Musings At The HifiWigwam Show 2019

Room 120 is all ready for visitors tomorrow at the Wam Show at Kegworth.

www.thehifishow.com

After setting up and working on speaker positioning, the room was measured and SPACE Optimisation applied.  Linn Akurate Exakt source and Lejonklou power seems to be working well with the Gauder Akustik speakers.

Some independent feedback from around the forums:

Lejonklou forum member u252az: "Sunbeams system was the first Exakt system I have enjoyed - worth going just for that"

CyrusUnofficial forum member hifinutt: "Gauder sounded superb . Very natural" and on AOS "my favourite was the gauder akustik"

CyrusUnofficial forum member Czechchris: "I too liked the speakers you had playing"

The Flash: "sounding nicely balanced in that system. I think the curved cabinets are very smart indeed. The blue was far less of a "statement" than I expected, looked rather smart I thought."

Nopiano: "I agree with all the praise. They were evidently extremely well set up, and the system had a coherence and balance that was way beyond what I’d expected. Easy to enjoy!"

Richard A: "I’d like to add my plus one to those comments and this was my first chance to listen to Gauder. I loved the sound in your room, possibly the most natural/unforced of them all. I don’t need more speakers but I’d buy those in a heartbeat if I did. GLWS those are a bargain."

Audiophile Musings at The Hifi Wigwam Show, 17 March 2019 at Kegworth, UK

The Wam Show is like no other.  Just enthusiasts playing their systems to other enthusiasts.  Perhaps a couple of commercial rooms, but well over 30 rooms of amateurs playing music on their system.

I'll be playing music on Linn Akurate Exakt streamer with Katalyst, 3x Lejonklou Tundra power amps and Gauder Akustik Isophon Corvara speakers, converted for Exakt active operation.

If you're visiting the show, please call in and choose a track from the playlist. Nearly all of it is here, so you can choose something in advance from this Tidal playlist: 

https://tidal.com/playlist/ee329131-84ad-4f20-95e9-c7f983d0765e

MUNICH HIGH END 2017 - AUDIONET & GAUDER AKUSTIK - HIGHLY COMMENDED

ROOM C121
Audionet Plank CD player and their new "flagship" Ampere amplification with Akustik Berlina RC8, room treatment

Well they weren't playing plinky-plonky in here.  And nor do they need to hide behind anything "safe" - this is a great sounding system and, as a contrast to the other system at the show using the same model of speaker, showed off the Akustik's abilities to great effect.  This combination produced a very clean sound with no hints of hash nor background noise. Bass lines are solid but with clear delineation between the notes.  Presley's sparse "live" recording of Fever from the album "Elvis Is Back!" on Living Stereo was superbly rendered - very musical indeed.  I went back for more later and enjoyed the system again on a second helping.  Its rare to hear Audionet in the UK, but each time its been a pleasure for me. Based on this experience, their new flagship range is a triumph.

Full show reports here:
PART 1
PART 2