PhilofCas
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Hi, I wouldn’t buy one even if I was a millionaire.If you need to ask the price you can’t afford it
Hi, I wouldn’t buy one even if I was a millionaire.If you need to ask the price you can’t afford it
Yes. IMHO, nothing to write home about. Thought the Cubes had muddy bass. In fact, I was surprised at the pricing of their kit. Politest thing to say is that I think they will struggle in an already crowded market.Anyone heard the NVA system?
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I liked Simon Hamnett's Isobraics / Naim / Avondale room for scale and finesse across the range.
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GPoint were making some nice noises with the French pannel speakers when i was in there.
Several other rooms were sounding good but a little difficult to access on Saturday. Some others not so great and some audiofoolery to be found as well. I didn't realise that cable risers were still a thing
Room 246 - Strictly Stereo, Dutch and Dutch 8C’s, with an Innuos mini server I seem to recall. I’ve read and listened to so much about these speakers I was really looking forward to listening to them, they didn’t disappoint, they really were a speaker/system that had me thinking ‘let’s just listen to one more track, then another, then another. Admittedly they dissected songs*, but made stuff sound really live and robust, plenty of power and guts to proceedings! (*they ripped apart a Duran Duran song to great effect, everything good and bad on display).
The UB40 was mine, one of my faves.Rooms I really liked:
On the first floor, Pascal room - Auralic G2.1 and ATC SCM40a, a very minimalist system, brilliant! I went in there twice, first time had an electronic dance type track on, I thought it was superb, just when you thought it was at the limit (it was very LOUD!) regarding bass drive, it kicked on again, very impressive. The second time I went, again it was very loud, in fact too loud for me, it exposed the recording somewhat, I’m nigh on certain had the volume been lower then this wouldn’t have been the case and would have sounded much better, it sounded really good at the higher volume but slightly grated on me.
On the ground floor, the Appleton room - G-Point Audio, very large Diptyque planar speakers, up there with the best I heard all day, again, volume really quite high, but didn’t set off any kind of harshness in my hearing, a very clear resolved sound. Were no doubt helped along very nicely by the extremely substantial supporting amps/dac etc.
Room 211 - Origin Live, vastly expensive turntable, £25k, fed into some lovely Falcon LS3/5a’s, don’t know what vintage, another room playing quite loud, but it hung together very well, I really liked how the system stayed clean and clear, without shouting, not heard LS3/5a’s for a very long time, a show at Heathrow around 1988(?) and must say I was well impressed 34 years later.
Room 219 - Longdog Audio, playing UB40’s first album, a very enjoyable sound, it did bass, midrange and treble with equal vigour, would have been very happy with system at home, including the invisible speakers!!
Room 242 - SJS Electroacoustics, a dream price system, but backed up the cost with a top notch sound, I’m not a fan of classical/violin music, not got the foggiest what was being played, I suspect fairly modern? But it was brilliant, what a sound.
Room 246 - Strictly Stereo, Dutch and Dutch 8C’s, with an Innuos mini server I seem to recall. I’ve read and listened to so much about these speakers I was really looking forward to listening to them, they didn’t disappoint, they really were a speaker/system that had me thinking ‘let’s just listen to one more track, then another, then another. Admittedly they dissected songs*, but made stuff sound really live and robust, plenty of power and guts to proceedings! (*they ripped apart a Duran Duran song to great effect, everything good and bad on display).
Lower ground floor.
Wren - KEF loudspeakers, the new LS60 and Blade Two Meta’s, both mightily impressive. Quite surreal how something so compact (the LS60) with a tiny 4” midrange driver can sound big and powerful in a large room. I think for the money these appear something of a bargain, literally, just add a phone, a streaming service and you’re going.
A great show overall, really enjoyed it.
Oh, an added bonus was seeing some old Wam crew, nice, really good to see you!
I too liked Simon Hamnett's 'Isobariks / Naim / Avondale' room for the sheer power and scale. Les's turntable was playing at the time and sounding very fine. Did anybody there see what cartridge he was using per chance?
Yes, that room was extremely good too, and I didn't manage to catch the panel speakers....maybe they were even better!
The Audio Nec speakers I noticed had used the principles of the Lineum tweeter to make a unique midrange driver, which I rated very highly.
Hi Colin,Was at my youngest Granddaughter's first birthday party yesterday and recovering today, but my old mate Ian sent me a pic of himself with Doug Brady. He dealt with Doug from the 70s, but I've only been a customer of Brady's since 1991 ish. Doug's turntable cake looks almost as good as the one I got for my 70th.
Ian also sent a pic with our other old mate Dean Brisset.
I'm quite pee'd off to have missed it now.
Maybe next year....
Rooms I really liked:
I’m not a fan of classical/violin music, not got the foggiest what was being played, I suspect fairly modern?
It was an old Lyra, I returned the TT back to its maker and had a big dose of seller regret. It really did sound better than the other Linn in the room (Radical, Kahn, Keel, Aro)I too liked Simon Hamnett's 'Isobariks / Naim / Avondale' room for the sheer power and scale. Les's turntable was playing at the time and sounding very fine. Did anybody there see what cartridge he was using per chance?
My takeaway from all of this is that Gershman really need to sort out UK distribution (if not done so already). That was one of the rooms that you just walked into and thought, yes, this sounds like I need to sit and pay attention for a while.