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An Opening Night Invitation to The Audio Salon’s New Showroom

An Opening Night Invitation to The Audio Salon’s New Showroom

The Audio Salon cordially invites you to our new showroom for an evening of fine music and new products on Wednesday, January 15th, 4-9pm. Please feel free to stop by at any point. The excitement and curiosity surrounding the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has inspired us to bring some of the highlights home to share with you.

Meet:

  • Peter Madnick of Constellation Audio
  • Peter McGrath of Wilson Audio


Hear:

The System:

  • Wilson Audio’s Alexia Loudspeaker
  • Constellation Audio Performance Series Electronics
  • Nordost Valhalla 2 Cables
  • Vicoustic Acoustic Treatments


See:

  • Public premier of Wilson Audio Sasha Series 2 C/S, as featured at CES in static display
  • Public premier of Constellation Audio’s Inspiration Series preamplifier and amplifier, as featured at CES in static display
  • Public premier of Constellation Audio’s Performance Series Argo integrated amplifier
  • Public premier of The Aurender X series music servers

Everyone is welcome. If possible please RSVP at your convenience via email (maier@theaudiosalon.com) or telephonically (310-863-0863).


New showroom location:

The Audio Salon, Inc.
@ The Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Ave., Gallery F1 
Santa Monica, CA 90404 
Phone: 310.863.0863
www.TheAudioSalon.com

By Neil Gader

My love of music largely predates my enthusiasm for audio. I grew up Los Angeles in a house where music was constantly playing on the stereo (Altecs, if you’re interested). It ranged from my mom listening to hit Broadway musicals to my sister’s early Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Beatles, and Stones LPs, and dad’s constant companions, Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. With the British Invasion, I immediately picked up a guitar and took piano lessons and have been playing ever since. Following graduation from UCLA I became a writing member of the Lehman Engel’s BMI Musical Theater Workshops in New York–working in advertising to pay the bills. I’ve co-written bunches of songs, some published, some recorded. In 1995 I co-produced an award-winning short fiction movie that did well on the international film-festival circuit. I was introduced to Harry Pearson in the early 70s by a mutual friend. At that time Harry was still working full-time for Long Island’s Newsday even as he was writing Issue 1 of TAS during his off hours. We struck up a decades-long friendship that ultimately turned into a writing gig that has proved both stimulating and rewarding. In terms of music reproduction, I find myself listening more than ever for the “little” things. Low-level resolving power, dynamic gradients, shadings, timbral color and contrasts. Listening to a lot of vocals and solo piano has always helped me recalibrate and nail down what I’m hearing. Tonal neutrality and presence are important to me but small deviations are not disqualifying. But I am quite sensitive to treble over-reach, and find dry, hyper-detailed systems intriguing but inauthentic compared with the concert-going experience. For me, true musicality conveys the cozy warmth of a room with a fireplace not the icy cold of an igloo. Currently I split my time between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Studio City, California with my wife Judi Dickerson, an acting, voice, and dialect coach, along with border collies Ivy and Alfie.

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