Bristol H-Fi Show 2017 Pics and BS

[Reffc]

For me, year on year on year on year, the WB stuff always sounds really disappointing. There's a tonne of money here with the CH Precision kit. But it always sounds average in here, no matter what WB speakers are playing. I think the room must be cursed.

I've heard CH Precision gear sound good in Germany with other speakers. I'm pretty sure WB just don't make speakers, at any level, that I have any empathy with at all. You may think differently.

It's not just you Justin.

I've never clicked with anything they've demo'd, at Bristol or elsewhere. It seems like technology for the sake of technology, not for the sake of music. I've never had any emotional reaction to music played through any of their loudspeakers since the days that Jim (ex-Audiolincs) was the technical director with them.

[User211]

How did you find the sound, from the Michell/Proac/Sugden combo?

S.

Too quiet to judge. But it is pretty static - year on year they use ProAc, which are generally decent, as is Sugden. Nothing to worry about there.

Interesting that ProAc seem to be using ribbons quite profusely these days. I will say, though, that the ProAc/Esoteric setup elsewhere left me cold. Must have walked in at the wrong time.

As usual at shows, it is very easy to come to the wrong conclusion. Just going off a few minutes in a room is riddled with flaws, and decent systems are easily missed that way.

[struth]

Guess it proves the point that specs aint everything.

[User211]

The ProAc/Esoteric setup I mentioned above. Surely some volume and some music I like would have improved the situation vastly, I thought.

[User211]

AG Zeros. Too freakin' quiet when I was there. I've heard them before at Munich, where I think Duos were quite notably better, and Trios/basshorns better again by a large margin.

The reason it was quiet was simply the sales pitch concerning what appeared to be some sort of media server box thingy. I had no interest in it and left.

[User211]

Another decent sub maker. JL. Paired with ATC. Sounded good. Sub in use about £1800 I think he said, for one. Not cheap, but definitely good I think. If you can live with wall penetrating thudding, that is, the definite downside of high excursion subs. Buy two or a brace if you really don't like that neighbour...

[nthall]

Maybe it's one of the Chinese knockoff 405s. They sound better than the real ones, and look identical from the front.

[User211]

Maybe it's one of the Chinese knockoff 405s. They sound better than the real ones, and look identical from the front.

Interesting.

[User211]

Primare / Revel speakers. Liking that there Primare aesthetic. Sounded pretty alright too - well articulated and detailed. Two pics in varying light, just for the hell of it. I'm assuming that's the American Revel company, responsible for some quite elaborate speakers. Can't be arsed to check.

[User211]

That'll do for today.