High End Munich 2023 Report – The People Of The Show
THE PEOPLE ARE WHAT MAKES HIGH END MUNICH SO SPECIAL
We didn’t just visit High End Munich 2023 to see and hear some of the most amazing HiFi gear that is available, we also went to meet the wonderful people in the HiFi Industry, and that visit the show.
Here are some of the people we met at High End Munich 2023…
Stu and Lin of HiFi PiG with videographer Ben and German friends Andreas and Kirsten, at the HiFi PiG Tower on set up dayLin and Stu with Eric van Spelde our roving Benelux and Germany reporter and reviewerWith the HiFi PiG FANgirls giving out our 100% pure analogue fans on Saturday morningAll hands on deck…even CEO of Audio Group Denmark was involved in setting upAvantgarde Acoustic’s Holger with the fantastic new speaker range ColibriMorten (right) and Michael from Audio Group Denmark unpack the new Borresen speakersJean Marie of Metronome and Kalista present the new modelsStuart with HiFi legend Karl Heinz Fink and Borg Episode 2Norbert and Karl Heinz of FinkTeamStu chats to Holger of Avantgarde Acoustic…and catches up with Armin in the main Avantgarde roomStu with Lukas and Nick of GIK AcousticsMartin of Atlas was constantly busyAnd Kevin, head of Scottish cable brand AtlasThe truly fantastic Dave of GIKStu catches up with Phil Hansen, PMC’s PRStu and Ben making a video with PMC’s Oliver Thomas and Elliott WhyteA great night with team BurmesterMy Reel Club’s Ferenc KoscoHiFi PiG’s Lin with May Park of SOtMGediminas of AudioSolutionsBen and Stu filming with Kevin from iconic British loudspeaker brand Living VoiceTeam YG Acoustics from the USA …with some serious crossover parts!Xuanquian Wang of Auralic…he dismantled his own gear in the press conference to show us what was newMike Creek of Creek, always great to see fellow Brits having a successful show!Lin with another loudspeaker legend Laurence Dickie of Vivid AudioStratos Vichos of LAB 12 from AthensThe HiFi PiG Fangirls at the HiFi PiG Tower, they were handing out our free merch to visitors on Saturday
The queues went one and on on Saturday morning….Stefan and Ali of the High End Society with HiFi PiG’s StuJonathan Weiss of OMAHiFi Michael Borresen of Audio Group DenmarkAudio Group Denmark like their HiFi legends…here’s Flemming E RasmussenMartine of Very Fine Solutions…a true HiFi PiG FanFrench Reel to Reel machine brand Analog Audio Design, headed up by Christophe MartinezA Cardas family picture, Angela, Luke and Josh. Yes, Luke is wearing Lederhosen, no, nobody made him. Lovely, lovely people.Lin and Stu with Peter Gabriel of AVMStu chats to Catawiki…about watches and cameras
Some of the new faces on the Start Up stand….more to follow about these!Christopher from Berlin based VoxativBritta from Vitus Audio …another HiFi PiG Fan!Moz of Chord Electronics talks Jason of Stereophile through the new Chord Ultima modelsThis couple in the Lyngdorf room summed up what HiFi should be about…they had apparently been there agesTeam Pylon and Fezz AudioStu with the Italian team from SolidsteelWith Mr Hana cartridges himself
Lasse and partner from Little FwendJohn and Dahlia from DeVore FidelityThomas Schick and StuartStu with Peter from MoFiThe wonderful Miroslav of Way CablesStu presenting the Sounds Clever system…he did this several times during the show and it went down very well, he played a varied set of music from the Carpenters to Crass
Christina and Luke Milnes of Wilson Benesch from the UKEelco of GrimmLin with another HiFi PiG Fan from IAG’s German distributorDamon von SchweikertWith Dongsong Zhang of Limin and Lumley AudioMads of AudiovectorThe Sikora room teamLin with Robert and Janusz SikoraFernando Lezama of CONSAM in MexicoPachanko Labs, Sonner and HiFi PiG togetherKazuaki Oonaka of Takstock Co, Japan with Stu and LinVivien of Esprit Cables France at the HiFi PiG Tower…and Jeff Joseph of Joseph AudioLin from HiFi PiG, picture by Robert WongStu, Lin and Adam Sohmer from the USAGraeme from FalconRichard and Vivien from Esprit, France with StuA cool couple visiting the showwith Alan Sircom of HiFi PlusLu Kang and JavaLin with Mr and Mrs Angela CardasWith Lasse and Bjorn from Electrocompaniet of NorwayMartin from JavaThe Women In HiFi meet upStu during the High End Society Future of HiFi panel discussionRob Wong captures the usual suspects…including HiFi PiG’s Eric van Spelde on the left“Smile” …”I am smiling!!” with Hi Res Evangelist David from QobuzKaterina of LAB 12 …she’s a HiFi PiG Fan!
More HiFi PiG fans at the show!Andreas and KirstenHiFi PiG is big in Japan!
huge thanks to all three generations of Tellurium Q…TQ is the sponsor of the HiFi PiG High End Munich 2023 coverage
That’s a wrap…with Andreas and Kirsten, our wonderful German friends and HiF Show assistants
There are more High End Munich 2023 reports to follow, we will see you at High End Munich 2024, from May 9th to 12th, 2024 at the MOC Munich!
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