High End 2014 - Munich, Germany
May 15-18, 2014
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- Created: 18 May 2014 18 May 2014
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High End 2014 Product Coverage Gallery 4
Companies featured in gallery below: Crystal Cable, Magico, Tannoy, Octave Audio, CH Precision, Simaudio, Nagra, Cambridge Audio, Amphion, Pro-Ject Audio Systems, Alpha Design Labs, Pathos Acoustics
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High End 2014 Product Coverage Gallery 3
Companies featured in gallery below: MartinLogan, Jeff Rowland, EAM Lab, Ambitious Audio Design, Ayre Acoustics, Audia Flight, Hegel Music Systems, JMC Lutherie, Estelon, Vitus Audio, Verity Audio, Ascendo
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High End 2014 Product Coverage Gallery 2
Companies featured in gallery below: Fink Audio-Consulting, Dynaudio, Dali, Audio Research, Wadia Digital, McIntosh Labs, Sonus Faber, TAD, PMC, Tidal, Arcam
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High End 2014 Product Coverage Gallery 1
Companies featured in gallery below: KEF, Devialet, ASW, Naim Audio, Gryphon Audio Designs, Orpheus, Focal, Nordost, T+A
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Variations of the Superspeaker, Part Two: Tidal Audio, Sonus Faber, and Gryphon Audio Designs
I was telling Tidal Audio designer Jorn Janczak that I thought the Contriva G2 (€41,000/pr.) was the perfect-sized loudspeaker. It is large enough to have generous internal air volume for support of a pair of 9" woofers, but also small enough to fit most real-world listening rooms. And let's face it: most audiophiles want a loudspeaker that can produce enough bass to make them feel the music -- a pair of nines will do that. At the same time, we all know that real-world speakers need to be able to fit in an average room -- not just relegated to a large dedicated listening room, which are not all that common these days. The Contriva G2 fills the bill better than most.
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Killer Colors: Sonus Faber, Crystal Cable, Vivid Audio, KEF
It wasn't that many years ago when most speakers were available in only a limited number of finishes -- all that you had to choose from were usually a small number of wood-type finishes (real or vinyl) or glossy black paint, which everyone had. Only a handful of companies were pushing beyond that limited selection. The rest were, well, boring.
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Variations of the Superspeaker, Part One: MartinLogan, Estelon, and Magico
High End 2014 was a study in contrast on the superspeaker front. Vast technological differences separated the most ambitious participants, and no clearer contrasts could be found than with three of my favorite models: MartinLogan's Neolith, Estelon's Extreme, and Magico's Ultimate III.
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