Vienna Hi-End 2026

[Macca]

Very easy going listen across three tracks. Warm, quite good imaging.

But he's swapped to Elysian 4R and it's much brighter and a lot more forward.

Pipe and slippers versus modern higher performance type of sound. Lots more res from the AMT driver in the Elysian.

Both are good. I'd probably prefer the Elysian for the sort of stuff I like.

About what I expected then. They do look good, proper old school.

[User211]

About what I expected then. They do look good, proper old school.

They are OK. I was sort of expecting an old Tannoy type sound, but not really.

TBH a good pair of Monitor Golds and I do mean a good pair would be where I would go for this type of vintage look and I think appreciably better sound.

[User211]

Bad boy JBLs playing really quite loudly when I was in there.

Look a bit like the old Everest DD67000 with extra drivers. I always thought the 67000 was too harsh, and there was some of that in there.

Also, the horn's dispersion versus the dynamic driver's behaviour means there is quite an obvious change of character i.e. you know there's a difference in the way the top of the speaker behaves and emanates sound versus the bottom.

Hybrid tech. Very difficult to make work well.

The total opposite of a dull speaker, though. Fun at volume with great scale if you can cope with the mid range aggression.

[Tim]

Outstanding pictures Justin . . . bravo

[User211]

Outstanding pictures Justin . . . bravo

Just thought I'd feed the forum a bit, Tim. It's very quiet here these days.

TBH YouTube probably has some excellent videos already that when played through a good system will give some clues about what some kit sounded like.

That's unreliable and no substitute for actually being there, of course.

[User211]

Destination audio over at Hi-Fi Deluxe.

Sounding very decent - spacious, airy, natural etc. Even the horn/bass integration seems OK.

[User211]

Curious collab.

That's a Pro-ject Harley TT.

[User211]

Not out yet but this transport only device has HDMI out.

Transport only. No price.

Gonna keep a watch out for it.

[Macca]

Not out yet but this transport only device has HDMI out.

Transport only. No price.

Gonna keep a watch out for it.

Ugly looking thing. Top looks like the stuff British Leyland used to cover the top of the dashboard. It'd be good if more modern components didn't look like they were designed by Stevie Wonder.

[User211]

Ugly looking thing. Top looks like the stuff British Leyland used to cover the top of the dashboard. It'd be good if more modern components didn't look like they were designed by Stevie Wonder.

I remarked on the leather top. Apparently, that's not finalised.

In the flesh it looks fine IMHO, especially compared to the rest of their stuff.