Munich High End Show 2017

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Full show report to be written on this and sent via postal carrier :~)

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Fidata

 

 

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Bryston wins!!!

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Innuos Zen mkii

 

Innuos.com

 

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This is a really cool and innovative system. 

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Hegel in color 

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New quad esl60

 

 

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There are no pictures, but Roon is coming out with two pieces of hardware that will run ROCK / RoonOS.

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5 minutes ago, m5sime said:

It was great. They did a source switch to show the benefits of a better DAC into the same hegel integrated amp and unlike many demos for me, I heard an immediate gain. Really nice chaps too!

 

Very nice people at Hegel. I talked to three of them today. 

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Just now, oneway23 said:

 

We're quoted right towards the front!  You're doing the Lord's work, my friend.  Persevere!

 

Manufacturers read CA and search the site for their names all the time. It's you guys who make it happen and have influence on them. 

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3 minutes ago, m5sime said:

Funny how the ethernet DAC input is limited to the spdif specs where the USB input is full spec high res 

Hopefully that's a misprint. 

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39 minutes ago, m5sime said:

Has there been much talk of AES67/Dante/Ravenna at the show sir?

 

I spent 45 minutes talking to Merging this afternoon about Ravenna and it's plans, etc...

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1 minute ago, m5sime said:

I hope we could get some feel for progress in general for audio over IP this way. Will you be sharing thoughts? 

 

I suspect we'll start seeing more companies using Ravenna, based on my conversation today. In addition, Aurender and Melco will support sending audio via Ravenna to DACs. 

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Dali ( not Salvador) will use BlueOS for its new line of speakers. 

News Release DALI __ BluOS Press 5-19-17.pdf

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Really good sound in this room. PMC AVM. 

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Wadax 

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Moon by Simaudio 780D DAC. Very underrated by many people. Great stuff. 

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McIntosh static display

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More Constellation Audio Leo. I really like this product. The sound quality really is something the other products in the category haven't matched. I listened for quite a while this afternoon. 

 

Edit: Constellation is shooting for fall 2017 release and less than $5,000 MSRP. 

 

The silver color is wonderful. 

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Always a place for Levinson in my audiophile heart. 

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Tidal (pronounced Tee-dahl by many). Good sound in here. 

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2 minutes ago, jtwrace said:

Man jewelry.  

 

Not at all. In person it's nothing like the bling jewelry of other components in HiFi. 

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I just ran into @joelha at the show. Thanks for chatting about our wonderful hobby!

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I just thought of an idea I would love to see at shows. Manufacturers may not like it, but here it goes: a large touchscreen at the door where people can add songs to the queue and wait to hear their songs. I would listen to way more stuff for way longer if this was in place. 

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29 minutes ago, PeterSt said:

 

Yes, I have been pondering with the exact same idea. But at the time I thought of it back at the time and prior to a show, there wasn't enough time left to make such a feature.

And thinking of it ... while we "digitus'" would be able to even automate it, LP exhibitors would have a slightly large problem; especially in preparing (what's their library ?).

 

In practice it will bring a couple of more problems because in the end this is what I did with a show a few weeks back, but at inviting the auditioners. For example, you need to know your turn (say in 32 minutes) but meanwhile nothing can interfere much or you are waiting for another 30 minutes for your Pearl Jam, while Beethoven and Mozart play (never together though ). In the end this gets messy because if you have to wait too long you want to bail out (or just don't show up).

Anyway, this really needs an "application" and it won't be super simple.

 

Roon could do this easily. 

 

If I queue up Pearl Jam and it's going to be 30 minutes until it's played, I will easily see this by looking at the queue. I can stay or leave and come back in 30 minutes. 

 

I have no problem if people don't like the music. As it is now, nobody wants to hear Nils lofgren anymore! t least with the playlist, someone is guaranteed to enjoy the music.