Florida Audio Expo: The Most Underreported System

Try pronouncing the name of this brand, Tsakiridis Devices. Yep, I don’t know how to pronounce it either. I do get the “Devices” part right, but that’s about it. They teamed up with Soulines and Triangle at the Florida Audio Expo.

However, like most of you, I have read a number of FAE show reports, and I can only recall a few that had comments about this room. From what I saw and heard, they deserved a lot more coverage.

Let Me Backtrack a Little

So, I walked into this room not knowing what to expect, and I was greeted with an exhibit of some very nicely manufactured tube gear; tube integrated amplifiers, preamplifiers, and monoblock amps. All of them had a very nice fit and finish as you can see in the pictures below. 

Now I am curious since I haven’t heard of this product line before. This doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, it allows me to play my “guess the price” game. So I proceeded to estimate the prices on a few of the components based on the construction quality and the general feel of the units. Let me just say that I grossly overestimated the retail pricing on most of the display pieces.

This entire line is manufactured in Greece with preamps starting at $1,495.00 and integrated amps staring at $2,195.00. They also offer single-ended Triode Class A monoblocks starting at $2,295.00 for the pair.

Playing My Song

Just about any song they played could have been my song with the sound that I heard coming out of a pair of Triangle Signature Delta Tower speakers from France that were priced at $8,000.00/pair. I have heard these speakers before, and they never fail to impress. Beautifully finished and excellent sounding, they offer a tremendous value.

Also on display were some very good looking turntables, both in terms of aesthetics and manufacturing skill. So what had I stumbled across? These were the Soulines brand of turntables, the Kubrick DCX Turntable that sells for $4,600.00 w/o arm, and sitting next to it was the Elgar DCX at the w/o arm price of $3,600.00. Both tables are beautifully designed and manufactured in a silver aluminum finish.

They both feature a 3-point decoupled sub-plinth and include three different user-exchangeable aluminum arm boards, one each for an SME arm, a Rega arm, and a Jelco arm.

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All of these brands are distributed in the USA by Antal Audio Group, and I have to say that the sound of these products together was seriously good, which makes me wonder why this system was so underreported. The soundstage was beautiful with a very sweet top end. All of the cables were from Nordost. These are some brands in this system that I plan to investigate further. I think they need to be on your radar, too! 

Note: See all of our coverage from the Florida Audio Expo here.