CES 2016: Focal and Naim (Cont'd)

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Robot, I mean speaker, greeting me at the front of the room. Hello Mr. Speaker!

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Super manly amplification:

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The whole cast:

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I saw something I had not before: totally floating and isolated PCBs!

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They were literally on springs with wires arranged to flex with them. Alas, when that was done, I could see it moving the pins in one of the jacks in the back. And not sure why putting PCBs on springs is a good idea. Smarter people than me surely know.

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Beautiful shot artistically done to show the motion of the PCB through this blurred shot:

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Are these the prices?
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Or the next winning lottery number???

Custom caps to keep the form factor of the amplifier tall and thin. Those bent wires look pretty but are longer than a straight shot.
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Another artistic shot pointing out the Sharc DSP from Analog Devices:
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What did it all sound like? No idea. They were demoing the technology.
 

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