Hong Kong AV and Head-fi Show 2023

[CKKeung]

The Hong Kong AV & Head-fi Show 2023 will be started at 10am today (11-13 Aug).
It's their 20th anniversary!


Exhibitiors were busy setting up their rooms yesterday:







More photos will be added by HK audiophiles onto this thread during these 3 days for sure!

Before the Covid Pandemic, the HK Show and Munich Show were the two audiophile shows with the highest number of attendees in the world.

Hi Steve,
I hope that there will be a permanent/ regular thread for it on the HiFi Show Subform of WBF in future.
Many thanks!

 

[CKKeung]

Their official website :

AV Show 香港高級視聽展 | Audiotechnique 音響技術

《音響技術》自2003年起，每年8月都假座灣仔香港會議展覽中心主辦具國際規模的「香港高級視聽展」，是香港同類展覽會規模最大而參展商眾多的展覽，成功吸引到來自中國及亞洲地區的音響業界代表及「影音發燒友」，甚至遠至歐美日韓等地的音響廠家代表亦會親臨參加，多年來已被業界認定為全球三大音響展覽會之一。

www.audiotechnique.com

 

[TLi]

Here is one of the Hong Kong dealers showing the entire lineup of the brands they represent.

 

[CKKeung]

The dealer TLi refers to is Fung Ning Audio Equipment (Asia) Ltd.

豐寧音響 Fung Ning Audio

www.fnaudio.com

 

[CKKeung]

45mins to opening.
Long queue at the ticket counter.

 

[CKKeung]

 

[CKKeung]

The red colour Goebel Divin Noblesse in the room of AudioExotics is extremely eye-catching!
The pairing JMF amp combo is unexpectedly competent!

 

[CKKeung]

TAS interviewed JMF dealer :

 

[CKKeung]

Radar Audio Company in HK is the dealer of Magico, MSB, Vertere, Constellation & Nordost.
These are the components of the demo system in the Show.

New S3, MSB Select stack, Vertere flagship LP combo, Constellation amps and Nordost Gold Odin cables & accessories :


So many Nordost cables!

 

[CKKeung]

The new YG Acoustics Sonja3.2 paired with Soulution :



I like the black colour version more than the usual silver enclosure.

 

[CKKeung]

Wilson Audio & MBL speakers are always present in hifi shows.
In HK both are carried by Jadis HK.

This Summer theme of the special Seasons Edition is fabulous!
The sonic performance is fabulous as well, because the accompanying components are CH Precision 10 Series :



This MBL flagship is the new mk2!

 

[CKKeung]

Rockport, VTL and VPI are carried by Ernest Audio Ltd in Hong Kong.

Year after year they give excellent sonic performance at the HK Shows and this year is no exception.
The Orion was able to energize the big room with delicious resolution & micro- & macrodynamics.
The unique enclosure of Orion results in near-nonexisting coloration & noise.



So many attendees/audiences in the room!

 

[adrianywu]

Dropped by the show this morning. The most interesting discovery so far is in fact the King's Audio electrostatics. This is a local Hong Kong company. The US$20k electrostatic speakers they were demonstrating are extremely transparent and detailed, and sound relaxed and musical. Drums sound very natural and without the boxy coloration of conventional speakers. Most interesting is a pair of electrostatic supertweeters, run by rechargeable lithium batteries. They can be crossovered from as low as 8kHz, and extends to 50kHz. Sensitivity is up to 100dB/W/m. Live demo on a pair of conventional tower speakers shows that the tweeters extend the soundstage and add space around instruments and voices. When they are turned off, the soundstage immediately became more constricted and flat. A great bargain at US$2k.

 

[CKKeung]

Dropped by the show this morning. The most interesting discovery so far is in fact the King's Audio electrostatics. This is a local Hong Kong company. The US$20k electrostatic speakers they were demonstrating are extremely transparent and detailed, and sound relaxed and musical. Drums sound very natural and without the boxy coloration of conventional speakers. Most interesting is a pair of electrostatic supertweeters, run by rechargeable lithium batteries. They can be crossovered from as low as 8kHz, and extends to 50kHz. Sensitivity is up to 100dB/W/m. Live demo on a pair of conventional tower speakers shows that the tweeters extend the soundstage and add space around instruments and voices. When they are turned off, the soundstage immediately became more constricted and flat. A great bargain at US$2k.

 

[CKKeung]

Dropped by the show this morning. The most interesting discovery so far is in fact the King's Audio electrostatics. This is a local Hong Kong company. The US$20k electrostatic speakers they were demonstrating are extremely transparent and detailed, and sound relaxed and musical. Drums sound very natural and without the boxy coloration of conventional speakers. Most interesting is a pair of electrostatic supertweeters, run by rechargeable lithium batteries. They can be crossovered from as low as 8kHz, and extends to 50kHz. Sensitivity is up to 100dB/W/m. Live demo on a pair of conventional tower speakers shows that the tweeters extend the soundstage and add space around instruments and voices. When they are turned off, the soundstage immediately became more constricted and flat. A great bargain at US$2k.

 

[adrianywu]

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What do you think of the set up, CK ?

 

[CKKeung]

Airy, finesse & agile.

 

[joaovieira]

How is the APL streamer and GR DAC on the JMF and Divine Noblesse room?

 

[JackD201]

Should be there around lunch time Saturday. Staying at the Hyatt right beside the convention center.

 

[GSOphile]

CK, thank you very much for your excellent coverage.