High End Munich 2022 Day 2

Munich High End 2022 day two was as analog action-packed as was day one. Second day videos tend to get somewhat lower viewer numbers, but you can be sure this video contains product debuts and events you really do not want to miss, including the saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh playing live in the Stenheim/darTzeel room backed by a recording of his bandmates. The illusion of the group playing live worked surprisingly well and even translated well recorded to stereo shotgun microphone. darTzeel introduced a new MC phono cartridge. Franc Kuzma runs you through the new Safir 9 tonearm, Hegel introduces a brand new preamp and amp, Acoustical Systems introduces a new deluxe version of the Axiom tonearm called the “Grande Complication”, completely fabricated from Titanium, Timet 1100, HD18 Tungsten and aerospace magnesium (my review of the “standard” Axiom will appear in the September Stereophile). Acoustical Systems’ Dietrich Brakemeier also showed computer animated renderings of a new, so