Since CES 2011 we have received a lot of attention at different places around the internet. Here are some of the mentions we’ve had:

“The system looked and sounded truly wonderful, and both amps and speakers are well worth checking out.”

Alan Sircom at The Absolute Sound

“At last year’s CES, many of my favorite rooms featured Sweden’s Marten speakers. The same held true this year.”

Thank you for the music:) Erick Lichte, at stereophile

“So, how did it sound? Simply put, it was outstanding, highly detailed, very transparent and musical at the same time.”

Key Kim at Stereotimes

“Another Swedish company making an excellent impression was Marten“

the Audio Beat

“This was one of the few rooms to treat the room, and it contributed to an intimate, stimulating demonstration.”

Dagogo.com

“Uber bass resolution.”

Audio Federation

“Sweden’s Marten is well-regarded for its high-end speakers and takes a fair amount of pride in their audiophile-pleasing performance.”

Paul Ridden at Gizmag

A massive thank you to all of you, from all of us here at Marten.

Neli and Leif

These are the new, rather cool looking, liquid cooled tube amplifiers from Audio Power Labs.

This room was very enjoyable. EmmLabs, PassLabs and Sony had this awesome multichannel setup with IsoMic recordings from Kimber. It really sounded as if you where there, in a live audience. All reverb from the instruments and audience noises were all around you. Brilliant!

Huge, new Mono Power Amplifiers from Boulder. 200 kilos each!

Fantastic turntable from DaVinci Audio Labs.

Very nice people, the creators from DaVinci Audio Labs.

Quite cool, retro looking Momentum Mono blocks from Dan D’Agostino.

We went downstairs again and in the Octave electronics room, we listened to some nice sounds in the afternoon sun light.

Very stylish Scandinavian looking stuff from Finish Pen Audio. Perfect example of how form really can meet function.

This is almost about it from CES, there might be a little more. We really look forward to next year.

Lars

In fact we’re still in Las Vegas, Nevada, having fun at the amazingly big CES 2011 show.

Our first guests of the first day, Mike and Neli form Audio Federation.

Yesterday evening we had a bit of a release party for our new products and here is Leif wishing our US distributor Dan Meinwald (E.A.R. USA) happy birthday.

This is not Leif singing an opera aria, he’s actually presenting his new Coltrane 2 and M•Amp Mono Power Amplifier.

And here is Patrik Boström, creator of the AMS Technology that is used in the amplifier. He’s seen through the rather sleek looking diffusors that really improves the sound quality in this quite small room. They come from Svanå MiljöTeknik, Sweden.

We have a lot more to show and tell and will be back soon.

Cheerio

Lars

Zine Noodles Dim Sum, a favourite for a quiet lunch in one of the neighbouring resorts to the Venetian, Palazzo Resort.

So now we’re back at home with a bit of a home coming blues, being in the States sure is a lot of fun. Here are the last few memories:

This is Audio Federation’s room at ‘The Show’, with an all Audio Note UK setup, the HiFi Show that goes on at the same time as CES in the Flamingo Resort.

Neli being dj.

Audio Federation’s second room with the new Audio Note Jinro integrated amp.

Lamm electronics & Wilson Audio Sasha back at CES.

Real nice loudspeakers from Venture.

Joseph Audio loudspeakers with Mr Joseph himself to the left.

Soulution electronics and Magico M5 loudspeakers in a really stylish almost Zen-looking room.

DLS electronics, we really like the fresh, clean look of these items.

DLS loudspeakers

Last but not least, Gallo Reference 3 loudspeakers, small and good sounding with a rather unusual design.

This is it. We look forward to the next CES already but I reckon there will be a few more HiFi Shows in between.

Thanks for now.

Lars

P.S. This is a view from The Empire State Building, proper NY by night. Hopefully we’ll be back some time soon.