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High End 2014: Technical Audio Devices shows how it’s done

May 26, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis 2

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis TAD brought the complete series of products and in the big F130 room gave a spectacular presentation, hosted by chief designer Andrew Jones. On two different sessions we managed to hear […]

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High End 2014: Turkish delight in the Absolare room

May 26, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis 1

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis Kerem Kucukaslan, founder of Absolare had reason to be happy. His room was among the best sounding of the show. With a total price of around 400.000 euros, this rig consisted of […]

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High End 2014: Need coffee! Wilson Benesch and MiZiK Music to the rescue?

May 26, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis 4

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis Time was flying fast, feet were killing me and all I needed was a nice coffee. Walking through the corridors I found a self-service coffee oasis in the Wilson Benesch room. […]

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High End 2014: Thomas Mayer and Wolf von Langa, rising stars

May 25, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis Comments Off on High End 2014: Thomas Mayer and Wolf von Langa, rising stars

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis Back in the States, these designers are not so famous and even here in Europe, they could be considered almost newcomers when compared to historic brands and their famous founders. New ideas […]

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High End 2014: Avantgarde Acoustics and the Kingdom of Horns

May 25, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis Comments Off on High End 2014: Avantgarde Acoustics and the Kingdom of Horns

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis If I was to ask you for the first thing that comes to mind when I say “horn speaker”, what would you say? If you are an American that would probably […]

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High End 2014: M for Manhattan, the new Mytek DAC

May 24, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis 2

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis Mytek Digital has been a pioneer in digital playback both with their pro and consumer series, but this time they went beyond their usual “prosumer” style. The new Manhattan DAC was […]

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High End 2014: Raidho’s diamonds

May 24, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis 6

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis Raidho of Denmark brought a series of speakers but we managed to hear only the two bigger ones as the smaller and highly anticipated X-1 were only on static display. The […]

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High End 2014: Mythology from ENIGMAcoustics

May 23, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis 3

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis With the world’s first passive electrostatic tweeter (with frequency response up to 40KHz) under their belt, next up for ENIGMAcoustics was a complete speaker. That speaker is called the Mythology M1; it’s a two-way […]

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High End 2014: Silbatone and the wall of sound

May 23, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis 7

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis In the big F129 room, a special treat was awaiting visitors. So special that, chances are, you will never get to listen to it or its like ever again. Because this system is […]

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High End 2014: Chord and PMC with the Big Brit Sound

May 22, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis Comments Off on High End 2014: Chord and PMC with the Big Brit Sound

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis If you are somewhat attracted to the “monitor” sound, preferably the one that comes from a consumer line of products created by companies with close relationships to the pro world, then […]

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High End 2014: McIntosh Americana

May 22, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis 3

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis McIntosh Labs powered the live performance of Barbara Belloni in the Fine Sounds Group stage but created a special atmosphere in the all-McIntosh room. In the entrance, we found some classics […]

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High End 2014: Jarre Technologies and the AeroSkulls

May 21, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis 1

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis Electronic music pioneer J.M. Jarre launched his lifestyle audio line of products a couple of years back. I admit I was unaware of the Aerosystem One and Aerodream but this is […]

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High End 2014: Esoteric goes Grandioso with German Physiks

May 21, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis 3

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis Last year, Esoteric went on an all out assault of what is possible in the digital domain by introducing the Grandioso D1 monoblock DACs and P1 SACD player with external PSU […]

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High End 2014: Gryphon goes compact, sort of

May 20, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis Comments Off on High End 2014: Gryphon goes compact, sort of

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis In a “press only” demonstration, Flemming Rasmussen, founder and CEO of Gryphon Audio Designs walked us through his latest creation, the Pantheon Reference loudspeakers. The Pantheon is considered by Gryphon to […]

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High End 2014: Who said the Hi End systems can’t rock? Enter the Sonus Faber Lilium

May 20, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis 2

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis Fine Sounds Group went all out with a one of a kind live performance. They brought Barbara Belloni and her group, the “Four Fried Fish”, all the way from Italy to […]

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High End 2014: KEF and its Blades

May 19, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis 2

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis KEF silently launched the Blade TWO during Munich 2014. Silently because the beautiful blue Blades were on static display next to the even more exotic Muon. Inside KEF’s booth one and a […]

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High End 2014: Elegance is portable and sounds amazing with the new Astell&Kern AK100 II and AK120 II

May 18, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis 7

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis The Astell&Kern stand was under assault from visitors trying to grasp the sound quality of these devices. The new AK100 II was connected to Ultrasone edition 8 headphones while the more […]

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High End 2014: DSD made simple, the Auralic ARIES

May 17, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis 13

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis Up till now, a typical system for DSD playback would require a DAC, a computer, a NAS or hard disc and naturally amps and speakers. Auralic is about to change all […]

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High End 2014: Estelon + Vitus = Extreme

May 17, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis 9

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis What would you expect from a speaker that goes by the name “Extreme”? To push the limits of proven concepts to the edge? To use some of the finest materials for […]

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High End 2014: Kharma and Orpheus for best smelling room in Munich?

May 16, 2014 Panagiotis Karavitis Comments Off on High End 2014: Kharma and Orpheus for best smelling room in Munich?

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis Kharma provided excellent smell as usual in their room. Wait — excellent smell? Seems as if the Kharma guys went beyond providing excellent sound, they lighted up some aromatic candles in […]

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