High End Munich 2021 - 9th - 12th September 2021

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It looks like the team of the High End Munich found some confidence to announce their plans for the 2021 exhibition.
Notable changes are 2 trade visitor days and a supplier trade show called IPD - International Parts & Supply in a different area of the MOC exibition center.

Please find the press release attached to that note.

Thumbs up & pressed for making that happen in May 2021 

Press_release_No1_HIGH_END_2021.pdf

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New Announcment from MHE today:

The Munich High End audio show has changed the date from May to September 2021.
In pursuit for better conditions concerning the hygiene concept and the travel arrangements for exhibitors & visitors, the High End Society has postponed the exhibition to
 

September 09th - 12th, 2021.

Thumbs up & pressed for making that happen in September 2021 !!!
Press release follows asap.
 

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When's RMAF and Axpona next year ?
I'd reckon they (MHE)  are looking for the First Mover Advantage ... ;-)

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Looked it up:
AXPONA - August 27-29, 2021
Munich High End  - September 9-12.,2021
RMAF - October 7-10,2021

 

The circus will have some busy weeks to catch up ....

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In Germany, I have read this evening, 3 of the biggest summer open-air festivals of 2021 have been cancelled.

Wacken is still programmed, though 🤘🤘🤘

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2 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Even if Munich takes place in September, I'm still hesitant and not sure I'll go. We'll see. 

Same here, without Biontech jab I won't move...

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I actually have many doubts that it will happen in September 2021. The German pandemic crisis management hasn't been convincing during the start of the year. Factoring in the low predictability of strains/variants vs. vaccines, a international indoor mass event won"t have a lot of support, neither within the administration in Bavaria nor with the visitors.

The exhibitors otoh may be the ones with the biggest need to make it happen. Bad situation for them.

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Logistics in covidians times are a horrible task, and I would guess British HiFi may face especially difficult moments to enter the EU from either US or UK with their material.

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On 3/10/2021 at 11:39 PM, skatbelt said:

I'm a lot more optimistic than you gents

The Munich High End Team as well:
Press Release from today (machine translation):

The HIGH END® 2021 is fully booked

High interest of exhibitors for the world's leading audio trade show pleases the organizer

The positive message from the organizer HIGH END SOCIETY Service GmbH is already before the registration deadline at the end of March: the HIGH END 2021 is fully booked! After more than a year without events, exhibitors, trade visitors, consumers, media representatives and, of course, all those involved in the planning and on-site to ensure the success of the fair, should be particularly pleased about this. The unbroken high demand for the coveted exhibition spaces in the halls and atriums of the Munich MOC shows how much the industry has been waiting to finally present its high-quality products to a live audience again after the months-long forced break caused by the pandemic.

HIGH END as an important global trendsetter

From September 9 to 12, 2021, everything at the 39th HIGH END in Munich will once again revolve around excellent music reproduction, inspiring listening pleasure and masterful audio technology. For years, the HIGH END has been regarded as the world's leading audio trade fair, where the big players in the industry as well as the smaller, owner-managed companies find their ideal presentation platform. This is where business relationships are forged, networks expanded and expert exchanges cultivated. The international audio show would like to further expand its immense importance for the B2B sector after the global trade fair standstill. "The response to the second trade visitor day is consistently positive" says Stefan Dreischärf, Managing Director of HIGH END SOCIETY Service GmbH. "We are very happy about this situation and will do everything to ensure that the HIGH END can take place under the safest possible conditions." Of course, Dreischärf regrets that he will probably not be able to accommodate all orders. As in previous years, he will first have to put all further requests for the HIGH END on the waiting list.

Security at all levels

The September date brings with it a high degree of planning certainty, which is likely to be particularly important for exhibitors and visitors from abroad. Because at this point in time, it is becoming apparent that global travel options will still be limited in early summer. Valuable time can be gained over the summer months for progressive global immunization through vaccination and thus containment of the pandemic. The multiple testing opportunities provide confidence that events with large numbers of participants can be safely conducted at this time. Of course, there is also a sustainable and flexible hygiene concept that can be adapted to changing circumstances at any time.

 

 

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Here's a note from Bruno Putzeys personal blog about R
- I found it quite interesting ...

Covid Policy in 500 Words

The R number says how many new people get infected, on average, by one infected person. An R of 2 means the first case infects two people, those two go on to infect four and so on.

 

The R number is made up of two components. One is how easily the virus is transmitted. The other is how many people we meet, and how careful we are to avoid transmission.

 

The first component is only determined by the nature of the virus. The new variants are more easily transmitted, so under the same conditions the new variants have a higher R number.

 

The second component is only determined by our behaviour. The more careful we are, the lower the R number. Face masks, social distancing and vaccines all help push R down.

 

Crucially, the R number is not dependent on how many infections there are. If the virus is the same and people’s behaviour is the same, 100 cases become 200 cases in the same time that 1000 cases become 2000 cases.

 

It is tempting to set the rules on an ad hoc basis depending on infection numbers: slacken the rules (let R grow above 1) when few people are infected and tighten them when a certain panic level is reached. But now you see that even if you set the “pain threshold” very high, that will not result in more relaxed rules on average.

 

This explains why countries whose governments were loath to set restrictions (e.g., the UK) end up being locked down just as often as countries where the government was more careful (e.g., Denmark). The only difference is how many people are sick and dying.

 

But what about countries like New Zealand and Taiwan? They’re virtually Covid free! Well, that’s the twist in the tale. The trick is to smack down on the infection (keep R well below 1 long enough) until so few people are infected that you can handle them individually. Then it’s enough to shut down a village rather than the whole country. A single case in New Zealand is news.

 

Remember that the R number doesn’t depend on the number of cases. The R number for Covid-19 in New Zealand is very large – there are almost no restrictions in place. It’s just that zero times a large number is still zero.

 

By contrast, countries that try to “manage” a large number of infections are simply giving the virus time and space to evolve. When more people are sick, more virus particles are replicating and mutating. It is no wonder that countries like the UK have proven the perfect breeding ground for new variants that require ever stricter measures, and new vaccines, to combat.

 

This way, Covid-19 and its offspring will be with us for generations. Meanwhile, we can always choose to get rid of it completely. All it takes is the political courage to keep restrictions in place until there are no known cases left, and then to remain watchful for new cases.

- I was chatting with my Danish twin brother who is quite active in the whole Covid statistics thing. I mentioned to him that various governments simply seem to have a mental "ideal infection rate" and that the totality of their policy is to try regulating the system towards that target. And since they all respond forcefully but late, the system oscillates. Yes, he replied, but the silly thing is that the growth is exponential, so all they're doing is regulating R to 1 while the actual infection rate doesn't figure. And, he continued, you sound somewhat surprised so we have to assume that few people will grasp this intuitively. Touché. So I took it as a challenge to turn that observation into something that non-mathematicians can follow.

 

http://brunoputzeys.be/r4.php?item=35

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5 minutes ago, Priaptor said:

Sorry DT this diatribe of yours is filled with mistakes. People really should understand just what they post about. 

There may be a dispute between mathematics and medicine (and opiniated politicians), and I am not the one to have the final answer about that.
You - otoh - seem to be several steps closer to that point . Feel free to elaborate ....