Munich High-End 2024 Show Report | Tom Martin Reports...

Tom Martin travelled to this year's High-End Munich and walked away thoroughly impressed. Listen in to discover which rooms and what products Tom felt compelled to report on and share.

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[mikerichards]

Thanks Tom, much appreciated. The Linkwitz looks really fascinating, I’d certainly love to hear it. The price is also very attractive.

[riccitone]

Thank you so much, and much respect and appreciation for your experiential perspectives on new equipment in all your videos. Especially for regarding the tonal aspects of what a true system representation can do for discerning listener. Also great to see the ranges of what’s affordable to achieve it 🙏🏼

[francisdelacruz]

Appreciate your well made concise report. Cheers.

[gtrguyinaz]

Always great reviews…. Prices are drifting up… the linkwitz sounds interesting…thanks Tom…

[fiedlercases]

The Aeonor horn from Basil Martion was being demoed without DSP. The amps were pure linear Class A, custom made for the Aeonor.

[bentleygt]

thank you. great episode.
this industry has gone totally MAD, RIDICULOUS, & EXPENSIVE. when does it stop ?!!!..
give me a pair of Linkwitz (or the entire system) and i'll be the happiest clown. they sound FANTASTIC . and the price is more realistic that much MUCH more expensive speakers that cost almost a House !!.. my personal experience is that the more i learn about Speakers. the more i'm convinced that the OBS is a way to go for me of course.. the other one i'm also very interested in is the QUALIO-IQ . wow they really sound superb and the price for a pair is a fraction of the cost of those fancy speakers in this video.. thanks again.

[QuintEssential-szwn]

Nice review! For me the aesthetics of the amp in the Magico set up are horrible. It's like having to look at an air conditioning unit someone plunked right on the floor between the speakers.

[adrianalexander]

Nice review - enjoy learning about new products

[jeffreythurston]

All these boo hoo comments about pricing is ridiculous and embarrassing to read. A show like this highlights the best there is. Something to aspire to. I love seeing the advances that are made in the various fields. Amazing performance can be had for much less money thankfully. Which is in part due to the cost no object advances in technology shown here. So let’s enjoy the possible without all the negative hyperbole. Find another hobby if you can’t handle there being unattainable gear. It’s like any other area of quality and performance such as watches or cars. Nice quick summary of amazing gear Tom.

[gamerfinn]

Well done. Fun to see what’s possible.

[EnjoyVinylMusic]

Hello Tom ..great coverage.
I am in the process of creating a new MC cartridge...how and who can I approach to review it critically

[paulcgretired]

Are you going to do a similarly short video on Turntable review from Munich?

[RedSinter]

Tests determine potential because everything influences the end result and as many individuals have said, Synergy in most cases are the result in totality of the mystical properties of unrelated individual units regardless of specific tests. In short, The Proof is in the Pudding.

[Junker_]

These prices are really ridiculous for what they are doing.

[naren.freakc]

Does linkwitz benefit from baach4mac or it's not necessary?

[glenncurry]

Love quick recaps. Great job. You kind of suggest what a number of reviewers have mentioned that Munich is not always a great place to hear the stuff because of room conditions. But a great show to meet and get exposed to things.

Bugatti speakers? Bugatti revolutionized the auto market with the first "mass produced" supercar the Veyron. It's design was spun off by the VW Group into the Audi R8. Which was then spun off to the Audi 5 series including the (B8.5) A5 I drive. So will Audi enter the lower priced audio market with a spin off?

[shanerorko]

I bet if you showed up with some gear that contended with all these other brands but was 3-4k for the whole system, the event owners would kick you out.

[christophmartin]

Agree with the Martion, was next to Aries Cerat the best speaker on the show!

[bunsw]

How fast does the Bugatti go? Does it bolt onto their cars? If not, why not? Did you even go into the Audio Note room? I'll bet not. No advertising from them.

[troybooker]

100k au$ for magico speakers...Wow! Can't wait for mine !!