And now for more from the Montreal show. You want guts? You want music with explosive dynamics, effortless sonic propulsion, and a bass beat that punches so low and hard it makes you sit up at attention? How about if with all that power came high-level transparency, dimensionality, tonal purity, vocal naturalness, and microdetail? If that sounds like your kind of system, the demo I heard in the Le Studio du Son room could be your cup of tea. Or coffee. Or can of Red Bull.
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