be able to easily replace the skin with a
different design in the future or remove it
altogether. Totem displayed five differ-
ent skin designs which cover the speaker
cabinet but leave the drivers exposed. A
future skin design may cover the drivers
completely.
Nabil Akhrass, former owner of Justice
show. The new company distributes a
number of brands previously available in
the Canadian market but also introduces
a number of new ones. The company's
brand portfolio includes GutWire Audio
Cables, LSA Group amplifiers and speak-
ers, Revolver speakers, Roksan electron-
ics and speakers, Audes speakers and
Mastersound amplifiers. If Nabil has his
way, I'm sure that you'll be reading about
some of these products in future issues of
CANADA HiFi.
Leema Acoustics, Orelle, BC Acoustique
new products at this year's show. The fo-
cus was definitely on Leema Acoustics, a
brand that's still relatively new to the Ca-
nadian market. Based in England, Leema
2-channel system demonstrated in this
room included the Tucana II integrated
amplifier ($7500), the Antilia CD player
The cables consisted of Soundstring pow-
er cords, Ecosse Symphony interconnects
and Ecosse MS4.45 speaker cables. The
sound. The overall sound produced by
this system was rich with great detail.
Teo Audio shared a room this year with
Acoustic System, Dr. Feickert Analogue,
here consisted of Teo Audio's brand new
Runa "Orange" and Runa "Lucia" loud-
speakers (one pair connected at a time)
running with a Mactone XX-3000 pream-
plifier and a Mactone MS-88 amplifier, or
KR Audio's Kronzilla SXi integrated am-
plifier. There were two
sources: an AMR CD-77
CD player and a Dr. Fe-
ickert Blackbird turntable
(together with a Mactone
Reference interconnects
and The Standard speaker
cables. Most visitors to
this room had to open
their eyes very wide to
take in the giant tubes of
the KR Audio's ampli-
fier if size was every-
thing, these tubes defi-
system through the smaller Runa "Lucia"
speakers produced a sound that I would
expect to hear from much larger floor-
standing speakers. The sound was trans-
parent and had great dynamics. The funky
blue and orange flat finish of the speakers
speakers at the show.
But like all good things Salon Son &
Image had to come to an end. After four
days of roving the show floor, mingling
with industry professionals and enjoying
Montreal nightlife, it was time to pack up
and hit the highway back to Toronto. Will
I be returning next year? With pleasure!
ic components. Roksan is one of several new brands distributed
in Canada by Liberty Trading.
and "Lucia" speakers, driven by either Mactone or KR
Audio electronics.
Leema Acoustics system consisting of Tucana II inte-
grated amplifier, the Antilia CD player and the Xero mini
monitors.