High End Munich

Let’s begin with the obvious—HIGH END Munich is full of people, about 22,000 according to their published numbers. All kinds of people and that’s why there’s all kinds of gear as tastes vary as widely as people’s appearance.

It’s not every day that VTL releases a new product, something I appreciate and even admire.

Want to know a secret?

Me and totaldacs, or is it totaldacs and I, have a long history dating back more than 12 years and I’ve owned one totaldac or another for 10 of ’em.

I’ve had a pair of IsoAcoustics ISO stands under my ADAM A3X active speakers on my desktop for about 13 years. 13 lucky years.

Meet the Audiovector R 10 Arreté—13 drivers per side, 21-53 kHz, 90dB 1W/M.

I barely finished folding my socks after Axpona but back in the bag they go!

I nearly feel bad for people whose only connection to hifi is gear.

Imagine two scenarios: A) You are listening to music at home. B) You are listening to music in a foreign room 4,000 miles from home along with 80 sweaty talkative strangers.

Those are the new separates from Riviera Labs—APL-1 Tube Line Preamplifier & AFS-32 Stereo Amplifier—two of the new products from High End Munich 2024 I’m most excited to get in Barn. Think Fall.

My favorite room at High End Munich 2024 was not exactly part of High End Munich 2024.