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. RHAPSODY introduces ZELLATON STAGE As you know, we are always looking for the...

Friday, Dec. 29 from noon - 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 30 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Our year-end bouncer is now a Rhapsody tradition....

EXCLUSIVE LISTENING SESSION THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT - EYE IN THE SKY - BOX SET We like to do special things....

Friday, Nov. 24, Oct. 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 25, Oct. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Two show days at Rhapsody...

Saturday, Nov. 18, October 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Golden Ear Triton Reference - Audio Research Foundation - Moon - Sonus...

Saturday, Oct. 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Andrew Jones is no stranger to Rhapsody. He was jointly responsible for a number of...

Friday, Oct. 20 from noon - 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. RHAPSODY introduces: Rhapsody Analog...

USA SHOW On Aug. 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., we will host a USA Show featuring all American products. The New...

Saturday, September 9 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. TAD - COMPACT EVOLUTION ONE It probably hasn't escaped your notice that...

July 8, 15, 22 and 29 For all music and audio lovers who still enjoy the July month in...

- listening show featuring Roger Waters' new album Saturday, June 3, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Rhapsody gives occasional...

Friday, June 9 at 8 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Full Moon sound concerts in the beautiful Grote Kerk in Weesp Those who know us and...

- the 50-year anniversary reissue of The Beatles' Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band It was 50 years ago today... Saturday....

The Alieno Show: Saturday, May 13 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. The Alieno amplifier stands alone. This tube amp delivers...

The Homage Tradition series is an ode to the "looks & lines" with which Sonus Faber has been shaping its products for so long....

- TAD Micro Evolution One We have never made light of the fact that we are enamored with the...

Friday, March 17 from 1 - 5 p.m. and Saturday, March 18 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Soulution, Magico,...

Saturday, March 11 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Sonus Faber Homage Tradition The Homage Tradition series is an ode...

TAD Japan is a darling of Harry and Michael. And now TAD is coming out with a so-called micro speaker. Well what...

Telephony, Internet and power supplies cause electromagnetic stray fields and have a negative impact on our hi-fi systems and our health. Because al...

- PrimaLuna, Master Audition, Audioquest, Naim This time our second show featuring affordable supersets. Brands that we think are...

The Volcano is the newest member of the Acustica-Applicata family. This company manufactures variable resonators specifically designed to provide timbre...