THERE ARE A LOT OF SHOW DEBUTS AND VERY HIGH END HIFI SO SEE AND HEAR

Here are some of the unique and some very high end attractions at the Audio Video Show Warsaw 2024, this is not an exhaustive list but should give you a taste of what is in store for you at the show, plenty of debuts and premieres to delight the visitors.

HiFi PiG will be snoofling out the very best of the HiFi on show at the Audio Video Show Warsaw 2024, here is a taster of some of the High End delights on offer….

 

SONUS FABER SUPREMA

One of the biggest attractions of this year’s Audio Video Show will be the Sonus faber Suprema speakers, costing nearly PLN 4 million! This is the most ambitious project in the history of the brand, and consists of two main speakers, two subwoofers and one electronic crossover.

PGE National, Studio TV1 room

MAGICO M7

The Studio TV3 room at PGE National will showcase the second most expensive system of this year’s Audio Video Show – a set of specialists from Dwa Kanały, costing over PLN 5 million. It consists of the latest Magico M7 speakers, the latest MSB Cascade DAC digital-to-analog converter and the PILIUM split amplification – Cronus monoblocks and Olympus preamplifier.

PGE National, TV3 Studio Room

DESTINATION AUDIO DAC BY ŁUKASZ FIKUS

World premiere of the newest DAC resulting from the collaboration between Włodek Wiśniewski from Destination Audio and Łukasz Fikus.

 Golden Tulip Hotel, Silver room 1

MARTEN MINGUS SEPTET

Mingus Septet is another interesting premiere of this year’s Audio Video Show. The Septet is based on solutions from the top model in the Mingus line, the Orchestra.  

PGE National, Studio TV5 room

AVANTGARDE TRIO G3

In the Studio TV4 room at PGE National you can listen to the latest version of the Trio Horn speakers – G3. The speakers will be presented together with dedicated Spacehorn bass sections and a full set of Kondo tube electronics: Kagura 2i monoblocks, G1000 preamplifier, GE-7i phono and Ginga turntable.

Kondo’s boss Masaki-san himself will be present during the presentation.

PGE National, Studio TV4 room

CLARISYS AUDIO ATRIUM

The world premiere of the latest, flagship from Clarisys Audio – Atrium (785k USD).  Together with the new Clarisys, you will be able to listen to the latest version of the top Lampizator DAC – Horizon360. J.Sikora Reference turntable and KV12 Max tonearm will be the analogue source along with the Lampizator VP-4 Silver phono. Plus amplification from CAT and cabling will be supplied by KBL Sound.

Golden Tulip Hotel, Silver room 2

CIRCLE LABS V1000

The Polish company Circle Labs will present the first phono preamplifier in its history.

Golden Tulip Hotel, Golden Hall

POPORI ACOUSTICS WR3

The Hungarian manufacturer is already a regular at the Audio Video Show. The company has been around for over 25 years and specializes in the production of electrostatic loudspeakers. During the Audio Video Show 2024, it will present its latest model – the WR3. This is the smallest model in the company’s offer, measuring only 162 cm. Of course, there will also be a larger model WR2, which debuted at AVS last year.

Hotel Radisson Blu Sobieski, rooms 602 & 608

GAUDER AKUSTIK, MODEL ELARGO 200

One of the attractions of this year’s exhibition prepared by Katowice RCM will be the premiere of a series of loudspeakers from the German manufacturer Gauder Akustik, the Elargo 200 model.

Golden Tulip Hotel, Platinium Room 1

STENHEIM REFERENCE ULTIME TWO

For the first time at the Audio Video Show, we have the opportunity to listen to speakers from the Swiss company Stenheim. The Reference Ultime Two, costing PLN 800,000, are presented with the VTL TL-7.5 series 3 preamplifier, VTL Siegfried series 2 monoblocks, and on the source side, the Sony 5003 reel-to-reel tape recorder and the dCS Vivaldi APEX converter.

PGE National, room 130

TECHDAS AIR FORCE 10 TONEARM

TechDas specializes in the production of turntables, but not only. During the Audio Video Show 2024, it will present the Air Force 10 turntable arm, costing PLN 200,000.

The TechDas Air Force 10 arm tube has a layered structure and is made of magnesium with a DLC coating and CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics).

Golden Tulip Hotel, Platinium Room 1

UNITRA WSH-605

The WSH-605 integrated amplifier is the latest device designed by Unitra engineers. And can be heard in combination with the ZGB-401 speaker set. Both devices will make their debut at the Audio Video Show 2024.

 Hotel Radisson Blu Sobieski, Belweder II room / room 301

GRYPHON AUDIO APOLLO

Apollo is a collaboration between Soren Slebo of the Gryphon Design Team, turntable legend Helmut Brinkmann and the Aarhus Institute of Technology. It uses two of Brinkmann’s patented, hand-built Sinus Belt Drive motors, positioned at 180 degrees to each other, opposite the massive platter.  

Apollo will be available to listen to alongside the latest Wilson Audio Watt/Puppy 50th Anniversary loudspeakers, the classic Gryphon Antileon stereo amplifier, the Gryphon Commander preamplifier, the CD player and the Gryphon Ethos DAC.

 PGE National, room 206

ELECTROCOMPANIET AW800M

The AW800M is Electrocompaniet’s all-new, ground-up flagship power amplifier. It replaces the legendary AW 600 NEMO as the most powerful mono power amplifier. Priced at 177,000zł/pair, the AW 800 M features Electrocompaniet’s direct-coupled, high-bandwidth, open-loop topology, further enhanced by high-slew rate, very high-bandwidth amplifier stages.

 PGE National, room 209

ANCIENT AUDIO LECTOR STEP

The Krakow-based company Ancient Audio is known for its tube amplifiers, but it was its CD players that built its reputation. The Lektor Joy, presented at last year’s Audio Video Show, this year they will present its more affordable version – the Lektor Step CD player.

The new Lektor series will be supported by a new power amplifier, Solid Stereo.

Hotel Radisson Blu Sobieski, room 201

AUDIOVECTOR TRAPEZE REIMAGINED

It is a tribute to the first model in the company’s history, presented in 1979. Trapeze Reimagined is a 3-way floorstanding loudspeaker equipped with a high-power 12-inch bass-midrange driver, a 5-inch midrange driver and an AMT tweeter that remains faithful to the original design by Dr. Oscar Heil.

 PGE National, room 213

HOMOGENIX

This year’s AVS exhibition will feature the premiere of Polish turntable cartridges from Homogenix.  

Hotel Radisson Blu Sobieski, room 508

MOFI SOURCE POINT 888

The latest MoFi SourcePoint 888 speaker is named after the number of (three) 8-inch drivers used in it. The coaxial full-range driver used in the award-winning SourcePoint 8 monitor, featuring a dual neodymium magnet, paper pulp diaphragm and soft dome tweeter, is joined by two newly developed 8-inch woofers.

PGE National, room 121

PMC FACT FENESTRIA

PMC Fact Fenestria flagship loudspeakers are the result of many years of research on minimizing sound-distorting vibrations generated by the construction.

PGE National, room 120

AAVIK R-880 PHONOSTAGE

Audio Group Denmark continues to develop its flagship Aavik 880 line of devices. Following last year’s presentation of the SD-880 streamer, C-880 line preamplifier and P-880 power amplifiers, this year a new addition to the 880 series is the R-880 phono preamplifier.

The Audio Video Show in Warsaw will be the absolute world premiere of this device, which supports all currently produced cartridge types: MM, MC, but also optical cartridges from DS-Audio. Flemming Erik Rasmussen and Michael Børresen, will be present.

Hotel Radisson Blu Sobieski, Wilanów 2 room

SISOUND SOLIDUS S

The latest model of Solidus S speakers from the Szczecin company Sisound. An unusual design, because it is based on two planar ribbons, reproducing the high and midrange ranges. For the bass, a huge, 13-inch ScanSpeak speaker from the Revelator series was used, working in a closed housing.

Hotel Radisson Blu Sobieski, room 616

TECHNICS SL-1300G

At the Audio Video Show 2024, Technics will present its latest turntable, the SL-1300G, equipped with ΔΣ-Drive (Delta Sigma Drive) technology. The new turntable motor, three-layer platter and high-rigidity housing guarantee even higher sound quality. The SL-1300G model uses a coreless direct drive motor that eliminates “cogging” – the effect of uneven platter rotation.

 PGE National, Platinum Hall 3

BENNY AUDIO ODYSSEY

The latest, reference, final and production model of the Benny Audio Odyssey turntable, still warm. Last year it was in prototype form. During the Audio Video Show 2024 we will see it in its final version – Odyssey 2024.

PGE National, room 138

FEZZ OLYMPIA EVO

Olympia is the first fully balanced mono tube amplifier from Fezz. It has been equipped with a specially designed, unique microprocessor bias control system. This has enabled it to achieve over 150W per channel with 4 KT88 tubes working in a parallel push-pull system.

Radisson Blu Sobieski Hotel, Hussars Hall

FOCAL UTOPIA DIVA

The world premiere of Focal’s first wireless active loudspeaker system. Utopia Diva is the result of five years of project development with Naim electronics.

PGE National, Hall 131

MBL 101E MKII

The latest speaker from MBL the MBL 101E mk II.

Hotel Radisson Blu Sobieski, Hetman Room

PEAK CONSULT EL DIABLO

At this year’s exhibition in room 102 at the Radisson Blu Sobieski Hotel, the latest version of the El Diablo hi-end speakers will be presented. The El Diablo, costing PLN 270,000,  will play with the latest version of the Dutch brand Extraudio XP5 MKII tube preamplifier and XP-A2000mkII mono power amplifiers. The source will be the new Extraudio DAC2mkII converter.

Hotel Radisson Blu Sobieski, room 102

MCINTOSH MC2.1KW ANNIVERSARY

Premiere of the latest, top McIntosh monoblocks. Mc2.1KW is an anniversary product, prepared to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the company. Each monoblock consists of 3 separate devices – two power supplies and an amplifier module. This construction weighs over 180 kg and is able to deliver over 2000 W of continuous power. The presentations will be complemented by the reference C12000 Anniversary preamplifier, MCD12000 Anniversary CD/SACD player and Rockport Technologies Orion speakers.

PGE National, Studio TV6

VIVID AUDIO MOYA M1

Premiere of new, reference Vivid Audio speakers designed by Laurence Dickie. Priced at exactly PLN 2 million, the Moya M1 is an impressive set that is the culmination of several decades of experience. It is a 5-way design with 13 drivers. Four bass cabinets, each using two C225 bass drivers in response compensation mode with aerodynamically optimized bass ports, are complemented by two C175 mid-bass drivers, one C100 mid-range driver, one D50 high-midrange driver and one D26 tweeter. 

PGE National, room 214

CUBE AUDIO JAZZON V2

Cube Audio is one of the most well-known and recognizable Polish manufacturers of hi-end equipment in the world. During the Audio Video Show, the Poznań specialist in the construction of loudspeakers and wideband speakers will present the Jazzon v2 speakers, based on the their wideband transducer. The new version of the popular Jazzon is distinguished by a modernized membrane structure and higher efficiency.

Hotel Radisson Blu Sobieski, room 211

ZELLATON PLURAL EVO

Premiere of the Zellaton speakers on the Polish market. The German manufacturer is known for producing unique speakers using Podszus-Görlich membranes, made of hard foam. During the Audio Video Show, the Plural Evo model will be presented, using the latest Zellaton membranes, the development of which took over 5 years. The speakers will be presented with Swiss electronics from Goldmund – Telos 800 power amplifier, Mimesis Exellent preamplifier and Eidos SACD player.

Golden Tulip Hotel, Steel room

FONICA INTERNATIONAL LAGRANDE

Fonica International is an Italian manufacturer specializing in the production of planar (magnetostatic) speakers. During the Audio Video Show, for the first time in Poland, we will have the opportunity to listen to the top model LaGRANDE. These speakers have separate panels for reproducing low, medium and high frequencies, actively powered by built-in N-Core amplifiers and an active crossover built on the basis of DSP circuits.

Hotel Radisson Blu Sobieski, Arkadia II+III room

ESTELON ESTELLE EXTREME MKII

A quick glance at the flagship floor-standing speakers Extreme mk II from the Estonian company Estelon is enough to understand where their name comes from. This is a product that is completely extreme, both in terms of price (PLN 1 million), design, components used, and sound quality. It’s also hard not to notice the two-meter giants weighing over half a ton and with Estonian origins.

Golden Tulip Hotel, Golden room 1

WILSON THE WATT/PUPPY AND WILSON AUDIO ALEXX VFX

Wilson Audio has prepared two premieres this year. In room 206 of the PGE National Stadium, the latest incarnation of the icon in the company’s offer – The Watt/Puppy 50th Anniversary – will be presented. Additionally, in the Studio TV2 room, the world premiere of Wilson Audio Alexx Vfx sets will take place.

PGE National, Studio TV2 room and room 206

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AUDIO VIDEO SHOW WARSAW 2024 INFO

The 26^th edition of the Audio Video Show Warsaw 2024 takes place from the 25^th – 27^th of October 2024, there are three locations, the PGE National Stadium, the Sobieski Hotel and the Golden Tulip Hotel.

With its 2 thousand square meters of exhibition, it is the second largest event of its kind in Europe. This year there will be over 170 exhibitors and more than 600 brands.

There are seminars and presentations, live music, a record fair, Headfi exhibition in the Headphone Zone and more, it is a true HiFi and Home Cinema experience, not to be missed.

AV SHOW WARSAW 2024 TICKETS

Day tickets are PLN 60. Three-day passes are also available at the price of PLN 90. Available online in advance and on the door. Youths up to 16 years of age – free admission.

Payments at the cash registers are accepted in cash and by card.

The ticket and pass are exchanged at the entrance for a wristband, entitling you to enter the entire exhibition area (all three locations). The ticket price includes an 88-page guide to the exhibition.

AUDIO VIDEO SHOW WARSAW 2024 OPENING TIMES

The exhibition will be open on the following days and hours:

Friday, October 25th 2024, 12:00 pm – 8.00 pm

Saturday, October 26th 2024, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm

Sunday, October 27th 2024, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm