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Bristol February 2017
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I still find these shows quite exciting for some reason. Maybe it’s coming across something unexpected or actually hearing something sublime! Having not been to the Bristol show for three years, I was looking forward to it even though Devialet were not going to be there. For sure, there is a lot of dross at this show but it doesn’t set out to be a high end show like Munich. It’s a consumer show with a fairly broad appeal.

I now seriously want some TAD loudspeakers or at least try them out with my D400 at home. Nothing else at the show made me want to reach for my wallet.

Some demos did not sound right to me. The Cyrus/KEF Blade 2 should have been more impressive I thought. I have heard both of these sound better in other systems. Unlike Confused, I thought the Spendor/Auralic system sounded flawed. This was with a classical piece. I did not wait to hear any other music however. 

Strangely, I was rather taken by the sound of one or two of the valve based systems on show. There was a Ming Da power amp which had a very seductive approach. Perhaps I was tiring of the relentlessly harsh sound of low cost transistor amps.

There were several active speakers on show this year from Canton and Dali for example. Also many attempts at one box solutions, even from Quad! Manufacturers seem to be keen to cover all possible requirements.

Perhaps if Devialet is serious about the U.K. HiFi market, it should have been here. Devialet seems to have it’s own somewhat quirky marketing methods however and it studiously avoids the largest HiFi exhibition in this country. I still enjoyed it though!
D440 Pro, Auralic Aries G1, Project Xtension 10, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Esoteric SA-50, Sonus Faber Olympica II, Audioquest cables. Mutec MC-3 + USB.
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Bristol February 2017 - by IanG-UK - 22-Feb-2017, 18:47
RE: Bristol February 2017 - by IanG-UK - 26-Feb-2017, 14:29
RE: Bristol February 2017 - by Hifi_swlon - 26-Feb-2017, 17:38
RE: Bristol February 2017 - by Confused - 08-Jan-2018, 18:19
RE: Bristol February 2017 - by IanG-UK - 08-Jan-2018, 20:13
RE: Bristol February 2017 - by Confused - 24-Feb-2018, 11:27
RE: Bristol February 2017 - by petrik - 24-Feb-2018, 15:30
RE: Bristol February 2017 - by Harry. - 25-Feb-2018, 00:29
RE: Bristol February 2017 - by Confused - 25-Feb-2018, 15:58

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