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100+ Head-Fier
On Friday and Saturday 10-18h, 200-300czk entrance fee, accessibility by metro (Dejvická station) pretty good accessibility from airport, bad parking options for cars (see below for mor information), location HOTEL Vienna House by Wyndham Diplomat Prague, Evropská 15 . Homepage , 2000+ squared meters of rooms in several hotel floors, 200+ workshops. Program, attractions and premiers - translated link. .
Brands present:
1More 2A acoustic 432 EVO AAI Aavik Abyss Accuphase acoustic energy Acoustic Signature acrolink Advance Paris Aidas Cartridges Air Tight Akustické prvky Alluxity ALO Audio AMG Ansuz AQ Arcam Argon Aries Cerat Artcoustic Artesania Audio artnovion Astell&Kern Audeze audia Audio Analogue Audio Control Audioengine Audiolab Audionet AudioNote UK Audio Physic AudioQuest Audio Research AudioSolutions Audio Technica Audiovector Auris avantgarde acoustic AVID AVM AVPro Edge Axxess Ayre Baudio Benchmark Bergmann Audio bespoke audio Blok Blue Horizon Bluesound Blumenhofer Blustream Boressen Bowers&Wilkins Bricasti Design Brinkmann BulletTrain Burmester Burson Audio Cabasse Cable4 cambridge audio Campfire Audio Canor Canton Carbide Cardas Cary Audio Castle CEC Chesky Records Chord Cable Chord Electronics Clarysis Audio Clearaudio Comply copland Crayon Crystal Cable Dali Dan Clark Audio Degritter denon Devialet Diamond Sound Diapason DreamVision Dr Feickert DS Audio Dynaudio Eagle Cable Eamlab EAT Ecosse Ediscreation EgglestonWorks EKSA Ekustik electrocompaniet Elfton elipson EMM Labs Emotiva Ergo Erzetich Esprit estelon Etymonic EverSolo Exposure F & S Electronics Falcon Loudspeakers Feliks Audio Fergusson Hill Ferrum Final Audio Finite Elemente FirstWatt Fischer & Fischer Flexson Focal Fonolab Fosi Audio Fyne Audio Garvan Gauder Akustik German Physiks Goldenberg Grado Grimm Audio Gryphon Hana Harbeth Heeskof Hegel Heil AMT HiBy Music HiFiMAN HiFi ROSE HiFi Stay Holosonics Horning Hybrid Systems Hornmanufaktur iBasso iClever iFi inakustik Integra Integrityhifi Intezze IsoAcoustics ISOL8 IsoTek Jadis JBL JVC KALISTA Kanto Keces KEF Keith Monks Kinera Kiseki Klipsch Kora KrautWire Kronos Audio Kubala & Sosna Lampizator Leak Leema LEICA Lindemann Linn Lithe Audio Living Voice LoftSonic Lumagen lumin Lyngdorf M101 MadVR Magnetar Manley Labs Marantz Mark Levinson Marten MartinLogan Matrix Audio MBL mcintosh MEE Audio Meridian Meze Mission MoFi Electronics Mola Mola Monitor Audio Moon Moondrop Morel Mudra Akustik Murideo Musical Fidelity Métronome NAD Nadral Naim Audio NAT Neat Acoustics Neumann Nitty Gritty Noble Audio Nordost Norma Audio norstone Octave OneOdio Onkyo Opera Loudspeakers ORB OXS Pachanko Labs Panamorph Panda Screens Pannde Pass Labs Pathos Paul Pang Peachtree Audio PEAK Consult Perlisten Perreaux Pi audio Piega Pillartech Pillium Pink Faun PMC polk audio PrimaLuna Primare ProAc ProJect PSB PureLink Pure Threatre PVA QED QUAD Qualio Qualiton Raidho RDacoustic Reed Rega Rekkord REL Remton Revival Audio RiCable RIHA Riviera Labs Robert Meyer Turntables Rockna Rockport Technologies Roksan Roon rotel Roth RTM Ruark Russound Scansonic HD Schnepel Schoers & Schoers Screen Excellence Sennheiser Shunyata Research Silent Angel Silent Laboratories Silentmax Siltech Solid Tech Sonance Sonitus sonus faber Sorane SOtM Soulnote soulution soundcare SoundPeats Soundsmith Spectral Spendor SPL Audio Sroll Stage III Concept STAX Stillpoints Storm Audio Stromtank SVS Sweet Vinyl Synergistic Research T+A Taiko Audio tangent Tannoy TCL TelluriumQ Telos TempoTec ThenAudio The Wand TIDAL TINHiFi Ton Traeger Topping Torus Power Townshend Audio Tozo Trenner&Friedl Triangle TRINNOV Tronsmart Ultrasone Unison Research Unitra Van den Hul Verum Audio Viborg Vienna Acoustics Vimberg Violectric Vitus Audio Vivid Audio Vogel's Volumio VYDA Laboratories Warwick Acoustics Wavemaster Way Cables WBT Weiss Wharfedale WiiM Wilson Wilson Benesch WireWorld Wood Equalizer Xavian XLO YG Acoustics Ypsilon Electronics Yurbuds Zavfino Zesto Audio Zidoo Zyx
Parking info:
parking available at the hotel (for a fee) or in adjacent underground parking capacities within a 5-minute walk (for a fee)
we recommend not parking in the hotel's underground garages - they are reserved for exhibitors
parking is possible in adjacent blue zones after paying a fee (EasyPark application, SMS,...)
I am just a visitor, in no way related to organizers of the show.
It happens on yearly basis.
Photo reports from previous years.
My report:
Ill share few photos. Best sounding rig where we spent most time had Elfton speakers. Best money no object rig was red snails powered by Mcintosh of course.
Best headphones I heard were from Abyss (Diana DZ, Joal) but my 100usd Sennheiser HD540 were on acoustic genres even better. I have heard also 2 headphones from Final audio (D8000DC and DC Pro), Verum One, new Sennheiser Hd550 ( i preffered it to HD600). HD550 has better tonality then HD540 for modern music, but is no match for brighter HD540 in spatial presentation and details and in some types of music where brighter tonality is better. I do not like HD600 because it sounds too soft (mushy).
They had no Hifimans to compare or Aune or Fiio headphones. But I heard again Focal Stellia, which I still like a lot, Meze Empyrean 2 and Grado HP100. Grado had more emphasis on treble then Final Audio or Verum. Dan Clarks two closedbacks (Stealth and Noire X). Stealh was definitelly on Stellia’s level. I would be happy with any of Verum, Abyss, Grado or Final Audio. I compared these on same Feliks Audio Euforia Evo valve headphone amp. But my Hd540 from eBay bested all of them on purely accoustic genres.. Only Diana DZ showed more detail, otherwise Hd540 has comparable detail to them and more detail then new HD550. I liked HD550 a lot tonality wise and frequency response wise for modern music. I would recommend it over any other available Sennheiser headphones as your first nice sounding headphone for easy listen.
I did not like Empyrean 2 as much as I would like. Its sound is too balanced and tiny bit boring.
I also heard and liked Warvick Acoustic Sonoma M1 electrostatic amp with Bravura headphones. They were on same or slightly better level than Diana DZ, but clamping force was too high on them. Unbearably high.
Then I heard Stax SR-X9000 but loudness of the room was too high for their evaluation.
More details on comparisons of "current flagships" to HD540 here.
Brands present:
1More 2A acoustic 432 EVO AAI Aavik Abyss Accuphase acoustic energy Acoustic Signature acrolink Advance Paris Aidas Cartridges Air Tight Akustické prvky Alluxity ALO Audio AMG Ansuz AQ Arcam Argon Aries Cerat Artcoustic Artesania Audio artnovion Astell&Kern Audeze audia Audio Analogue Audio Control Audioengine Audiolab Audionet AudioNote UK Audio Physic AudioQuest Audio Research AudioSolutions Audio Technica Audiovector Auris avantgarde acoustic AVID AVM AVPro Edge Axxess Ayre Baudio Benchmark Bergmann Audio bespoke audio Blok Blue Horizon Bluesound Blumenhofer Blustream Boressen Bowers&Wilkins Bricasti Design Brinkmann BulletTrain Burmester Burson Audio Cabasse Cable4 cambridge audio Campfire Audio Canor Canton Carbide Cardas Cary Audio Castle CEC Chesky Records Chord Cable Chord Electronics Clarysis Audio Clearaudio Comply copland Crayon Crystal Cable Dali Dan Clark Audio Degritter denon Devialet Diamond Sound Diapason DreamVision Dr Feickert DS Audio Dynaudio Eagle Cable Eamlab EAT Ecosse Ediscreation EgglestonWorks EKSA Ekustik electrocompaniet Elfton elipson EMM Labs Emotiva Ergo Erzetich Esprit estelon Etymonic EverSolo Exposure F & S Electronics Falcon Loudspeakers Feliks Audio Fergusson Hill Ferrum Final Audio Finite Elemente FirstWatt Fischer & Fischer Flexson Focal Fonolab Fosi Audio Fyne Audio Garvan Gauder Akustik German Physiks Goldenberg Grado Grimm Audio Gryphon Hana Harbeth Heeskof Hegel Heil AMT HiBy Music HiFiMAN HiFi ROSE HiFi Stay Holosonics Horning Hybrid Systems Hornmanufaktur iBasso iClever iFi inakustik Integra Integrityhifi Intezze IsoAcoustics ISOL8 IsoTek Jadis JBL JVC KALISTA Kanto Keces KEF Keith Monks Kinera Kiseki Klipsch Kora KrautWire Kronos Audio Kubala & Sosna Lampizator Leak Leema LEICA Lindemann Linn Lithe Audio Living Voice LoftSonic Lumagen lumin Lyngdorf M101 MadVR Magnetar Manley Labs Marantz Mark Levinson Marten MartinLogan Matrix Audio MBL mcintosh MEE Audio Meridian Meze Mission MoFi Electronics Mola Mola Monitor Audio Moon Moondrop Morel Mudra Akustik Murideo Musical Fidelity Métronome NAD Nadral Naim Audio NAT Neat Acoustics Neumann Nitty Gritty Noble Audio Nordost Norma Audio norstone Octave OneOdio Onkyo Opera Loudspeakers ORB OXS Pachanko Labs Panamorph Panda Screens Pannde Pass Labs Pathos Paul Pang Peachtree Audio PEAK Consult Perlisten Perreaux Pi audio Piega Pillartech Pillium Pink Faun PMC polk audio PrimaLuna Primare ProAc ProJect PSB PureLink Pure Threatre PVA QED QUAD Qualio Qualiton Raidho RDacoustic Reed Rega Rekkord REL Remton Revival Audio RiCable RIHA Riviera Labs Robert Meyer Turntables Rockna Rockport Technologies Roksan Roon rotel Roth RTM Ruark Russound Scansonic HD Schnepel Schoers & Schoers Screen Excellence Sennheiser Shunyata Research Silent Angel Silent Laboratories Silentmax Siltech Solid Tech Sonance Sonitus sonus faber Sorane SOtM Soulnote soulution soundcare SoundPeats Soundsmith Spectral Spendor SPL Audio Sroll Stage III Concept STAX Stillpoints Storm Audio Stromtank SVS Sweet Vinyl Synergistic Research T+A Taiko Audio tangent Tannoy TCL TelluriumQ Telos TempoTec ThenAudio The Wand TIDAL TINHiFi Ton Traeger Topping Torus Power Townshend Audio Tozo Trenner&Friedl Triangle TRINNOV Tronsmart Ultrasone Unison Research Unitra Van den Hul Verum Audio Viborg Vienna Acoustics Vimberg Violectric Vitus Audio Vivid Audio Vogel's Volumio VYDA Laboratories Warwick Acoustics Wavemaster Way Cables WBT Weiss Wharfedale WiiM Wilson Wilson Benesch WireWorld Wood Equalizer Xavian XLO YG Acoustics Ypsilon Electronics Yurbuds Zavfino Zesto Audio Zidoo Zyx
Parking info:
parking available at the hotel (for a fee) or in adjacent underground parking capacities within a 5-minute walk (for a fee)
we recommend not parking in the hotel's underground garages - they are reserved for exhibitors
parking is possible in adjacent blue zones after paying a fee (EasyPark application, SMS,...)
I am just a visitor, in no way related to organizers of the show.
It happens on yearly basis.
Photo reports from previous years.
My report:
Ill share few photos. Best sounding rig where we spent most time had Elfton speakers. Best money no object rig was red snails powered by Mcintosh of course.
Best headphones I heard were from Abyss (Diana DZ, Joal) but my 100usd Sennheiser HD540 were on acoustic genres even better. I have heard also 2 headphones from Final audio (D8000DC and DC Pro), Verum One, new Sennheiser Hd550 ( i preffered it to HD600). HD550 has better tonality then HD540 for modern music, but is no match for brighter HD540 in spatial presentation and details and in some types of music where brighter tonality is better. I do not like HD600 because it sounds too soft (mushy).
They had no Hifimans to compare or Aune or Fiio headphones. But I heard again Focal Stellia, which I still like a lot, Meze Empyrean 2 and Grado HP100. Grado had more emphasis on treble then Final Audio or Verum. Dan Clarks two closedbacks (Stealth and Noire X). Stealh was definitelly on Stellia’s level. I would be happy with any of Verum, Abyss, Grado or Final Audio. I compared these on same Feliks Audio Euforia Evo valve headphone amp. But my Hd540 from eBay bested all of them on purely accoustic genres.. Only Diana DZ showed more detail, otherwise Hd540 has comparable detail to them and more detail then new HD550. I liked HD550 a lot tonality wise and frequency response wise for modern music. I would recommend it over any other available Sennheiser headphones as your first nice sounding headphone for easy listen.
I did not like Empyrean 2 as much as I would like. Its sound is too balanced and tiny bit boring.
I also heard and liked Warvick Acoustic Sonoma M1 electrostatic amp with Bravura headphones. They were on same or slightly better level than Diana DZ, but clamping force was too high on them. Unbearably high.
Then I heard Stax SR-X9000 but loudness of the room was too high for their evaluation.
More details on comparisons of "current flagships" to HD540 here.
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