MUNCHEN 2025 MOC / MARRIOTT The final Chapter !

My personal highlights for aesthetics and good sound for example:

Estelon & MSB​

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TIDAL Audio​

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Lorenzo Audio Labs​

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HIGH END in Munich 2025

 
I think this is at least the largest vintage and high-end collection I've found on the internet so far. I'd love to spend a month there and listen to everything. I'm wondering where he found everything in perfect condition and how long it took.
If you ever wanted to know what device sounds like, watch the over 500 videos. There are devices there that I haven't seen yet.I'm speechless
What about this:
 
It sounded pleasant indeed.
Last year or the year before it seemed the tw was overloaded
Did you have a chance to listen to the new Antileon Revelation?
 
As I saw from the pictures, Stenheim presented two models - The reference ultime two and a smaller model with two new subwoofers. What was your impression of the Ultime model?
 
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Stenheim presented two models - The reference ultime two and a smaller model with two new subwoofers.
What was your impression of the Ultime model?
Same question here.

Stenheim had two rooms.
AndromedaAudio reported that the demo there sounded good (better than last year, he said), but we don't know which model he heard.
(I would be curious about Alumine Two (SE ?) + subwoofer(s) )
Regarding Stenheim, rooms A 4.2 & F213,

I see there are two rooms:
1. One with two pairs of speakers side by side:
-Reference Ultime Two SX
-Alumine Two (SE ?) + subwoofer (the sub is new!): how did this sound, with the sub?
Could members document this a bit?
(not so sound-quality-wise, we know Stenheim are stellar speakers, but more factually; your subjective opinion over the demo is welcome though of course)

2. A second room, where there is a Stenheim-galore (3 or 4 pairs), powered by Mastersound tube amplifiers. On a video uploaded by Audiophile Junkie, this room seemed to sound more reverberant (not so convincing through headphones).
 
The system is fully active with its amps, frequency dividing networks, cd player etc. in the rack.
They also use field coil driver.
Amazing. A fully digital horn systems is one of the best of show according.to some.

Kind of off topic, but the topic is gonna wind down soon as the show is over. I want to add subs to my system and/or I want to buy amp. That is forcing me to look at an active crossover. Technically, all my analog inputs would become digitized. But I really see it as the only way to move my stereo from very good to being excellent.

I believe most stereo in most rooms need the added hand of processjng to overcome issues. Some systems and some rooms can make it without.
 
I want to add subs to my system and/or I want to buy amp. That is forcing me to look at an active crossover.
Regarding digitally controlled subwoofers, please have a look at this Finnish technology, which does not required the rest of your system to get digitized, IIUC: Antimode, by DSPeaker
 
I can see the TotalDac video (copyright must not apply in my region) and the recordings are very good.

The video seems to have been removed. I hope they will upload another version without copyright issues. I did not go through it all, but it was interesting to watch.
 
I think i missed the sibatone room this year my bad .

Regarding FM acoustics different strokes for different folks.
Thats why munich is a great show everybody will find something to his / her liking
If you had heard it you wouldn’t forget it. 1 watt was enough to deliver the goods!
 
And it was all solid State amps????
Yes, and despite the big scale and good dynamics it sounded shouty and screechy. Anything other than a big classical work sounded rather comical. Tonality…well not really.
 

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