Munich 2019 Official Thread

[The Computer Audiophile]

1 hour ago, Peter Hyatt said:

Any news from Chord?

Press event today at 5pm. 

[Peter Hyatt]

40 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Press event today at 5pm. 

 

 

Thank you.  I am hoping for 2Go announcement. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

Oh so nice 

[Don Blas De Lezo]

1 hour ago, Peter Hyatt said:

 

 

Thank you.  I am hoping for 2Go announcement. 

 

Looks like two new amps and a phono stage according to Stereonet ...

[Peter Hyatt]

I was hoping the two amps was product 1 and the phono was product 2 and the third product was....

 

ugh.

[ecwl]

47 minutes ago, Peter Hyatt said:

I was hoping the two amps was product 1 and the phono was product 2 and the third product was....

 

ugh.

Yes. I was anticipating a headphone amp using Hugo TT2 technology and a streamer (though not 2Go) for the desktop now that they have refined their Poly firmware & iOS app.

 

That said, I do like their new amplifiers. They are not the only ones to use "feed-forward feedback" as Hegel, Benchmark seemed to use similar schemes and the Bryston new Cubed amplifiers sound fantastic with their own feedback scheme. I do appreciate how Chord Etude sounds wonderful. I guess for the people who can afford the "cheaper" Ultima amplifiers, good for them?

[Blake]

Looking forward to the comments/impressions.  And don't forget to take lots of cool pics!

 

 

[Blake]

https://audiobacon.net/2019/05/09/high-end-munich-2019-day-1-photo-tour/

 

Great photo tour by Audio Bacon

 

 

[skatbelt]

Best room for me thus far: Zesto audio with Verity audio speakers.

 

Most remarkable room by far: Western Electric. Wow! There is something very right in the sound of that old horn speakers! (link)

 

 

[austinpop]

Best rooms for me so far:

1. MBL. Those RadialStahler's are something else
2. Von Schweikert Ultra 9
3. Wilson Benesch
4. Wilson Sasha DAW - one room with dCS electronics, one something else
5. Devore Orangutan
6. Nagra, this time with YG Sonja speakers

None I can afford of course! Any great rooms with speakers under 10k€?

 

 

[skatbelt]

I also liked Wilson/Spectral, the Paradigm Persona’s 7F,  the Vandersteen/Brinkman room and the Nordost room with YG acoustics. 

 

The best sounding affordable speakers (3500 euro/pair)  I heard yesterday was from an unknown brand to me: WLM (Wiener Lautsprecher Manufaktur); an Austrian brand. I don’t know the name of the model but they were small towers with felt on the front baffle.

 

Bass was again a problem in most rooms and a lot were to warm sounding to my taste.

 

A trend this year: 7 out of 10 rooms play mostly vinyl!

[DuckToller]

Good Morning from Munich,

show starts in 15 minutes.

here is a quick & dirty pic selection. Best, Tom.

 

[DuckToller]

There‘s more to come, I‘ll try to get the Video snippets uploaded at the Airport tomorrow.

MBL was awesome !!!

Stein and Vandersteen are other favourites, today T&A and Gryphon!

Tom

[#Yoda#]

9 hours ago, austinpop said:

Best rooms for me so far:

None I can afford of course! Any great rooms with speakers under 10k€?

 

- Voxativ with the Voxativ Hagen system, Atrium 4.2 E222

- a little bit more than 10k€ (12.5k€) Manger P2, Atrium 4.2 F211 and at the Lindemann booth H 4 R08/S07

- Elac, A 4.1 F102, A 4.1 F103, A 4.1 F124

- T&A, A 3.1 D102, A 3.1 D103, A 3.1 D105

- Canton, A 3.1 D109, A 3.1 D110

- Boenicke Audio with the W5, Atrium 4.2 F215

[russellbobby]

2 hours ago, #Yoda# said:

- Voxativ with the Voxativ Hagen system, Atrium 4.2 E222

- a little bit more than 10k€ (12.5k€) Manger P2, Atrium 4.2 F211 and at the Lindemann booth H 4 R08/S07

- Elac, A 4.1 F102, A 4.1 F103, A 4.1 F124

- T&A, A 3.1 D102, A 3.1 D103, A 3.1 D105

- Canton, A 3.1 D109, A 3.1 D110

- Boenicke Audio with the W5, Atrium 4.2 F215

Did you happen to see the Lindemann Source? 

[Summit]

Anyone see/hear Marcin’s new ”Femtoserver”?

 

https://audiobacon.net/2019/05/11/high-end-munich-2019-day-2-photo-tour/

[DuckToller]

@russellbobby

Yes, the source in pics and video, xcuse the quality...  Lindemann chain with Manger speakers ... Actually the better video upload failed 2x.... So I took a smaller snippet.... CD Transport is outsourced, they were using an Apple drive.

[your momo]

Under 10k$ souding good speakers, may I add amphion, this simple setup was very lively and visualy attractive.

Aside of that, I was also impressed by the Verity, PMC with their 20 speakers demo as well as Nagra for reproducing complex recording with ease.

But my size vs sq catch was the Magico with Constellation, very refined sound and small but great looking speakers

[DuckToller]

Gryphon was absolute fantastic, you may have the whole presentation in HD on Hanns B. Video channel as he sat in the first row and steered this charismatic guy from Gryphon into the correct position.

Gryphon presented the Ethos CD Transport which mechanical usage should emphasis on the turntable experience. I hope the video does not run into the upload limits again.

[DuckToller]

Short snippets with not much sound ... just for the impression of it

[DuckToller]

Final day (4 me)  impressions:

Thrax, T&A, Harbeth & Cabasse ...

[DuckToller]

And ...

Exposure, the Western Electric room, Lampizator, Cayin, Vitus/Zellaton 

[DuckToller]

Speakers under 10k, Elipson prototype, pair expected to be around 7,5 k Euros,

I have made a 4 minute video,  hope to cut it to the correct upload size tommorrow

[Sonicularity]

I love the pictures!  When it comes to speaker designs, apparently there is no such thing as over-engineering.  

[chrille]

19 hours ago, austinpop said:

Best rooms for me so far:

1. MBL. Those RadialStahler's are something else
2. Von Schweikert Ultra 9
3. Wilson Benesch
4. Wilson Sasha DAW - one room with dCS electronics, one something else
5. Devore Orangutan
6. Nagra, this time with YG Sonja speakers

None I can afford of course! Any great rooms with speakers under 10k€?

 

If you are there tomorrow as well try to audition both the RAAL SR1A ribbon headphones and the new Jecklin Float  electrostatics if they are there.

PS I was temped to come although I have only been home for less than a month after 6 months in Asia, when I saw the concerts   you linked to.

Don't miss Berg's Violin Concerto and  Mahler's 5th live, very good material for ear calibration and  absolutely great music.

Cheers Christer