A couple of weeks ago, I went to Gent (or Ghent, if you want), to see and hear the speakers of Sven Boenicke.
Lieu: Wide Screen Audio.
I had heard the little W5s last year, during the X-Fi show in the Netherlands, and Jacques and I walked away highly impressed. The soundstage and bass these gorgeous Lilliputians produced was amazing.
Another reason I specifically wanted to attend the Boenicke show was the presence of the Swiss creator himself.
So, on that Sunday morning I made sure I was on time, because I wanted to be one of the first visitors.
This would give me the opportunity to hear some of my favourite test tracks.
It worked out well, I arrived before any other attendees.
I talked a bit with Sven.
He started as a one man company, now there are three persons working at Boenicke Audio.
He is also a sound engineer, which of course helps him to voice his speakers.
There 4 models in the lineup: the W5, W8, W11 and W13. Each model has 3 levels: the basic version, the SE, and the SE+ version.
The owners of the shop said they were surprised that the better components used in the SE and SE+ versions upped the already good performance of the basic model in such a drastic way.
All 4 models were represented in the store.
3 were installed in a system.
We started with the W8 SE+.
As my wife Meta couldn't join me, you'll have to do without her photographical skills, and bear with my iPhone 7+ pics.
Source: a dCS Bartok:
Amplifier: a SPEC class D integrated amplifier:
You'll notice that you probably don't know the brand of cables.
You're right, more about that later.
The 2 youngsters who came also quite early proved to be real music lovers and connoisseurs!
Yippee, young blood in our hobby!
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