Ed Selley
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Wasn’t impressed by the SVS subs personally. They sounded very thumpy and boomy - after spending a while there, I don’t think I’d personally ever invest in one of the models they had on display.
Having said that, not ideal conditions etc
There are times and places to have probing questions about faulty equipment. A demo show is not one of them.Very sad the writer did not take time to talk with Arcam about all the problems users are having with the new HDA range.
All company's are now a fickle creatures. So yes, they will bite back. I knew of a car dealer who once criticised one of the cars publicly, and in less than two years, he had no dealership thanks to the manufacturer who always seemed to have issues getting cars to him."If you ask question they don't like, not only will you not get answers, you won't get gear to review,"
So if all tech writers asked questions about problems not "blasting criticisms" you feel that there would be no kit reviewed and no interviews given
Well its one way to look at things I guess but it looks like a great way for manufacturers to be as sloppy as they like safe in the knowledge they never have to answer questions about problems.
This trade never used to be like this, I think I have the problem I am getting old. I find it hard to move with the times, gone are the days when stuff worked out of the box, that is old hat now and a lot of customers seem to be happy to have half working kit or missing features that maybe or maybe not added at some point in the future.
Where are the "times and places" I have yet to see any "probing questions about faulty equipment" from tech writers that are about any brand.
The Hegel H390 with the Kef LS50's were jaw dropping.
Absolutely, the stand out for me too - as was the other Hegel room! Though I was also impressed with the little ATC stand mounts (the SCM7 i think) which were dropping way lower than the published figures suggested. Also the Neat stand mounts were very impressive.
Small note on the Kef room, the rear surrounds were actually R5 with R8a as Atmos (it saddened me that my front speakers were being used for rear surround duties )
Maybe i'm getting old but so many things were so bass heavy it was ridiculous...
Oh and no comments on the Chord cable demos.... I use their cables throughout but this was the most snake oil i've encountered ever!!!!
Wasn’t impressed by the SVS subs personally. They sounded very thumpy and boomy - after spending a while there, I don’t think I’d personally ever invest in one of the models they had on display.
Having said that, not ideal conditions etc
Those were the T&A Talis R300 speakers hooked up to Taiko kit in the KOG audio room. They were amazing. I asked if there were any subs, nope, just the stand mounts.Were those the ones where everyone in the room was looking for a sub?
There was one room where everyone was blown away with the low-end of some floor standing speakers but I thought it said A+T on them. They were a silver colour I think for £6k a pair
Thanks for correcting me. Absolutely amazing speakers. Those and the totem tribes and the speakers from Kudos were my favourites !Those were the T&A Talis R300 speakers hooked up to Taiko kit in the KOG audio room. They were amazing. I asked if there were any subs, nope, just the stand mounts.
The speakers were around £6500
Great show. My personal favorites were the speakers from Kudos and the Totem Tribe Towers
Agreed - they were playing the Live Aid segment from BoRhap and it sounded absurd. Utterly swamping the room. Having been very impressed by the SVS sub-sat dem at Munich a year or two ago, the Bristol dem undid all of that. Terrible advert for them and reinforces the common misconception that AV is "all about the bass"
I'm going to challenge the "not ideal conditions" statement. SVS are one of the leading players in subs and sub bass systems, with a huge amount of technology available for them to deliver a presentation appropriate to the environment. We shouldn't make excuses for them, it was poor.
The room running the JL Audio Fathom on the other hand...gorgeous!