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What Hi-Fi? Show Mumbai 2023 – Part 2

14th Floor:

Sony:

Sony’s HT-A9 Home Theater Speakers, with VPL-XW5000ES 4K HDR SXR Laser Projector were showcased, along with a 100″ TV with their sound bar range as well. For more details, please contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

Eight Audio:

A home theater set up was showcased along with a couple of inwall speakers as well as sealed & ported subwoofers on static display were part of the Eight Audio Room. For more details, please contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

Pen Workers:

Couple of recliner chair options were showcased, For more details, please contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

Reflex Audio:

An unconventional home theatre set up using pro audio speakers were showcased by relatively unknown company called Reflex Audio, from Kolhapur. Whilst the owner was present himself and adamant that the speakers showcased weren’t for Pro Audio, we would like to think that the pictures would say otherwise. Having said that, the offer price was very attractive for a 11.2 Channel Set-up, so if you have the real estate to accommodate them then by all means, a truly value for money option to consider. For more details, please contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

Devialet:

The Mania & Mania Opera de Paris are the newest speakers from Devialet. Honestly speaking, we found them to be one of the best from Devialet. Definitely something to strongly consider in the wireless hi-fidelity smart speakers segment. The entire range of Devialet was also available for demo. For more details, please contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

Bang & Olufson:

Nothing new was showcased but pretty much everything that was shown has been available in the market for a while. For more details, please contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

Sonos:

Yet again, nothing new was showcased but pretty much everything that was shown has been available in the market for a while. For more details, please contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

Epson:

Barring the new UST Projector, the Epson LS800 on demo, everything else has been around in the market for a while. The LS800 will be launched on the 1st of June 2023. For more details, please contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

Vinshek:

Dynavoice Speakers and Subwoofer in a home theater configuration were on demo, along with Pantheone powered Speakers. For more details, please contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

Alphatec:

Alphatec has been on a brand acquisition strategy for sometime now and they showcased a couple of them, such as Genelec, House of Marley, Audio Technica, Audiopro, BEC Akustik, Lithe Audio, Tivoli Audio. We wish them the very best in managing all these brands and more that they will most certainly add in the near future. For more details, please contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

Recliners India:

A new design in combination recliner sofa design amongst other designs that have already been shown earlier made up for their room. For more details, please contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

GTC Industries:

Lumina screens showcased some of their screens. For more details, please contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

Profx(Polk Audio):

Polk Signature Series Speakers & Sub with Denon AVR-X3800H AV Receiver were showcased in a home theater configuration. For more details, please contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

ProFx(Deftech):

Definitive Technology BP9000 Series Speakers with Descend Series Subwoofer along with Denon’s AVR-X4800H AV Receiver were showcased in a home theater configuration. For more details, please contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

ProFx(KEF):

KEF’s LS50 Wireless II with LSX II Wireless Powered Speakers were showcased. For more details, please contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

Aytexcel Pvt. Ltd.

Formovie Projectors & Vivid Storm Projection Screens were covering every possible square foot of their room! Projectors were also projecting on the ceiling to showcase their ability to be carried anywhere and use as desired. Plenty of innovative models espcially one model of projector that was gimbal mounted! Too many details to share here so for specific inquiries, please contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

Nedis:

A plethora of cables, power distribution outlets, banana plugs and accessories along with wireless neck speakers and cheapy chinese all in one turntables were lined up in this room. For more details, please contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

Soundtrails:

Mofi’s Ultradeck Turntable with Outboard Phono Pre and their recently introduced Source Point 10 Speakers made up for this corridor based static display. Andrew Jones designed Source Point 10 Speakers were something that almost all wh attended wanted to hear but sadly only a privileged few including us managed to hear them for a few minutes on the first day. For more details, please contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

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What Hi-Fi? Show Mumbai 2023 – Part 1

The 2023 edition of the What Hi-Fi? Show took place at Hotel St. Regis, Mumbai between 25th & 27th May and we were present to cover the show, the details of which follows as under:

As is now customary with this show, the exhibitors are divided between the 8th floor & the 14th floor of the hotel, the 8th floor mainly having large staterooms whilst the 14th floor has small rooms & 2 suites.

We start our coverage on the 8th floor, which comprises of registration space, followed by a small room that was taken by Headphone Zone, that was pretty much in a corner that most wouldn’t even know of, had the door not been open.

8th Floor:

Headphone Zone:

A variety of headphones, amplifiers and digital audio players were at hand for the visitors to listen to. Well managed by the HPZ staff and owner.

BenQ:

BenQ launched a couple of projectors at the show along with the existing range of models were showcased by the personnel. For more details contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

AK International:

Pretty much the entire range of Focal was showcased mainly via Static displays, alongside live demos of Naim’s Muso, Littora Outdoor Speakers, Focal AVR powered home theater as well as Maestro Utopia Speakers powered by Naim Pre/Power Electronics. A large room was well packed with the above, though a lot left to be desired when one is showcasing the flagship series of Focal Speakers & Naim Amplifiers! The pictures should speak for themselves. A solo display of Monster cables was also part of this room. For more details contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

MZ Audio Distributions India + Viewsonic:

A bazaar setting of static displays consisting of Marantz, Q Acoustics, Mission, Heco, Magnat, Loewe, Velodyne, Episode with a sprinkling of Viewsonic Projectors covered the entire room. For more details contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

Cinebels:

A corridor setting was chosen to static display models from Onkyo, Integra & Pioneer AV Receivers, alongside a pair of Klipsch & Jamo Speakers. For more details contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

Audio Nirvana:

Rotel, Sonus Faber, McIntosh electronics and speakers were static displayed alongside a live set up consisting of all 3 brands. For more details contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com

Sound & Vision:

Live demonstrations of Sim2 Projectors on Screen Research Screens, plus Artcoustic speakers on static display as well as live demo were part of this room. Sim2 projectors definitely were some of the best one can buy but then at a steep price so definitely for the chosen few only. The owner of Sound & Vision was giving the demos of all the brands and did so happily.

For more details contact us at – hifihunt1@gmail.com