On the third day, I walked down the stairs from the hotel lobby and the first person I saw was CMY boss John Yew chatting with Darrell Huggins from QED. After snapping a few photos, Darrell showed me how the QED AIRLOC termination system worked by crimping the wires together.
I popped into the Panasonic room and found out that it also had a laser projector which was also quite good. Then I took the lift to the eighth floor to continue the exploration of sonic highs of this year’s KLIAVS.
CMY boss John Yew (left) and obviously proud-to-be-British Darrell Huggins from QED cables.
Darrell Huggins showing how the QED AIRLOC termination works.
The picture quality of the Panasonic laser projector was quite good.
Max was demo-ing Dolby Atmos with his SVS AV speakers and ceiling speakers. He had two SVS subs connected to the AV system,
The SVS ‘ceiling’ speaker of Max’s Dolby Atmos system.
[caption id="attachment_8364" align="alignnone" width="500"]Swedish Statement was demo-ing the Chario Serendipity speakers driven by the Alluxity power amp, Vitus Audio RD-100 DAC/Preamp and Vitus Audio RCD-101 CD Player.
AV2day-certified Golden Ear James Chin was demo-ing speakers that he designed with a Kronos turntable, Nagra preamp and Magnet amplifiers.
Next door was hifi creations room where Victor Pheh was showcasing the Kronos Sparta turntable.
Victor Pheh was also showcasing his own speakers driven by Magnet amps.
Perfect Hi-Fi was demo-ing the Linn Akurate Exakt System comprising the Linn Akubarik Exakt speakers and Akurate Exakt DSM with Space Optimisation.
Audio Art had set up a system comprising Soul Note CD player, amp and Adam speakers. This sounded surprisingly good and the outstanding component turned out to be the SA710 Near Field Monitor amp which pumped out all of 10 watts of pure class A power.
The Soul Note components from Audio Art.
The circuitry of the Soul Note SA710 Near Field Monitor amp.
The demo system in Centre Circle’s room comprising Chord components and Rosso Fiorentinno Sienna speakers.
The Chord Hugo TT DAC.
The all-Audio Note system.
For Harbeth fans…
…from good ol’ Sam and his good ol’ Quad pre amd power amps.
This brand has not been seen for a long time at the KLIAV show. It used to be the top-end product everybody dreamt of owning. It is Krell.
From Vienna Acoustics, a sub-cabinet with the midrange driver that can be swiveled for better imaging.
The Gato demo system Acoustic Arts.
Creeks and Epos also from Acoustic Arts.
The Devialet 200 integrated amp in WTL Trading’s room.
The Devialet was driving a pair of Franco Serblin Accordo speakers.
The XTZ Dolby Atmos system at the Living Audio room.
The XTZ Dolby Atmos system featured a speaker that is designed to reflect sound from the ceiling for the extra sound effect.
There were lots of unusual things at the Living Vinyl Ventures room.
Now that Spatial Audio is the talk of the town, it is worth noting that while Apple Music's Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos is best enjoyed in a multi-channel Atmos-enabled AV system, Spatial Audio is also available as two-channel music files on Roon/Tidal.
Ever since Apple Music launched its lossless files and Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos music on June 7, audiophiles and (especially) AV enthusiasts have been all excited by the immersive sound. However, the Apple Music Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos is available only within the Apple ecosphere.
Two weeks ago, I installed Roon for a free trial to test it out. At about the same time, someone posted a video by Steve Guttenberg of Audiophiliac on YouTube about "Is recorded music (mostly) too bright?" Steve opined that most music is bright because they are EQed to "sound exciting" since flat can be boring. "But is it all too much?" he asked.
Swedish Statement was demo-ing the Chario Serendipity speakers driven by the Alluxity power amp, Vitus Audio RD-100 DAC/Preamp and Vitus Audio RCD-101 CD Player.
