RobHolt
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A very enjoyable day and good to see some old and new faces.
For me there were three truly stand out rooms.
I don't think the overall standard of sound at Scalford is better than most trade shows, but that's probably because most of the stuff that makes it to Scalford isn't to my taste, the rooms are mostly completely empty and untreated, and levels are just way too loud.
I tended to prefer the smaller, simpler systems playing at safe SPLs and would place Richard's (Gromit) PC/V-Link/Dacmagic/Sony ES amp/Royd system in joint first place with the somewhat surprising choice of Adam Smith's vintage B&O system. The former was clearly the most coherent sounding system at the show IMO.
The B&O just sounded open, sweet and effortless. I could have just sat there all day long and in fact we went back for seconds. I guess most audiophiles wouldn't give this old vintage B&O a second glance but it proved to be a popular room and Adam was receiving some very favourable comments. It did all of this in a pretty unflattering room too.
In second place I'd put Paul R's ATC system. That also sounded good last year and was one of the few system at the show which could go loud and stay clean.
Two honorary mentions must go to Steve for taking along that enormous horn system that had to be sawn apart and reassembled to get past the door. A fantastic effort. The sound wasn't really my thing but if you wanted a huge, effortless sound with strong projection, this had it.
Second mention goes to Serge as the activated B&Ws were sounding excellent - certainly on the Tchaikovsky. I thought the sound was a little too locked into the loudspeakers but that could have been the recording., but otherwise excellent.
Pics of the stuff mentioned above: (lots more to come latter)
Serge gets 1st prize for his mains loom
For me there were three truly stand out rooms.
I don't think the overall standard of sound at Scalford is better than most trade shows, but that's probably because most of the stuff that makes it to Scalford isn't to my taste, the rooms are mostly completely empty and untreated, and levels are just way too loud.
I tended to prefer the smaller, simpler systems playing at safe SPLs and would place Richard's (Gromit) PC/V-Link/Dacmagic/Sony ES amp/Royd system in joint first place with the somewhat surprising choice of Adam Smith's vintage B&O system. The former was clearly the most coherent sounding system at the show IMO.
The B&O just sounded open, sweet and effortless. I could have just sat there all day long and in fact we went back for seconds. I guess most audiophiles wouldn't give this old vintage B&O a second glance but it proved to be a popular room and Adam was receiving some very favourable comments. It did all of this in a pretty unflattering room too.
In second place I'd put Paul R's ATC system. That also sounded good last year and was one of the few system at the show which could go loud and stay clean.
Two honorary mentions must go to Steve for taking along that enormous horn system that had to be sawn apart and reassembled to get past the door. A fantastic effort. The sound wasn't really my thing but if you wanted a huge, effortless sound with strong projection, this had it.
Second mention goes to Serge as the activated B&Ws were sounding excellent - certainly on the Tchaikovsky. I thought the sound was a little too locked into the loudspeakers but that could have been the recording., but otherwise excellent.
Pics of the stuff mentioned above: (lots more to come latter)
Serge gets 1st prize for his mains loom
