Thought I would post this one up here, rather than in the show thread. The editorial on 6Moons, MonoAndStereo, and a contributor to Audio Exotics Forum, normally full of praise for Munich, are pretty brutal about the offerings this yr, w/only a few products sounding anywhere near decent let alone good, hardly any outstanding. Rooms coming in for serious criticism are the Magico/Soulution, Kharma Grand Exquisite/Kharma, Cessaro/Cessaro. Even the big Living Voice/Kondo has had mixed comments. Those that seemed to perform were the Blumenhofer and Goebel. I'm sure there were a few more. And others were on static display like the La Assoluta. Clever, they know something.
Just what is the point of all this? Are we to take that this advert for the high end is happy to produce substandard sound, just being there is reason enough? Or are there serious issues which the exhibitors are not addressing/don't want to? And why can some rooms sound impressive? Maybe the exhibitors can't hear the crap on offer?
I have to say if I was going, and a product I was interested in was sounding pants, I would never revisit that product. Then again, maybe I'm not the typical well-loaded uber high-end consumer, that is just mesmerised by the name and the bling on offer, and doesn't listen.
Eg I've never heard Cessaro sound coherent at demos, show reports are always meh, but they lap up the brand in Asia. In fact this Audio Exotics post was the first anti-Cessaro post I've EVER seen from that particular customer base.
Go to Munich 2016? Nah, I'm painting my nails!
Just what is the point of all this? Are we to take that this advert for the high end is happy to produce substandard sound, just being there is reason enough? Or are there serious issues which the exhibitors are not addressing/don't want to? And why can some rooms sound impressive? Maybe the exhibitors can't hear the crap on offer?
I have to say if I was going, and a product I was interested in was sounding pants, I would never revisit that product. Then again, maybe I'm not the typical well-loaded uber high-end consumer, that is just mesmerised by the name and the bling on offer, and doesn't listen.
Eg I've never heard Cessaro sound coherent at demos, show reports are always meh, but they lap up the brand in Asia. In fact this Audio Exotics post was the first anti-Cessaro post I've EVER seen from that particular customer base.
Go to Munich 2016? Nah, I'm painting my nails!