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<p><img class="story_image" src="http://www.stereophile.com/images/060213-AEVTL-600.jpg" /></p> Following the <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/content/brooks-berdan">death of his father</a> in July 2011, Brian Berdan had been running Brooks Berdan Ltd, the well-regarded retailer in Monrovia, the suburb east of Los Angeles. But T.H.E. Show saw the debut of Brian’s new venture, Audio Element, which will open in Pasadena in August. Many of the brands that used to be sold by Brooks Berdan Ltd. are going with Brian to the new store. Many were exhibiting in Brian’s two rooms at the Atrium. In the first room, Sonus Faber Amati Futura speakers ($36,000/pair), which I loved when I reviewed them in <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/content/sonus-faber-amati-futura-loudspeaker">March 2012</a>, were being driven by VTL’s MB-450 Series III Signature tube monoblocks ($18,000/pair), VTL’s TL-7.5 Series II Reference line preamplifier ($20,000), VTL’s TP-6.5 Signature phono stage ($8500), and the fully loaded, four-chassis dCS Vivaldi SACD playback system ($108,496). Analog playback was with a Grand Prix Monaco turntable ($23,500) fitted with a Tri-Planar tonearm ($5800) and Lyra Skala cartridge ($3995). Cables were all Cardas Clear and Clear Beyond and racks were all form Grand Prix Audio.
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This was one of the first rooms I went into the first day of the show, but the sound was dark. Both on digital
[Source: http://www.stereophile.com/content/audio-element150dcs150vtl150sonus-faber]
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This was one of the first rooms I went into the first day of the show, but the sound was dark. Both on digital
[Source: http://www.stereophile.com/content/audio-element150dcs150vtl150sonus-faber]