We went yesterday, the Boyer room was superb. First off we heard the integrated amp with the Kroma stand mounts, I've never heard sound staging like it, depth and width were phenomenal, and sheer all round musicality. Of course we had to ask when the floorstanders were to be re-introduced, 30 minutes was the reply so back we went. The sound was still excellent and better than 95% of anything else we have heard but not quite the same as our original visit. How much of this excellent sound was down to individual components I don't know but I suspect the Wadax more than played their part.
Other notable rooms, Blackwood (never heard of this brand before from Croatia) demo'ed their full system including speakers (active but with the amplifiers in a separate case outside the speakers, dsp and streamer). Very easy to listen to but at a cost of 100k euros not cheap. Another set of speakers in the room had the amps inside them, we didn't hear these but would cost 45k euros so obviously different budget levels.
Connecting Music - Enjoyed this room using Mastersound 845 integrated and Sonus Faber Maxima Amator.
Absolute Sounds had a smaller room with DeVore Orangutan's with a Trafomatic Rhapsody amp (£20k
), quite enjoyed these especially after walking out of another Absolute Sounds dem. (see below)
The worst sound for both of us was the demonstration of the D'Agostino amp with Wilson Sacha V, seriously we couldn't wait to exit that room the sound was so bad.
Finally, how to upset someone without really trying, talk to the gentleman representing D'Agostino and tell him you think Audio Research are a great match with Wilson speakers.
Nearly forgot, not being a headphone user much, but we did get to hear two pairs of Dan Clark headphones in the Electromod room. They were simply the most comfortable phones we have ever tried, but at £2k and 4K it would be seriously over kill for the amount of use they would get.
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