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standout demo AWARD: Ascendo and Behold

It’s certainly no surprise that Germany’s Ascendo and Behold once again produced some of the best sound heard at High End -- we've given them this same award in years past. Perhaps they have a home-turf advantage.

This year we were introduced to a new speaker system from Ascendo, the System F (12,000 € per pair), which is featured as a ShowStopper, and it was a treat. The soundstage that the System F cast was the real story here: deep, wide, and with almost walk-through realism, it was the kind of reproduced sound that suspends disbelief for those precious few moments, and that’s the experience that makes it special.

The System F was aided by some of the most ambitious electronics in the industry: Behold was using the Gentle integrated amplifier (18,000 €) with its new hard-disk player as the source feeding an APU768 digital-processing unit (25,000 €), which in turn drove a pair of BPA-768 amplifiers (26,675 € each) in a vertically biamped configuration. Wiring and racks were by Germany’s High End Masterclass.

May 24, 2009 - Part 1

Germany’s Behold continues to pack the impressive Gentle integrated amplifier (18,000 €) that's been out for a couple years now with new features and capabilities. In addition to its four channels of amplification, DSP crossovers, and touch-screen front panel, the Gentle is now available with a hard-disk player (above) that makes it a just-add-speakers-and-cabling proposition.

Link to the original report
2009 Munich High End Show
SoundStage!

The People and Their Products - Part 3

Ralf Ballmann is the brains behind Ballmann Electronica, and it was his electronics that were used with the Ascendo speakers in the room that received a Standout Demo award.

Link to the original report
2009 Munich High End Show
SoundStage!


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