Report three from the recent High End Show in Munich by Stuart Smith, Hifi Pig’s editor and Chief Shenanigans Officer and featuring: CH Precision, Wilson Benesch, Etsuro Urushi, Master Built and GIK, Voxativ, Chord Electronics, Tune Audio, Trafomatic, Audiobyte, Rockna and Skogrand, iFi and finally PMC. Read on because one of these provided the highlight of the show for me…and I don’t say that lightly!
Saturday saw me flying solo at the High End Munich 2019 Hifi Show. As an intrepid Hifi Journalist, I grabbed my camera and made my way up to the top floor of the show, 4.2, to pick up from where we had left off the previous day. This top floor is always one of the best areas of the show, the brands often keep the same room year on year, so it’s easy to orientate yourself and see everything. The same brands, however, doesn’t mean the same gear every year…I was treated to some stunning rooms and some fab surprises. There is also a strong French contingent up there so it was nice to have a break from my limited German language skills and ‘parlé Francaise’ a little. More »
Continuing Hifi Pig’s coverage of the recent Munich High End Show Stuart Smith brings you more information and thoughts from the event, this time including horn loudspeakers from Odeon Audio, new products from Auralic which were showcased using Spendor loudspeakers, more horn loudspeakers of gargantuan proportions from Stein, from the UK Harbeth and finally a listen to the latest Elysian loudspeakers from Wharfedale.
Welcome to the first of my reports from this year’s High End Munich show which took place from 9th to 12th of May at the brilliant MOC venue in Munich and featuring: TAD (Technical Audio Devices) Laboratories, Kii Audio, Technics, Octave, ATC, GATO and Emotiva, Audio Reference, Dan D’agostino, Absolute Sounds, Canton, DALI, AVM, Primare and inakustik, Accuton and Bugatti, JoSound and Axjets, Crystal Cables and Siltech, Vitus Audio, THRAX, Raidho/Scansonic, Joseph Audio and Alluxity and Weiss & PSI Audio.
Munich High End is always a packed event and this year was no exception with a great mix of industry people and music lovers alike. Whether you are a fan of streaming audio, vinyl, tubes/valves, solid state, full range speakers, horn loudspeakers…or even sports cars, there is going to be lots for you to see and hear at High End and we hope our coverage of the show gives you a feeling of being there to some extent.
As well as being very well attended, the show is also absolutely huge and you can kind of tell the people who are making their first visit to High End as they begin the day looking not a little dazed and confused – or perhaps that was the previous night’s beer intake.
We try to cover as much of the show as is physically possible but to get into every room, make notes and take pictures is impossible and this year we have been somewhat selective – but don’t worry as we will have reports from myself, Linette, Ian Ringstead and Janine Elliot, as well as a report from the HifiDeluxe show that takes place at the same time in Munich.
So, without further ado, here is my first report featuring: TAD (Technical Audio Devices) Laboratories, Kii Audio, Technics, Octave, ATC, GATO and Emotiva, Audio Reference, Dan D’agostino, Absolute Sounds, Canton, DALI, AVM, Primare and inakustik, Accuton and Bugatti, JoSound and Axjets, Crystal Cables and Siltech, Vitus Audio, THRAX, Raidho/Scansonic, Joseph Audio and Alluxity and Weiss & PSI Audio.
Where are all the women in Hifi and Audio we hear you say…we are in Munich, well quite a few of us anyway!
PMC was on our ‘must visit’ list, not only were they teasing us with new product releases, they were playing the Capitol Studios Dolby Atmos remix of the iconic Miles Davis albums, ‘Kind of Blue’ and ‘Sketches of Spain’.
Huei distils 30 years of amplifier design and engineering into an all-new phono preamp. Advanced microprocessor-controlled phono preamp brings Chord Electronics’ three-decade-strong amplification expertise to turntables everywhere for £990.
Accuton are inviting you to their stand in Atrium 3 at the High End Fair in Munich, where you can personally experience their unique automotive sound system, custom-developed for the Bugatti Chiron.
High End Munich 2019 Latest Show News From CAD, YAR, Wilson Benesch, Bayz Audio, ESD And Grimm Audio
Everyone is just about to set off, is on their way or some folks are already in Munich preparing for this truly amazing Hifi Show! We have even more news for you…have a look and catch up now.
Grimm Audio’s new MU1 Music player will be in the spotlight. After a few appearances of the prototype, the final shipping model is now ready. For the first time, the high performance upsampling and downsampling algorithms that run in the proprietary FPGA sound card of the MU1 can be auditioned.
See and hear the 1543 MKII DAC, USB I & II cables, CAD Audio Transport (CAT), GC1, GC3 and the European premiere of the brand new GC-R Ground Control.
Four years of R&D, followed by three years of on-field tests, result in the second generation of YAR, the audio system made of B-yond, the hybrid integrated amplifier, Feeld, its own base, Y-der, the speakers and the YAR set of cables.
Hifi Pig proudly brings you Essential High End Munich 2019. We have a foreword by Stefan Dreischärf of The High End Society, the organisers of the High End show, plus information on getting about in Munich, where and what to eat and a full list of all the exhibitors and where you can find them. We’ve also included details of the HifiDeluxe show that happens the same time as High End Munich. Best of all it’s FREE to download! Take a look and click the link or the image.
BɅYZ Audio announces the debut of the Counterpoint loudspeaker, the flagship of the BɅYZ Audio lineup. We first came across the brand at last year’s Hifideluxe Show.
Remember that crazy big carbon-fibre horn system from last year’s show? Well, ESD are back again.
HIFI PIG ADVERTISING PROMOTION
Hifi Pig brings you a series of promotional articles about the essential brands to have on your ‘go visit’ list at High End Munich 2019. Read on for more about their philosophy, their products and, of course, where they will be at this year’s High End Show.
In the recent years PureAudioProject has established itself as a leading provider of Open Baffle Speakers…
Even more High End Munich 2019 News for you lucky readers, catch up with what’s happening now.
Apertura is a French high end loudspeaker brand that was created in 1978 by Christian Yvon. In 2018, they celebrated 35 years of passion for music.
In room A4.2 F219 Franc Audio Accessories will celebrate their 10th Anniversary with a whole lot of new products.
EMM Labs main room is Atrium 4, 1st Floor, Room E111 where they will be showing all of their latest products including:
