Munich 2015

Like T.H.E. Show at The Flamingo Hotel during the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, High End Munich has a parasitic "outboard" show, this year held at the Marriott. I went there specifically to visit Touraj Moghaddam and check out his Vertere line of turntables and especially his reference $20K+ pick-up arm. Mr. Moghaddam, late of Roksan, is an analog veteran with a longstanding reputation for innovation.

In addition to the Vertere turntables, the system consisted of FM Acoustics electronics and PMC loudspeakers. Overall, I felt it was if not the best sound I heard in Munich, among the best I heard. There is something to be said for hotel room over convention hall acoustics, though the Munich Convention Center (MOC) does have very good sounding, large rooms on the upper levels.