Bristol Show

Dev said:
What did you think of the show Rob?
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Well no sane person attends these things expecting great sound so I wasn't disappointed but I had good company (Simon and JonR) and there was lots to look at.

The high and low points both came from Naim.
High point for me was a good chat with Doug Graham for an hour or so after the show had closed and we got our own private dem of 'that' mains cable. Nice to hear his views on music, the future of audio, design and libel...... but we won't go there :eek:

Low point was the dreadful head ache inducing noise being made by what must be £30k+ worth of Reference kit running into DBLs. A booming, honking mess. I felt duty bound to inform Mr Graham of the cacophony coming from this system - well I like to be direct :)
Honestly, a fool with £500 in his pocket, an internet link to eBay and a half decent room could have done better.

We also met the AVI crew and were treated to some 1940s digitally restored brass band music played RATHER LOUDLY which was fun.
 
RobHolt said:
John Casswell was on the door when I visited WD.
You couldn't wish to meet a nicer man.
WD head honcho Peter Comeau is also one of the industry good guys so it can't have been him.

Who was this mystery arsehole?
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My thoughts exactly - hence my query!
 
Cyrus

I didn't note the models but there were some big Monitor Audio floorstanders with salad bowls for woofers and ribbon tweeters. I didn't write much because I could only stay in the room for 10 seconds. It was ear-shreddingly bright. Ouch!
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Chris, I just dont know why Cyrus use MA speakers, they are not a good match imo and the relatively bright character of the new range of Cyrus gets exaggerared by the MA's. Spendor or Dynaudio are a much better match. Oh well.

A lot of these issues must be down to the hotel rooms - I've not been to one of these shows, but I would imagine the same systems in more domestic settings would sound completely different. Basically it's an opportunity to see something you might like to hear properly at another venue. Shame really, but I cant imagine a venue where so many manufacturers could get together in one place other than a large hotel / conference centre.
 
As the small rooms are basically the same I think you can compare the kit as a total - esp if you take along your own reference music. None of it might sound brilliant but some sounds better than others to certain ears.
From that you can take combinations of kit and start exploring.
Just like the demo room at a shop won't be like your room, trying at home is the only answer...
 
technobear, small correction , the chord was playing into a dynaudio contour s3.4 not confidence. sounded fantastic
 
hifinutt said:
technobear, small correction , the chord was playing into a dynaudio contour s3.4 not confidence. sounded fantastic
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Just looked at the difference on the Dynaudio site. I can't remember now what it exactly looked like so I'll take you word for it. Ta! :D
 
I only know because the dyn rep told me and I went to listen as I am thinking of getting a pair. perhaps chord made them hard as you felt they sounded. I quite liked them .
 
I see that the beggining of this thread is about last years show - the end seems to be about this years show - how confusing.
 
Not at all - a very easy mistake to make - just got me a bit confused is all.
 

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