This time, our room were not that big - and unexpected we had some very serious problems in the lower frequency's. Actual dimensions, and materials used (concrete) were fare from ideal - next time we will for sure be better prepared.

Regardless the above issues, the sound were not that bad - many positive reactions confirmed that !

Red Wine Audio Signature 70.2 LFP-V Edition had just arrived - just a few before the show. This new (and improved) version of the mono amp's, indeed is a big jump in quality. With the LFP Edition, several things are added/improved - tube stage, LFP battery and a improved SMART circuit. The result has to be heard - compared to the previous version, there's no drawbacks - all aspects of the output are an significant upgrade. All Red Wine Audio products, now come in the much improved LFP Edition !

See you all at HiFi & Surround  2011.

Throughout the 2 day show; products from Red Wine Audio, SonicWeld, Velodyne, Locus Design, Acoustic Force, Black Diamond Racing and Dyrholm Design Audio was demonstrated.

Although there was only approx. 2x30 Watt available, there was indeed nerve and drive for every single penny - very impressive considering the speakers used (not an easy load at all) !.....

So we ended up with a mix of music, with all genres (including jazz) equally represented - of course, to leave the most realistic impression.

See you all at Arken 2012.

And in the show report (after the exhibition) the words was as follows:

Although there was only approx. 2x30 Watt available, there was indeed music for every single penny !...... Not that neutral - but it played with a nerve, involvement, emancipation and dynamic, which were missing in the other rooms at the exhibition. Finally a room in which there were played music, and not too much jazz. And although the music played (AC/DC and Dizzy Mizz Lizzy) were badly mastered and the compressed kind, the setup easily fulfilled transforming you to the event itself - with all the punch, drive and life intact !......

Comment to above:

"Not that neutral" - hey, we were playing rock music - of course with the "Rock" preset on the big Velodyne subwoofer. That kind of music are not supposed to be neutral - it's all about rock "n" roll !......

So we ended up with a mix of music, with all genres (including jazz) equally represented - of course, to leave the most realistic impression.

See you all at HiFi & Surround  2010.

The most critical thing was, that the pretty big DIY subwoofer has just arrived (the day before), and I have not had enough time to get it adjusted perfectly - big subwoofers like this, are much more difficult to adjust than those small boxes we usually see !......

We arrived late afternoon Friday the 14'th, immediately start unpacking the car, and installing the system in our hotel room. A few hours later things was as good, as they could be in this locations - the room itself were very hard sounding !....... Hmmm !...... What to do ?....... We decided to buy a blanket to put on the floor - improved the acoustics slightly !....... It make no sense filling the room with all kind of acoustic treatments (like in a recording studio) - for most HiFi enthusiast's this kind of room treatment are not an option (most women still believe our living-room's have to look acceptable ?....). Most of all we simply want/like room's, we acoustically feel comfortable being in - nothing more and nothing less. Think about this: no matter the environment/acoustics, a real instrument (piano, violin, guitar etc.) sounds exactly like a real instrument - same case with a human voice.

During the day a lot of people visit our room, and happily most were very happy by the sound we had to offer. Especially the speakers from Podium Sound are very special - sounds completely different from all other loudspeaker design. The reason to this are, that the Podium's radiates the sound in a (for a loudspeaker) unusual/unique way - it's non-direct sound capabilities are superior (by a wide margin) to all other loudspeakers. This fact are the main reason why people not always understand what's going on, when they hear music reproduced through loudspeakers from Podium Sound - especially if they don't know (or cant remember) what real acoustical instrument's sound like - think about it: when you sit in a concert hall, the non directional sound are a very big part of what you hear.

Considering the very bright sounding room we Sunday decided to borrow (by Frequency) a subwoofer adjusting the overall tonality - I believe it helped a lot.

Thank all the visitors that took the time to drop by this weekend, and hope every single visitor had a most enjoy full and giving day.
 

See you all at HiFi & Surround 2009.

Throughout the 3 day show; products from Podium Sound, Red Wine Audio and Audio Note was demonstrated. As a speciality I have brought with me the prototype of a new tube based amp called The Final Amp - developed and manufactured by Kjeld Pedersen.

Unfortunately my only opportunity first time at the show, was to demonstrate in a very, very big space with a lot of other exhibitors. All from audio to very potent home cinema systems was represented. As you can imagine; not ideal at all.

But I feel that most people visiting me at the Arken exhibition, still have a slight chance to discover what my ideas are all about.

My guess is, that only a few of the visitors have realised what to expect this day. Both Podium Sound, Red Wine Audio and The Final Amp are realisations of new and not very common ideas. I'm very pleased that still a few in the HiFi industry have the courage to actually doing things differently - if not; HiFi will never reach new levels.

I hope that every single visitor this day had the chance to get an idea what this is all about - yes; music !

Thank all the visitors that took the time to drop by this weekend, and hope every single visitor had a most enjoyfull and giving day.

See you all at Arken 2010.

Throughout the day products from Podium Sound and Red Wine Audio was demonstrated with help from equipment from my private setup.

As you see on the pictures, it's far from being a normal listening environment - approx 125 m2 and 5-6 m in height - for a HiFi-setup its not easy at all (rooms like this normally require PA equipment).

I guess that no of the visitors have realised what to expect this day - cant blame them at all. Both Podium Sound and Red Wine Audio are realisations of new and not common ideas. Someone have to try doing things differently - if not; HiFi will never reach new levels. Don't expect the old and very established company's to revolutionise anything - they feel very good by doing nothing.

I hope that every single visitor this day feel (like myself), that this was a refreshing new way of listening to reproduced music.

During the day I was playing a lot of different music - no so called "HiFi recordings" was played. In my opinion "HiFi recordings" are made to satisfy people with mediocre HiFi systems - an easy and very comfortable way to make people think they have a very good HiFi system - unfortunately the opposite is true. If a HiFi system can not get the the best out of ordinary media's, maybe it's the HiFi system that's wrong.

Maybe its the HiFi industry that stands behind these "HiFi recordings" - just a thought.

This day we were playing on two different models from Podium Sound - the medium sized 0.5 and the the big 1.0 - strangely this two loudspeakers cut the visitors in two half's - one half likes the 0.5's most, and the other half like the 1.0's most (myself I like both equally well).

It's for sure that especially the 1.0's demonstrated resolution and dynamics that have very few equals.

Red Wine Audio was these day represented by the mono amp's (Signature 70.2) - an easy necessary choice (remember it's a huge room). These amplifiers did a great job this day, and I believe that every visitor was most impressed.