Lawrence Audio

[Stereophile]

<p><img class="story_image" src="http://www.stereophile.com/images/060213-Lawrence-600.jpg" /></p> The Taiwanese company Lawrence Audio was founded in 1996 but was new to me. Their speakers are impeccably finished and are all named after string instruments: the large Cello (right) features twin ribbon tweeters and two 8" woofers and costs $18,000/pair; the smaller Violin ($7500/pair) a single ribbon tweeter; and the smallest Mandolin (just out of shot on the left) costs $5500/pair. Demmed with the new 125Wpc Model 125 stereo amplifier from Jeff Rowland Design Group, with the source a Bryston BDP-1 media player, the Cellos produced a clean, clear sound on a Japanese attraction for tenor saxophone of the first Bach Cello Suite, with none of the otherwise ubiquitous upper-bass boom I heard at the Hilton.
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In related news, I was told that Lucien Pichet, who has been running Avalon Acoustics for owner/designer Neil Patel for two decades, has joined Jeff Rowland. </p>

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