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    Ian, which rooms did you feel sound ‘piercing’ in the treble? I did get an ideal seat in the large Amphion room as it was practically empty (other than a couple of company reps) when I visited. This room had, for me, quite a muted top end and the sound, in general, was overly polite and recessed.
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    It may sound a little polite compared to some of the rooms that will take your ears off

    It may also depend on the track/tracks you heard.
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    I thought the Amphion speakers excellent in the short time I got for a listen.
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    I just heard from Mark that Malvern Audio Research got best in show

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    Quote Originally Posted by ianlenco View Post
    I just heard from Mark that Malvern Audio Research got best in show
    I agree

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    Quote Originally Posted by ianlenco View Post
    I just heard from Mark that Malvern Audio Research got best in show
    Odd how we hear things differently. Malvern didn’t even appear in Hi-Fi Pig’s Top 5. We did, but that’s not why I mention it...
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    Quote Originally Posted by the little audio company View Post
    It may sound a little polite compared to some of the rooms that will take your ears off

    It may also depend on the track/tracks you heard.
    It may well have been the track (I can’t think what it was that was playing now) - I was running late and wasn’t able to stay in the room for long (lovely airy room though).

    On the other hand, although I didn’t, in the end, hear every room I didn’t find any of those that I did hear to ‘take my ears off’. Hey, some people actively seek out that laid back sound - Avalon have been doing it for years, for example. It’s not to my personal taste though, I don’t want the system to be polite, aggressive, or any other character trait that imposes itself on the music.

    Edit: perhaps I should add that, although I hugely enjoyed the show as a whole (I always do, an outstanding show and my favourite), I didn’t find any of the rooms to really ‘do it for me’ this year. Probably my favourites, of those I heard, where the Pure Sound room and the Brian & Trevor rooms (two very different system types).
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    Yeah, we were lucky with having air-con

    We’re looking at how we can improve the room for next year. We’ve never used any room treatments (which we’re actually quite proud of), but we do get a bass collection behind where the seats were (hence we didn’t put any seats there, just a table). There’ll be a bit more in the room next year, and maybe some treatment which should improve things further.
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