Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017: One great show
It took me days to digest this new show, new for me as the Warsaw Audio Video Show is going on for more than twenty years now. Big show, I think that only Munich has […]
Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017: Intriguing Eryk S. Concept
There was something like 100 rooms in the Sobieski hotel, filled with all sorts of gear and Eryk S. Concept clearly stood apart, at least in terms of originality. The main system was composed […]
Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017: Miro Krajnc and Soulsonic
Names like Andrew Jones, Laurence Dickie and Joachim Gerhard do ring a bell? From what I have found or better auditioned during the Warsaw show we must add Miro Krajnc to the list of […]
Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017: Zeta Zero shoots for the moon
This is a small world, no doubt. On my flight to Warsaw I sat next to a colleague, not a journalist but another Dr, a psychiatrist. She asked why I was on my way […]
Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017: Muarah reinvents the wheel
Speaking of originality, Muarah, a new to me Polish company that specializes in tube electronics and turntables introduced the most interesting gizmo in a long time, the Inteliclamp. It looks like a record clamp, […]
Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017: Remember my words, J. Sikora turntables
While talking with Scot Hull, our publisher, during the show, I had to let him know that such a huuuge kermesse with oh-so many never before seen brands was a nightmare to cover. The point […]
Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017: The All Blacks team from VTL, VPI and Rockport
A winning team, the American and not New Zealand, all blacks. The massive VTL S-400 II was driven by the company’s top of the line TL 7.5III pre amp. Avior II speakers by Rockport, […]
Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017: Serious high end with Jadis, Serblin and DaVinci
One of the most important rooms of the show, if you count in factors like heritage, built quality, price and last but not least, musical connection, the Grobel room with a stack of Jadis tube […]
Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017: Sveda Audio with Lampizator, bread and butter
I like monitors. I fancy listening music with monitors and I got this tip, Sveda Audio makes proper recording studio monitors, they measure their creations and get some trully great results. But monitors do […]
Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017: 1.6 mil US$ burning a hole in your pocket?
So you think you’ve seen it all, the biggest, the wildest amplifiers ever made? Think again ’cause Andrea Pivetta will built a 1.5 ton, $1.6mil power amplifier for your system. Yes, you got the […]
Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017: Boenicke, the little speaker that could
Wanna get seriously impressed by a small speaker? Wanna see how big of a sound a speaker the size of a book can throw? Visit a Boenicke room and get ready to throw your floor-standers […]
Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017: Blumenhofer, with a little help from a friend
Blumenhofer’s formula of square shaped horn speakers has drawn many eyes and ears, they perform anywhere from good to excellent depending on partnering gear. In Warsaw they were showing in a rather big room at […]
Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017: Closer Acoustics: field coils, tapes and records
I was complaining about several “me too” rooms and products on the Polish show, Closer Acoustics is definitely not a knock off. The room had single driver field coil speakers playing music through a 12″ […]
Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017: Avantgarde gets the timing right
I enjoyed listening to the demo from the company’s technical director Armin Krauss, he went on talking about the ancient theater of Epidaurus and how it manages to amplify sound for 14.000 seated spectators with […]
Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017: 8MM Audiolab
One too many shows and tons of me too products were washed away in a glimpse of an eye, just by entering the 8MM Audiolab room at the Sobieski hotel. Finally I had a […]
Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017: DAD, what’s wrong with you?
Another brand I was deeply curious about, Danish Audio Design aka DAD. They have been showing some rather impressive amps on social media, weighting somewhere in between the heavy and the ridiculous and costing as […]
Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017: DeVORE, finally!
I have been dreaming of this for a few years now, to finally listen to DeVORE Fidelity speakers here in Europe. My dream was even structured, I wanted to properly listen to these designs, meaning […]
Warsaw 2017
Warsaw 2017: Nagra goes full HD
Nagra has been on a great streak lately (as in the last 40 years or so) and after introducing the HD Power amplifiers it was time to throw in the game a top of the […]
Warsaw 2017
Audio Video Show Warsaw 2017 starts this Thursday!
Audio Video Show Warsaw 2017 starts this Thursday! And yours truly will be there, covering the entire three days. This might come as a bit of a surprise for many of our readers but let […]