Athens Sound & Vision

摘要

Now in its seventh year, the Athens Sound & Vision Show -also known as the Hxos Eikona Show - took place at the Hotel Stratos Vassilikos in the centre of the city on January 25th-26th. Organised by Greek technology and hi-fi magazine HXOS+ in tandem with online ausio site hiendnews.gr, the medium-sized event still managed to attract many thousands of visitors. Among the products exhibited were components from stalwart specialists such as Wilson Audio and dCS while local distributors showed a rich variety of exotic products, including designs from Metaxas and AKu Audio. There was no shortage of vinyl too, with turntables from EAT, Horning and Clearaudio while amps with glowing valves lit up many a room. Cabasse was out in force with a wide variety of its speakers. Models on display included (l-r) the Minorca MC40 and Murano standmounts along with the Jersey MC170, Murano Alto and Iroise 3 floorstanders. Music was served up by Cambridge Audio's CXN (V2) streamer. Also on display to one side of the room was the company's wireless active Pearl model.