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<\/a><\/p>\nI begin with the Swiss made floorstander Coax 90.2<\/a> loudspeaker from PIEGA<\/a><\/p>\n This is a very expensive aluminium cabinet loudspeaker with an unusual co-axial driver configuration with a ribbon mid-range paired with a ribbon tweeter mounted co-axial.<\/p>\n The bottom end has dual 7\u201d ScanSpeak Revelator woofers.<\/p>\n It had a spacious sound with nice bass extension, but if there was something to complain about, the woofers had some issues to integrate with the \u201cfast\u201d sounding ribbons.<\/p>\n Overall they delivered nice performance and they were one of the better sounding loudspeakers in the show.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Affordable Hifi equipment from Gold Note<\/a> To left the A-6 XO<\/a> floor-stand 2.5-way loudspeaker. The A-6 XO sounded nice, but is a bit expensive at 3.800\u20ac a pair.<\/p>\n From the Finnish Gradient<\/a> we have the Gradient 5.0<\/a> and the Revolution Mk IV<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Revolution is basically the 5.0, but with dual woofers below 200Hz. The both use custom OEM versions of SEAS 7\u201d co-axial drivers for mid and tweeter. The Gradient 5.0 uses a passive radiator on the back side of the enclosure.<\/p>\n I like co-axial drivers and loudspeakers, but I didn\u2019t really like the sound of these loudspeakers. The sounded a bit raw and edgy, but I must admit, it\u2019s not fair to judge them only by listening on them at a Hifi show like this.<\/p>\n I did like the sound a lot more from the odd looking open baffle design of the Helsinki 1.5.<\/a><\/p>\n The large 4-way loudspeaker Airedale Heritage<\/a> from Wharfedale<\/a>. In my opinion it has a very low WAF factor, but it sounded powerful in the small room it was placed in. It might have sounded nice in a considerable larger room, but I also guess it has a huge price tag.<\/p>\n I really don\u2019t know what to say about this creation!<\/p>\n It was a \u201cnutty\u201d Professor styled DIY guy who had made this loudspeaker with drivers from scavenged loudspeakers. I really don\u2019t know what his business case was and I felt sorry for him.<\/p>\n How did it sound? Take a guess\u2026. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n The Manger MSSp1<\/a>. Unfortunately these where only on visual display. It would have been interesting to listen on this unique loudspeaker driver.<\/p>\n Troel Gravesen has done a review on this driver here: Manger driver measurements<\/a> It seems like it has some serious distortion and dispersion issues.<\/p>\n One of the best sounding rigs from the show!<\/p>\n The Radialstrahler MBL 101E MkII from MBL<\/a> paired with MBL electronics.<\/p>\n What realism! Unfortunately for an unobtanium amount of money \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n Some concrete loudspeakers from Monolite<\/a> with Visaton<\/a> drivers.<\/p>\n According to the constructor his designs are modified Visaton kits. I listened to the micro sized stand-mount loudspeaker Monolite a1-1<\/a> and it sounded nice even though we listened at a low sound level.<\/p>\n Basically this seems to be some Visaton kits wrapped in concrete enclosures. Rather highly priced, but I think it would appeal to some people wanting something exotic.<\/p>\n The new media player Mimer from Bladelius<\/a> playing on a loudspeaker setup from ELAC<\/a> and REL<\/a><\/p>\n A very interesting media player and the loudspeaker rig also sounded nice even though I think the sub-woofers where redundant.<\/p>\n To the left the new 3-way floor-stander Focal Aria 948<\/a> with the new Flax sandwich cones.<\/p>\n Powerful tight bass, but with a tiresome exaggerated bright tweeter presentation. Not a speaker to my liking. The only Focal speakers I tend to like are the Utopia line, but these cost a fortune.<\/p>\n The usual setup from Genelec<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nice sounding small active monitors.<\/p>\n Loudspeakers from the New Zeeland equipment manufacturer Perreaux<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ok sounding, but nothing more than that.<\/p>\n Another loudspeaker setup from ELAC<\/a> showing what I think is the FS409<\/a>.<\/p>\n Expensive, but nice sounding loudspeakers.<\/p>\n Very plastic looking loudspeakers from Definitive Technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n Having a powered sub-woofer with dual passive radiators in a slim tower package with powerful bass, the sound where nothing special really. Perhaps more for a Home Theater type of setup.<\/p>\n This was a new acquaintance for me, the Onda Ligera<\/a> from Latvia using a mix of speaker drivers from ScanSpeak<\/a> and Eighteen Sound<\/a>.<\/p>\n Super expensive loudspeakers and several of the top models where designed around the Eighteen Sound 6ND430<\/a> mid-woofer.<\/p>\n This is a nice driver, but I didn\u2019t found the sound of the large Onda Ligera Wave 168D<\/a> in any way match the very high price of these too me rather odd looking loudspeakers.<\/p>\n The Focal Scala V2 Utopia<\/a> sounded very nice on some insanely expensive tube amps from Engstrom & Engstrom.<\/a><\/p>\n The alien looking Giya 2 from Vivid Audio<\/a> using interesting technology with in house made drivers.<\/p>\n In this setup they actually sounded good. Even if I had the money I can\u2019t really accept the odd looking design, but I guess these loudspeakers appeal to some people with a large wallet.<\/p>\n Vivid Audio has some interesting information about their driver units on their web site Driver Units<\/a>.<\/p>\n If anyone knows how to obtain any of these drivers, please send me an e-mail.<\/p>\n<\/a>
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