amphion loudspeakers xenon at $3,600 USD intrigued me with the triangular perforated sides behind the midrange driver at the top. Have you visited a Finnish website lately? The sound was competent, but did not really grab me. But on my final sweep of the show, after I had played a drum cut from my Burmester CD in a room across the hall, the host of the amphion room invited me in to compare the Burmester pressing with the same cut on the original CD. Much to my surprise, the original CD was actually better! Not only that, but after sampling a few more cuts from the Burmester, the beauty of the amphion xenon really started to shine. So much for first impressions! The system featured a Metronome CD player and Jeff Rowland pre- and power amplifiers.
