We were helping DALI Loudspeakers out again this year at the Bristol HiFi Show. This year we upped the ante a bit by using Klimax Solos instead of the twin, but was driving a pair of Epicon 2 speakers. These really are great sounding speakers and worth every bit of the £3750 / pair price.
We lost count of the number of kind comments from people, and had a large number saying it was the best sounding room at the show. (See the Linn Forum..and below:) I don’t know what the official numbers were, but we thought the DALI room was busier than last year, but maybe the show as a whole not quite so.
Other areas of interest for us were the 84″ UltraHD TV in the What HiFi Demo room, and Naim’s new DAC and Amp combo.
Alan in full swing on the Friday
The Front of room layout with Klimax DS, Klimax Solos on a Naim Fraimlite and the Epicon 2s
Follow Up – Some feedback from visitors to the show:
your company.Thank you for your Demonstration that my wife Janette and I enjoyed very much indeed.
I think that I mentioned to you, that in terms of sound and presentation, you were a “country mile”
ahead of the competition. Which brings me to the question, did you win the Award at the show
for the best stand?? I would be intrigued to know.
Please would be kind enough to thank your Co Director William White also, for the time he spent
with us, discussing the pros and cons and aspects of your products.
| Linn KDS & Solos at Bristol Sound & Vision Show |
The best sounding room again this year in my opinion.
Well done HiFi Cinema for loaning the kit
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Alan,
I was also there on Friday and would say that it was the best sound of the show for me too. Is that you with the iPad in one of the pics? Whoever it was they were the nicest presenter at the show too! Loved the playground sounds from ‘The Wall’ – uncanny. This system was also amazing at getting music into the roomGreat stuff all roundCJ
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In all my favourite room was the Dali demo room, they had some Dali Epicon 2 paired with some Linn stuff (dont know anything about Linn so couldnt tell you what it was), the presentation of this setup was perfect in my opinion, shame about the £3700 price tag though. They also had some Bluetooth enabled speakers, which were also rather nice.
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Dali must be one of the most underrated speaker manufacturers out there. This year instead of the epic epicon 6 they had the Epicon 2 standmounts which produced brilliant scale and accuracy and the demo man consistently playing exciting and different music to show this. Well done.
I felt totally disillusioned with the whole experience. I came away thinking the system I already have was better than nearly anything I heard at the show. There was one exception and although I hate to say it, it was streaming system. This was in the Dali room who were using Linn Electronics and the new Dali stand mounted speaker. Wow what a sound absolutely fantastic. They played classical, Pink Floyd and even a home made track recorded in a garage. Absolutely superb. Only issue the system price was £34,000
This was the highlight of my visit.