Prosound strikes again! Vegas '07 will be known for two things: digi EQs and pro drivers. Audio Kinesis is the personal hotrod brand of Duke Lejeune, a respected audio dealer and all around cool dude. Despite carrying such brands as Gallo, SoundLAB, Gradient and others, Duke believes that high efficiency, high power, low excursion drivers were the ticket and decided to mix his own blend.

And, damn, if his plain Jane boxes didn't rock my world. Audio Kinesis currently makes two floor standing models: the $2800 Stormbringers (above) and the $4000 Jazz Modules (below). Forget the names, just remember this: big sound, monster dynamics and snap like a croc.

And mark my words, pro-based drivers are going to gain and gain in the high end world. Zu is already blazing trails, as well as WLM, Emerald and others. The Audio Kinesis setup uses a 1" compression tweeter firing into a 10" horn mated with either a 12" neodymium magnet (Stormbringer) or a vastly more expensive 10" Alnico (said to cost over $400 a pop).

The Jazz Module setup ran an Atma-Sphere OTL amp and NuForce pre. The Stormy rig went all DeHavilland (845 tubes) with a number of slim custom 8" subs snuck around the room. Speakers can only be purchased direct. If you want some street cred, check out his site for more tech talk than you can handle.