...throughout their coverage of 2005 HE Show in the August 2005 issue. In fact, there were actually three oversights (as far as we are concerned):
Art Dudley's
Listening column, on page 42:
Sound Engineering's SE-1F turntable ($13,500) is very nicely expounded, including a superb photo of the expansive system. Note, toward the left in the photo, visible between what are the motor and the flywheel units, is the Revelation Audio Labs DC power umbilical, in trademark purple jacket, custom designed at the request and contracting of Sound Engineering LLC. Here it is - the historic first "appearance" of a Revelation Audio Labs product in
Stereophile, and the umbilical cable is not even mentioned.
Bob Benn, designer and president of Sound Engineering LLC, upon evaluating the Revelation Audio Labs umbilical cable with his turntable motor system, has gone on record saying that he "will never again demo his turntable without the Revelation Audio Labs umbilical cable". Such a critical component in an outstanding analog system, photographed, but not recognized.
Michael Fremer's
Analog Corner column, on page 36: Again, excellent coverage of the Sound Engineering SE-1F turntable, including an admirable photograph of the 'table, with an nearly exhaustive list of each component in the turntable system, but alas, no mention of the crucial Revelation Audio Labs umbilical.
Finally, in the
HE Show Report, on page 57: Wes Philips includes discerning coverage of
Butler Audio's Monad monoblock power amplifier ($18,995/pair), but no mention that Butler Audio's demo system utilized a Revelation Audio Labs power umbilical in their digital front end, while in the contents of a thank you letter from BK Butler, president of Butler Audio, Butler intends to use the Revelation Audio Labs umbilical indefinitely in future shows.
Injustice, me says.
