Midrange Magic

Michigan retailer Paragon Sight & Sound’s room on the Marriott’s ground floor featured the Wilson Audio Alexia speakers. I was familiar with the Alexia, having just finished reviewing it for the December issue of Stereophile, as I was with Audio Research’s CD9 player, but not at all with the Doshi V3.0 160W tube monoblocks that were driving the Alexias, nor the Doshi 3.0 tube line stage and phono stage. Michael Fremer was playing a 45rpm test pressing of the Beach Boys when I entered the Paragon room: “Midrange magic!” I wrote in my notebook as the Beach Boys launched into, “In My Room.”