STEREOMOJO SPECIAL REPORT
CES & T.H.E SHOW 2009
Carl and Marilyn Marchisotto were showing the recent Nola Baby Grand
Reference that received our Speaker of the Year in the over $25,000
category which was presented at the show. Congratulations! Our world's first review
was recently published.
Interestingly, I later asked a competing speaker maker if he had heard
anything at the show that impressed him, other than his own
speakers. He replied, "The big Nola's were pretty good...". That's the
highest praise one can expect from a competitor. We agree. The Baby
Grand's were Best of Show at Rocky Mountain for us and several other
publications. It's very difficult to pull it off twice in two
completely different rooms at two different shows. Hmmm. These MUST be
"pretty good!"
Apparently the Baby Grand Reference has spawned an offspring in the
form of their new stand-mount Micro Grand Reference Nola debuted at
the show. Amazingly, the $14,000 Micro's have much the same quality as
their bigger brothers but on a smaller scale. Though they only have
three small drivers, the bass was tuneful, musical, low and
enormous. "Everyone asks where the subwoofer is," Carl grinned. We
wondered, too, but there was none. Looks (and sounds) like Nola has
another winner.
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