Tempe Front Entrance

The first system in the Tempe showroom is the one at the entrance, and it was not specified as an afterthought.

Sonus faber's Lilium carries the room, driven by a pair of Burmester 218 power amplifiers — the same model that runs alongside the Top Line monoblocks in two of the Scottsdale rooms. Sources are Linn on both sides: a Selekt DSM Classic Hub feeding the amplification directly for digital and streaming, and a Selekt LP12 for records. Keeping both front ends at the same tier is the point — neither format is treated as the secondary one.

Transparent Plus cabling runs throughout, with a Transparent PowerWave conditioning the mains. It is a complete system rather than a display, which is rather the point: the room where people arrive is also a room where they can sit down and listen.