Munich High End 2018

I heard this DMM record on the Divin's - great sound!

Very dynamic and realistic. Never heard a better piano on a Hifi. And no bass problems.

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On the HifiDeluxe show in the Meriot Hotel was Acapella. The show was a bit disappointing. No room had good sound; Audio note, Jadis or Kii Audio (that was terrible). To my ears the Acapella room did not match with the huge speakers. Midrange was to loud.
 

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I heard this DMM record on the Divin's - great sound!

Very dynamic and realistic. Never heard a better piano on a Hifi. And no bass problems.

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On the HifiDeluxe show in the Meriot Hotel was Acapella. The show was a bit disappointing. No room had good sound; Audio note, Jadis or Kii Audio (that was terrible).

Thanks for sharing the vinyl recommendation, need to check it out.

I usually skip the ‘special interest‘ part of the show. Reason being is that if you buy some of this ‘special recommendation’ gear, you’ll never get rid of it again. They typically disappear as quickly as they emerged. I once ventured into some French boutique stuff and it stuck with me forever.


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Thanks for sharing Mike, the three videos offer a very nice summary of the event.

Only drag is that everything sounds almost the same on video, which it did not when being live on-site.


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I heard the Thoress room and have some familiarity with their pre. Sounded very good for a small room, and deserve credit for playing some decent music (Nick Cave). Speakers and TT were unfamiliar to me so it's hard to tell what Thoress was contributing, but overall a very enjoyable musical sound. Not overly "tubey" with decent detail, but maintaining a good emotional connection.

thank you for the report! thoress is certainly among the best of hand-built, hand-wired equipment and i have heard their pre-amp is quite special.
 
Did you happen to hear the Azzolina Mojo speakers? Those sound pretty good in the videos.


Thanks for sharing Mike, the three videos offer a very nice summary of the event.

Only drag is that everything sounds almost the same on video, which it did not when being live on-site.


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Did you happen to hear the Azzolina Mojo speakers? Those sound pretty good in the videos.

Unfortunately no.

I had set myself a program beforehand based on stuff I am in general interested in, which pretty much occupied the entire day. Probably a lots of good stuff I did not see. But I am in a good place with my system now, very few open desires right mow.




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Do not you find it strange, that a brand from the Gryphon category, had its products only in exhibition and at the best fair in the world?
 
Do not you find it strange, that a brand from the Gryphon category, had its products only in exhibition and at the best fair in the world?

Yes. I walked through that room and couldn’t believe it. I have a bunch of photos to post, but it will be next weekend. They’re on the camera and I’m in Europe this week after the show, so no way to move them till I get home.




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You need a big room and a strong floor for Divin Majestic - 226 cm high and 530kg.
It goes down to 21 Hz.

And the price is - €449,000....

I was in this room and too found it stunning, but this like several others, just overwhelmed me with their scale. Technically and sonically amazing, but I couldn’t relate to it (probably cause I’d have to build a new room to accommodate them and would have no $$ left to then buy the system).


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No these are Mingus 20 I believe. Momento 2 is much taller and much more expensive....approx. €300K I believe. Being used with Vitus amps.

I have a picture of the martens, but no way to upload it as I’m traveling on biz in Europe this week. Will do so next weekend. Stunning show - highly recommended.


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I heard the Marten Mingus twice. Unfortunately, that was just after M6, so I was spoiled. My impression was that they would require at least twice the room they were in. Bass articulation and control problems, but part of those must relate to the room. Overall, they were one of the nicest systems, MSB Select II DAC and all. God knows what was the grand total price of the system, speakers alone 310000 eur.

Did anyone hear the Exelon Extremes? Vassiliokovs run them also with an all-Vitus front end.
 
Do not you find it strange, that a brand from the Gryphon category, had its products only in exhibition and at the best fair in the world?

Must admit, same thing crossed my mind.

A bit as if they are worried of a direct comparison.


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I asked them why, and the answer was " it would have been too complicated and expensive" Well, when I asked them how much did it cost to come here and let people SEE their stuff instead of LISTENING to it, and why bother at all, they seemed to switch to Danish and I left. And yes, I own their gear.
 
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