No unfortundly not only walked in front
I donāt really see consā¦.., while obviously sometimes crowded rooms, suboptimal acoustics, and 10 times the same song are part of the package, amongst other challenges. But I focus more on the positives the shows bringā¦
- Exposure to music you didnāt know yet, always hear some new stuff and getting frustrated when itās a very special version which is excellent, but is not attainable.
- Exposure to new trends. Different ways of acoustic treatment, the emerging of switches about 8 years ago etc. etc.
- Calibration of what is needed and possible on your personal hifi journey.
- Sometimes exposure to exciting personalities. People who make a demo an event or are specialists in a certain area.
- More intentionally listening music as I am writing about it for this forum, so meaning more emerged in the music.
- Better understanding of your own preferences as you are exposed to so many different systems.
- ā¦.
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I appreciate your thorough reports. Keep on writing them!
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The Vienna State Opera is fantastic. Glasses of wine at the bar are very good value, which surprised us. The other two big opera houses we have been to are the Met and La Scala. I enjoyed Vienna the best, the atmosphere is just lovely.
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Vienna is definitely on my list of places to visit, both to see and explore it as a city, and for music. And by music I of course mean live, notably classical and opera, rather than whatever might be played at any hi-fi exhibition! The Eastern Europeans seem to excel at plentiful and reasonably priced music ā your mention of Vienna State Operareminds me of Hungary State Opera in Budapest, where IIRC wine was also very reasonably priced, complementing an excellent performance.
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I wonder if youāve misread/misunderstood my post. They were horrified by the British show not the Japanese.
You can hardly avoid Weiner Schnitzel in Vienna. Just as you canāt (and mustnāt) avoid the coffee houses. Iām sure those on here who have been will know where this is.
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I guess it,s cafe central
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ā¦ but of course 
itās a commonly known fact that no one has ever said or thought this in the context of reference recordings, except that time when you did
I will try to do my best for the upcoming show in Munich. While it looks we will miss a couple of the highlights of earlier shows, so we will see who competes this year for the best sound of the show. We will be missing dearly Von Schweikert and Dartzeel.
While I love Vienna, I am a bit sad that the show moves to Vienna. So far I could travel by car and drive back. Next year I would need to stay over in a hotel and travel a day before and afterā¦., I also fear that it will take some time to get the same vibeā¦.
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I coud hear a Dartzeel system from short and wow
Why the car ? The (night) train to Vienna (a lot of departures whole over Europe) is a nice solution and not so expensive comparing to the use of a car.
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Itās not so much about car or not car, the travel time is soo long that would need to stay in a hotel and arrive a day before.
This was my fave coffee house in Vienna. CafƩ Schwarzenberg.
We stopped by after the concert at the Musikverein. Just a walking distance from where we were staying. Loved the old world decor.
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We are going there on the train from the U.K., so youāve got it easy.
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Weāve done that last time when we were in Vienna. Train ride was lovely but weather sucked and schlepping a luggage after drop off at the Vienna Central Station was PITA. We took a public transportation ( tram or bus ) everywhere we went but not sure if I want to do that again.
Did you take the nightjet train from Amsterdam?