Laurence Dickie, designer of Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus and new Vivid Audio, goes deep into loudspeaker design and engineering and sets Andrew straight on some audio assumptions. Andrew gives his opinions on the brands and sound at High End Show at Munich 2025. Who had the worst sound? What is the best affordable system on display. All this and more on Munich High End 2025 Roundup.
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WORDS OF WISDOM FROM THIS EPISODE
Laurence Dickie on Vivid Audio, Bowers & Wilkins and loudspeaker design
“When I left Bowers (& Wilkins) it was because I wanted to get into making studio monitors and the drivers I developed in that time I designed with the intention of bringing the Nautilus type quality of sound to studio monitors…”
“(Vivid Audio) Carbon Fibre – Is vital around the tweeter domes. That is a little ring of super high modulus carbon, which radically changes the performance in the drive unit itself”
Andrew Hutchison – Good, bad & disappointing
BEST SOUND Acapella (horns) “The music sort of washes over you, it’s utterly effortless – it sort of hangs in space. There’s information laid bare but not in a ‘laid bare’ kind of way. It’s just kind of nice…”
BEST AFFORDABLE – “Totem Acoustics from Canada – for me quite a bit better sound (than Wharfedale across the hall). it was breathtaking, just clean sweet musical easy to listen to – an utter delight.”
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People mentioned on this episode –
Laurence Dickie
Andrew Hutchison
Cody Hiebert
Geoff Haynes
Businesses mentioned on this episode –
Vivid Audio
Munich High End Show 2025
Not An Audiophile
Harbottle Audio Subwoofers
HeyNow HiFi
VAF Research
Stereonet Australia
Brands mentioned on this episode –
Vivid Audio
Cody Hiebert Harbottle Audio
Totem Acoustic
Wharfedale
Audio Lab
Harbeth
Esoteric
Marten
TAD – Technical Audio Devices Laboratories
Acapella Audio Arts
MBL
Cessaro
Total Dac
Tidal
Wilson Audio
Dan D’Agostino
Dohmann Audio
Bowers & Wilkins
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