By Richard H. Mak If there is ever an award for the most dynamic sounding system of the show, I’ll have to give it to DVL Audio’s CH/Viola/Magico system. DVL Audio is the Canadian distributor for CH Precision and Viola Audio Labs. The system featured a CH Precision D1 Trasnport and a D1 DAC (US$ 38,000.00 & $33,000.00), CH Precision P1 Phono Stage, and X1 Power Supply (US$31,250.00 & US$ 15,000.00), a Viola Labs Sonata Preamp (US 35,000.00) and a Viola Labs Bravo Stereo Power Amp (US$59,000.00). The Bravo power amps is actually not a monoblock amplifier, it is a stereo amp housed in two separate chassis of equivalent size. Viola Lab’s chief engineer Paul Jayson, is a well respected name in the audio industry. Paul Jayson, together with the late Tom Colangelo, was the driving engineering force behind the Mark Levinson name, as well as the famous Cello Audio of the early 90s. The sound of Viola Audio Labs equipment is reminiscent of Cello’s notorious house sound which is fast, dynamic and with super fast transient responses. At 5 pm on the closing day of the show, I asked Lawrence Lock of DVL Audio to give me a private [...]![]()
