Techdas Air Force Zero at the Hong Kong Hi-end Audio Visual Show 2019

[CKKeung]

The Show :
https://www.atreview.net/

A few photos to share :

 

[howiebrou]

Thanks for the photos. Not a bad combo but hard to listen with so many people packed into a room!

 

[howiebrou]

To me the stand out sound was in the Marvel music room with the Wadax Atlantis and Cessaro Firebird speakers. Both Stenheim rooms were outstanding too.

 

[CKKeung]

Two arm/catridge combos were used for the Air Force Zero demo :
1. 3012R with Ortofon SPU 85th Anniversary.
2. Grahms Elite with Techdas TDC01 Ti.

The phono was CH Precision P1+X1.

 

[CKKeung]

To me the stand out sound was in the Marvel music room with the Wadax Atlantis and Cessaro Firebird speakers. Both Stenheim rooms were outstanding too.

That room was too small for the Firebird.
Haha

 

[howiebrou]

That room was too small for the Firebird.
Haha

Yes i agree. A pity but you can certainly sense the potential!

 

[Steve Williams]

You guys are really lucky to have such a terrific audio show in your home town. I was there 3 years ago. One if the best shows I’ve ever attended

 

[howiebrou]

You guys are really lucky to have such a terrific audio show in your home town. I was there 3 years ago. One if the best shows I’ve ever attended

It was quieter than usual this year Steve, presumably due to the on-going protests. That paid dividends in that some rooms actually had seats available!

 

[CKKeung]

Last year the Show got 3xk attendents.
I guess this year it will have 30% less.
Let's see the number today (last of the 3 days).

 

[XV-1]

It was quieter than usual this year Steve, presumably due to the on-going protests. That paid dividends in that some rooms actually had seats available!

Howie, i have been the last 2 years, but not this year. Would be great to have less people at the show.
Probably will go next year again, hopefully more protests next year to enable more free seats

 

[howiebrou]

Howie, i have been the last 2 years, but not this year. Would be great to have less people at the show.
Probably will go next year again, hopefully more protests next year to enable more free seats

Shane, if you do drop me a line. I’m sure we can convince you to go home with some new toys

 

[XV-1]

Shane, if you do drop me a line. I’m sure we can convince you to go home with some new toys

LOL. That's what I am afraid of. A few years ago the Tech Das importer had a couple of extremely tempting offers for Air Force One.

 

[howiebrou]

LOL. That's what I am afraid of. A few years ago the Tech Das importer had a couple of extremely tempting offers for Air Force One.

Yup and i almost got it but came to my senses. Looking back may be i should have, so good was the price....

 

[XV-1]

Yup and i almost got it but came to my senses. Looking back may be i should have, so good was the price....

You too Howie. The Chinese gold version looked very cool especially combined with the gold SME V 12 inch arm.
Compared to the price now, they were super cheap. But you would need to upgrade to Premium model now

 

[howiebrou]

You too Howie. The Chinese gold version looked very cool especially combined with the gold SME V 12 inch arm.
Compared to the price now, they were super cheap. But you would need to upgrade to Premium model now

Not sure I would be tempted to upgrade TTs too much. My Acutus has served me well for more than 12 years. Digital on the other hand...

 

[CKKeung]

You too Howie. The Chinese gold version looked very cool especially combined with the gold SME V 12 inch arm.
Compared to the price now, they were super cheap. But you would need to upgrade to Premium model now

That white+gold version was made only for the previous Techdas HK dealer (Forthwise).
Very nice looking indeed.
And Forthwise offerred big discount when their dealership contract expired.

 

[CKKeung]

BTW some non-Premium model owner friends of mine after listening to the Premium version, decided to stay with their non-Premium models.

One reason is the increased prices and the other reason is that they don't like the sonic changes brought about by the diff platters.

 

[howiebrou]

That white+gold version was made only for the previous Techdas HK dealer (Forthwise).
Very nice looking indeed.
And Forthwise offerred big discount when their dealership contract expired.

That is the problem (or opportunity) in HK. The distributors change so often and they dump stock to hurt the next one that the second hand values can go down the toilet. If you’re lucky you can get a bargain of course.

 

[CKKeung]

That is the problem (or opportunity) in HK. The distributors change so often and they dump stock to hurt the next one that the second hand values can go down the toilet. If you’re lucky you can get a bargain of course.

The old dealers are forced to do that, otherwise what to do with their remaining stock?

Many manufacturers when signing contract with new dealers will launch new models to let the new dealers to have a good start.
The old dealers are therefore hit seriously.

 

[howiebrou]

The old dealers are forced to do that, otherwise what to do with their remaining stock?

Many manufacturers when signing contract with new dealers will launch new models to let the new dealers to have a good start.
The old dealers are therefore hit seriously.

I think there should be a mechanism where old distributors can pass on their stock to the new distributor. When you sell something for 20% of the retail price of the new dealer, new model or not, they are not going to sell much. And many manufacturers can not time new models to coincide with new distribution. If your distributors change once every 5-10 years i guess it is manageable but here they seem to change every 1-2 years which is challenging! T+ A just got dumped by Jadis. I wonder if there are some bargains to be had or if they have already been snapped up!