SD-6 wrote:I visited yesterday. What was amazing to me that Filipino brands, FIlipino building materials and Filipino craftmanship can go toe to toe with $120,000 a channel speakers.
I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Everyone was really really nice and accommodating. It was a thoroughly unique experience where in I had to go room to room visiting all 3 floors.
I look forward to another next year.
This is the first time that I have attended the November HiFi Show. Great to have witnessed the event last weekend.
I have the same sentiments as well, sir SD-6. Honestly, I was more impressed with the rooms showcased by our local DIY-ers more than "most" of the foreign brand audio setup, most especially with the following:
1) sir Rene Rivo's room - really great setup (Lenco turntable, DIY tube phono stage, DIY tube pre-amp, DIY tube power amp, ProAc Tablette bookshelf speakers, DIY speakers c/o sir Larry, and the digital source [laptop -> audioquest dragonfly -> MF X10D tube buffer -> preamp/amp/ProAc).
2) sir Anthony of Anthony Audio - great speaker line-up! Personally, I liked the Titus Gold bookshelf speakers and the Voca cube speakers.
I agree that our local DIYers can go head to head / toe to toe with the other foreign brands
Overall, me and my mom liked the room with the Harbeth M30.1 speakers + Accuphase E260 integrated amp + Accuphase SACD?/CD/DAC setup. I apologize, I couldn't remember who brought this setup.
Ang alam ko, taga-Cebu sila. What we didn't like about the setup of some of the participants is that there was too much bass and treble in their setup; "
ang sakit sa dibdib ng bayo... sobrang tinis ng tunog". Maybe the volume control was turned up too high. Their setup would have probably sounded better if the volume was set up moderately, and/or if they were able to play songs/music that were more appropriate with their setup. I noticed that some people would stay for a short period of time in these rooms;
papasok sila, makikinig ng konti, tapos lalabas agad, as if they were not impressed with their setup.
Sayang Overall, the November Hi Fi show was a success! We hope to see more in the next shows to come.
Congratulations again to the organizers, sponsors, and participants of the Hi Fi Show!