Munich High End 2015

[Mikeeo]

After this we moved on to the main auditorium where there were 4 pairs of D200s driving a B&W Nautilus in "active" mode so no internal crossovers in the speakers themselves. The source used was a Macbook running iTunes (I think!) connected via USB. There was also a turntable there, sorry I don't know the model but I'm sure one of the vinyl enthusiasts on here will know! There were a couple of Shunyata Hydra boxes on the ground presumably covering mains distribution and filtering duties. The room was very busy and we couldn't all sit down.

Vinyl player: Bauer Audio DPS  I believe. Was considering this until I found Dr. Feickert.

Later on a group of seven of us: IanG-UK, Gentleman, stefanfreij, Mikeoo, Charlemagne, myself and Ole (a Devialet dealer from Malmo) had a very enjoyable evening out. If I recall the conversation alternated between politics and hi-fi with lots of laughter in between. I believe there are now plans for some kind of follow-up jolly in Sweden! 

Follow up is probably to be, Olle is the name and he is a Devialet dealer from Ystad (east of Malmo) and he is both mine and some stefanfreij's dealer. Gentleman is working hard to make this happen! 

A few of us met up again for lunch on Saturday and more listening in different rooms including the Raidho one which we struggled to leave, it was seriously good! 

That was seriously good (I am a Raidho owner) and best at show. They also demoed the Aavik integrated-phono-dac-etc which shares many features of the Devialet concept. Aavik is a sister company as well as the Ansuz (cables etc) to Raidho.

And Devialet? Well I though the Nautilus looked amazing but whilst there were amazing sounds coming out of these speakers overall they didn't really do it for me. I suspect a lot of this was due to the room acoustics and the crowds that were constantly pouring in (it was difficult to concentrate with the door constantly opening and closing). 

I had some time early on Saturday to sit more or less alone listening to the system and my feeling is that the bass was out of phase/tune and some of the other 3 remaining elements, I think lower tweeter. Otherwise it was very effortless.

Overall a fantastic couple of days and a big thanks to all the Devialet Chat chaps for making it such fun, I really feel like I've made some new friends. 

Couldn't agree more!

Guillaume

I don't know why there is a thumbs down above, sorry/Mike