Tag Archives: High End 2017

High End 2017: Burmester

Burmester celebrated its 40th anniversary by launching some new products at High End 2017.

Just outside the Burmester booth was a Bugatti Veyron fitted with a Burmester sound system.  Not a bad high end audio listening room 🙂 .

Burmester introduced its first turntable, the 175, built completely in house.  The 175 features four motors, a 9" carbon/aluminium tonearm, a MC cartridge, and a built in phono stage and power supply.

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High End 2017: Aequo Audio

Aequo Audio demonstrated a copper-plated version of their Ensis loudspeaker.  The Ensis is a small floor-standing speaker with a built-in subwoofer, powered by a Hypex N-core amplifier.  The rest of the demonstration system consisted of:

  • Sound Galeries SGM 2015 musi cserver
  • Audiopax Maggiore L50 preamplifier
  • Audiopax Maggiore M50 single ended tube amplifier
  • Tellurium Q cabling

The Ensis produced a very music, refined sound with a deep, powerful, controlled bass which belied its compact dimensions. 

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High End 2017: AURALiC

AURALiC demonstrated two members of their new G2 series, the Aries G2 streaming transporter and the Vega G2 streaming .  These sources used a pair of AURALiC Merak monoblock amplifiers to drive a pair of Ryan Tempus III loudspeakers.

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High End 2017 Show Report

High End 2017 was held from 2017-05-18 to 2017-05-21 in Munich.  The premier audio show in the world, High End presents the whole range of consumer audio offerings, and is the main event for new product introductions.

Through its pictures and comments this show report provides a view of the show and the products on display. 

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High End 2017

High End, held annually in Munich, Germany, is the world's premier audio trade show.

Check out the list of brands and exhibitors that will be on show at High End 2017.

The Serious Music Blog will be reporting on the High End 2017.  Look out for the show reports.

I've received requests for information about specific brands. 

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