Munich High End 2018

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Nagra:

Playing:

 

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Silbatone:

Sublime

 

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Cessaro:

 

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Magico:

TAD:

EMM Labs/Lansche

 

[Wombat]

Love those typical EU apartment listening spaces. WOW.

Can we get back to reality, now?

Otherwise I see a pale imitation of 50YO Westinghouse, Altec, JBL, et al, systems.


Altec A5:

 

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Wilson Benesch/Trinnov:

WOD Audio/Cessaro/Bergmann/Ypsilon

Vandersteen/Brinkmann

Vandersteens sounded very nice, bass was very well controlled, I believe it was active with some room correction applied.

 

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Otherwise I see a pale imitation

Its original Western Electric horns and drivers, some GIP drivers. Basically a Korean Billionaires personal collection.

Details of the monitors here:
http://silbatoneacoustics.com/images/SGW24.pdf

Predate Altec etc.

 

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Wadax/Fono Acoutica
Avantguarde Speakers, Engstrom amplifiers.

Enjoyed this. Think it was playing:

Kondo:

Thomas Mayer:

3D printed horns!

 

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TechDas:

Engstrom:

They weren't running the Palladians unfortunately.

Living Voice Olympian:

These are stunning.

Playing:

 

[Wombat]

Its original Western Electric horns and drivers, some GIP drivers. Basically a Korean Billionaires personal collection.

Ah,So not a commercial sales product. My Altec system is not for sale, either. Or for showpiece demos. I do recommend hearing this 'old-stuff' though - you may be surprised at how their clarity puts current loudspeakers to shame. They are big though. Luckily for me that is not a concern.

PS Korean company Silbatone does recreations of WE stuff. (Apologies, I missed the reference. I was unaware that Silbatone was now doing the show circuit for sales).

Altec Lansing drivers are still serviced/repaired and improved versions manufactured: https://greatplainsaudio.com/ They now also service JBL and Klipsch.

 

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Ah,So not a commercial sales product. My Altec system is not for sale, either. Or for showpiece demos. I do recommend hearing this 'old-stuff' though - you may be surprised at how their clarity puts current loudspeakers to shame. They are big though. Luckily for me that is not a concern.

No, not for sale, the GIP drivers are current production though. Well aware of JBL/Altec etc, heard various systems, certainly puts a lot to shame.

PS Korean company Silbatone does recreations of WE stuff. (sorry, I missed the reference).

They seem to make whatever they fancy, mostly new amplifiers using very rare original WE tubes. The horns and systems on display are usually originals and I assume just displayed for fun.

 

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Tune Audio/Trafomatic Audio/Rockna

APOLYT:

This thing was crazy, air suspended and air bearing.

ESD:

Carbon fibre horns.

That's about all I got round or took photos of. Fun show, recommended.

The trip was really more about:

With good friends

 

[Thomas savage]

Tune Audio/Trafomatic Audio/Rockna
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This thing was crazy, air suspended and air bearing.

ESD:
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Carbon fibre horns.

That's about all I got round or took photos of. Fun show, recommended.

The trip was really more about:

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With good friends

This is great thank you , umm beer and sausage ......

 

[Frank Dernie]

Tune Audio/Trafomatic Audio/Rockna
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What did the big Tune Audios sound like to you Edd, I've heard varied opinions?

 

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What did the big Tune Audios sound like to you Edd, I've heard varied opinions?

Showing promise, a bit rough/balance not quite to my liking. I feel they might be asking it a bit much as a two way, or perhaps the smaller horn could do with being a bit larger. Very minor gripes though, still an excellent sounding setup. It was also right after the Olympians which have a very cohesive sound and nice tone.

 

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Showing promise, a bit rough/balance not quite to my liking. I feel they might be asking it a bit much as a two way, or perhaps the smaller horn could do with being a bit larger. Very minor gripes though, still an excellent sounding setup. It was also right after the Olympians which have a very cohesive sound and nice tone.

Isn't it a 3-way with separate bass tapped horns? The main horn is indeed trying to cover a far wider range than is conventional for a horn though.

 

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Isn't it a 3-way with separate bass tapped horns? The main horn is indeed trying to cover a far wider range than is conventional for a horn though.

Yes sorry, I sort of ignored the tapped horns as they will likely just be doing the sub bass, which sounded pretty good. The main horn also seemed to sound ok, its hard to tell if what I heard was the mid horn running too high or the tweeter horn being asked to go too low. I think it is still a work in progress, but it was impressive. Not sure they would add much over your Animas though, perhaps you need a pair of WE 16As?

 

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Yes sorry, I sort of ignored the tapped horns as they will likely just be doing the sub bass, which sounded pretty good. The main horn also seemed to sound ok, its hard to tell if what I heard was the mid horn running too high or the tweeter horn being asked to go too low. I think it is still a work in progress, but it was impressive. Not sure they would add much over your Animas though, perhaps you need a pair of WE 16As?

Sheenagh loves the look of the Animas so no chance of any changes now, she is indifferent to the sound though, perfectly happy with Youtube on her laptop when researching repertoire for her next performance(s)...

 

[amirm]

Cessaro:

Ah, had not seen this in purple before!

Thanks for the pictures and posts.

 

[amirm]

3D printed horns!

Woodworking needs a lot of help though! Looks like they went to the same guy to make cabinets that makes shipping containers in his day job!