Munich High end 2022

Best yet was to receive an autograph from the legend Alan Parsons. 60 people were selected... from God know how many. I got lucky
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Worse and most disappointing stuff on the show:

-Living voice haven't brought the vox!!! I have of course submitted an official complaint.
They showd the very cool looking OBX
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-Western Electric new concept speaker looked well... hideous and sounded just like, nope. I didn't stay very long.
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-Magico m6. Ho Magico ho Magico... I used to be a magico fanboy but I grew old, and now I prefer paper cones and tubes.
The magico m6 sounded excactly as what it is. A formula one car trying to be fastest in everything yet forget to stop and smell the flowers.
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All Accutone, ceramic based speakers... and there were a lot! Somehow I'm not really into ceramics... also when it's Kahrma speakers and cost a gazillion. Sorry correction, kahrma are using diamonds- nope, not helping either.
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And last and worst.
Goldmund. So you are Swiss... and from the Geneva part so you are loaded....how on earth do you come up with those sharp towers? You could easily make a salad using those edges. Not impressive... who are the buyers of such product?

-honorabl mention would also be the open war committed by all presenters. In most rooms the loudness was just unbelievable. And many especially the dynamic drivers were suffering from compression... that was really unnecessary.
 
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Worse and most disappointing stuff on the show:

-Living voice haven't brought the vox!!! I have of course submitted an official complaint.
They showd the very cool looking OBX
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They should get a fine! How dare they not bring it...
I hope you thoroughly enjoyed your two days of High End madness and return home with enough inspiration to finish that masterpiece of yours!
 
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@noamgeller, thanks a lot for the photos! Did you have a chance to listen to Troels’s Ellipticor A50 in Scan-Speak’s room?
No alas! I asked scan speak about it and they said the A50 were playing in some other hotel. They also added that renting a room in this audio show costs a fortune... yet.. they must be good off having so many companies using their drivers
 
They should get a fine! How dare they not bring it...
I hope you thoroughly enjoyed your two days of High End madness and return home with enough inspiration to finish that masterpiece of yours!
I did! thanks Wesayso! And yes I'm going back to work...BTW your creation and my future one would fit right in to this mad house ;)

Maybe some day
Speaker porn!

Did Scanspeak have any actual speaker designs playing? Could you also show what ATC have on the floor?
Well, seems like at least 20% of the speakers presented are using scan speak to some degree.

I've been to ATC. They rock!
 
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The Vivas really caught my eye and the design looks intriguing. If I had the room and money, I'd look at those closer. You can't beat a well designed horn loaded setup for dynamics and overall realism.

These days, I'm really tired of the hyper dsp corrected clinical sounding stuff ie Magico. I agree paper cones are generally the preferred driver type for hearing the "music" as a whole. The one trick pony ceramics and spaceage synthetic materials that some how always portrait their character just don't cut it for me. The exception may be some Be and other metal alloy HF drivers.
 
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