HEDD
HEDD managed to finish the driver for the first ever full range AMT headphone right before Munich
They still need to work on the enclosure and the headband, but this was something new, something different. I loved it!
HIFIMAN
It was good to see the Hifiman team at the show and they must have had one of the biggest booths
They even had a private listening room with the Shangri La, The Junior and the Jade II
They also had a great setup with the VIVA amps. Big and expensive but waw!
Doesn’t that Shangri La look great?
Even Mr. Fang Bian was there to help out the team
And he was most interested to show me the wireless version of the Ananda. I didn’t expect it to sound good but in fact it sounded great. I love my cables but man, the SQ really was good
iBasso
Officially iBasso wasn’t there but he DX220 could be spotted at quite a few stands. Here with the Aeon, and it was a really nice combo.
IFI
IFI didn’t really have anything new to show for us headphone guys. And for some reason they always have the darkest room of the show.
This stack also was being used by many other companies
But IFI mostly was there to announce their newest product, for home use. Well designed, I have to admit
INEAR
The German INEAR was also present and thzt’s no surprise as their StageDiver series is a huge success
The PP8 of course is big hit and a very good universal IEM
And you can now get the SD5 in example in full wooden enclosures. I myself was there to pick up my SD5
The SD5 in anthracite silver does look better in real than in the picture.
And…….
That’s it for part 1 of the High End Munich show. Part 2 will be up soon right HERE. But not yet now 😉
Steven Zore
Epic, wish I was there.
Grado seems to be everywhere…except canjam NYC….