HIGH END MUNICH 2024

Crazy hi-fi, aspirational hi-fi, innovative hi-fi, even some relatively affordable music-making systems — High End Munich continues to deliver Europe's biggest annual hi-fi show, and the 41st edition this May did not disappoint. Here is but a sample of the amazements that were to be heard; other show debuts have drifted onto our news pages and elsewhere in the issue…

news ESD Super Dragon No shortage of giant horns at Munich, but the colossal ESD Super Dragon speakers were a highlight, a cool €811,111, loud and proud, although using a rather odd version of the German national anthem as a demo… Stein Music TopLine Bob L Stein Music TopLine Bob L speakers in ‘toffee apple red’, each side packing an integrated, DSP-controlled active subwoofer and 1500W of amplifier power: price around $200,000. More big horns were at Munich courtesy of Avantgarde Audio's all-new Mezzo G3 active loudspeaker system — which we Australians had already enjoyed at their global debut in bright orange at the Australian Hi-Fi Show in Sydney, thanks to Maxmedia. TAD Labs TAD Reference 1 speakers in a stunning metallic deep blue were on the end of a…

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