London Audio Show - Heathrow
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They were Stirlings, they where paired with Sugden amp and phono stage. I really liked them.
The Tannoys with the Sugden amps was best of show imo. But overall I echo the others here; very light show, few exhibitors, narrow product ranges on display, and most rooms sounded little more than ok despite the significant price tags (par for the course with shows, I know). I arrived lunchtime today, last day, with 2.5 hours to go. Several exhibitors including MFA had already packed up and left, making a mockery of those of us who buy tickets. I'd give it a C- as shows go, and can't imagine this current Chester format has legs for the next year unless there is a significant increase in exhibitors
I remember the Penta shows with fondness.
This show was nicely organised and at least the parking was made free. However, I arrived at 9.30 on Sat morning and was lucky to find a spot. By the time I left, cars were strewn all over the place.
I liked the show, but it was too small. I did an initial pass and double backed to the rooms I liked, but I had finished in a couple of hours.
Footfall seemed good, it looked like a lot of people attended.
It would be great if they could get more exhibitors for future shows, but it's really difficult now it seems to garner interest for audio shows in the UK.
This show was nicely organised and at least the parking was made free. However, I arrived at 9.30 on Sat morning and was lucky to find a spot. By the time I left, cars were strewn all over the place.
I liked the show, but it was too small. I did an initial pass and double backed to the rooms I liked, but I had finished in a couple of hours.
Footfall seemed good, it looked like a lot of people attended.
It would be great if they could get more exhibitors for future shows, but it's really difficult now it seems to garner interest for audio shows in the UK.
In fact I like such small formats compared to the crowded and noisy mega-shows in a way. It allows to assess gear for yourself rather than theoretically listen to the super expensive stuff.
I had some agenda and almost completed what was intended:
New Tannoy SGM 10, btw really liked that tiny Heed amp
New (returned) format of Audio Note speakers with AX-2. Expectation was to hear with M2/P2 pairing but there was Cobra which I donāt like much. Still nice setup
Russell K. Again hoped for 50s but there were 100s today.
Also at small shows itās easier to listen to some hi-end like it is in your real listening room, no queues
Quick remainder of MSB sound
Nice analog setup
Some heavyweight Italian tubes
I had some agenda and almost completed what was intended:
New Tannoy SGM 10, btw really liked that tiny Heed amp
New (returned) format of Audio Note speakers with AX-2. Expectation was to hear with M2/P2 pairing but there was Cobra which I donāt like much. Still nice setup
Russell K. Again hoped for 50s but there were 100s today.
Also at small shows itās easier to listen to some hi-end like it is in your real listening room, no queues
Quick remainder of MSB sound
Nice analog setup
Some heavyweight Italian tubes
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That little Heed/Qutest combo with the Tannoys sounded good. I was less taken by the audio note room but maybe I just wasnāt into the music they played when I visited. Sounded rather diffuse and a bit thin to meIn fact I like such small formats compared to the crowded and noisy mega-shows in a way. It allows to assess gear for yourself rather than theoretically listen to the super expensive stuff.
I had some agenda and almost completed what was intended:
New Tannoy SGM 10, btw really liked that tiny Heed amp
New (returned) format of Audio Note speakers with AX-2. Expectation was to hear with M2/P2 pairing but there was Cobra which I donāt like much. Still nice setup
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Russell K. Again hoped for 50s but there were 100s today.
Also at small shows itās easier to listen to some hi-end like it is in your real listening room, no queues
Quick remainder of MSB sound
Nice analog setup
Some heavyweight Italian tubes
I would never use pc as a source in real life for such setup, itās really a bottleneck. But the idea was to demonstrate some native dsd files.
Quite relaxed presentation which is ok for their junior levels. Real punch with AN starts when budget usually ends unfortunately.
hifinutt
hifinutt
wonder what msb monoblocks they were ? looks smaller than the lovely m500 which would buy a ferrari!!
https://hifiguy.co.uk/products/brands/msb/the-m500-mono-amplifier/
or more likely the 35k stereo s202 maybe
https://hifiguy.co.uk/products/brands/msb/the-m500-mono-amplifier/
or more likely the 35k stereo s202 maybe
Bill Crowley
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Thanks for sharing some picsI went. There was a surprisingly small number of rooms. How can a London based show have such a low turnout of exhibitors? The Whittlebury show was substantially bigger than this. Most rooms sounded average to me. OK so I was there early so maybe some kit needed to warm up a bit but a return to many rooms left me underwhelmed. One of the reasons I made the journey was to hear some Gershman speakers. In this case their Monitor Studio standmounts. I was hoping that they might have the relaxed presentation of their Avant Guarde model that I owned for a few years and really enjoyed but no. I suppose āStudioā says it all. Still pretty good just not what I was hoping for.
They did have a very nice looking Zavfino turntable in the system.
The Winters Audio room was impressive. The system was being driven by a Gryphon Essence 120 integrated paired with Giya loudspeakers and centre stage a direct drive turntable with a milled aluminium plinth from a new UK company called Onkk. Very nice if you like the curvacious look. Fitted with a Tri-Planer arm and a Murasakino Sumile cartridge. It all sounded really good.
Audio Note delivers again. I walked in to Rage Against the Machine being played. A nice change from the usual meh. Those small pair of Ax2 standmounts were amazing. Rage was followed up with some Gorillaz which again sounded great. A very impressive system at the low end of their product range.
The other room I really liked was the Russell K room which was running a pair of the RED 50se standmounts with Rega amplification. Lovely sounding speakers.
Quite disappointing overall. Ā£3 for a half filled cup of tea and ULEZ charges donāt help either. I doubt I'll bother next year.
Whittlebury was way better IMO.
