Boenicke Audio from Switzerland demonstrated their W13 and W5 loudspeakers. When I visited the W13 were on demo driven by Boenicke's E2 integrated amplifier which used the CAD Audio Transport and 1543 MkII DAC from Computer Audio Design as sources.
The system threw a huge soundstage in all three dimensions. In the large demo room the 105 cm tall W13s produced stable, believable images of realistic height, solidly presented in the soundstage. The bass was deep and powerful, but lithe.
On a subsequent visit the tiny W5s were playing and filling the room, though with understandably smaller scale and less depth and authority in the bass.
© Wayne Butcher
