Naim & Kudos Audio at AV Show 2016 HK

Nice another recent combo of Naim and Titans 808

excellent set of photos Marco !!!

enjoy...

ken

Those enormous Titans with my tiny speakers hiding behind them!

Great photos. Thanks for sharing.

Mike

Looks a nice stand, great photos too, thanks for sharing!

How were the demos sounding?

Marco - excellent pics - thanks.

Do you know which TT they were using - sits very neatly on the Fraim.

Happy Listener posted:

Marco - excellent pics - thanks.

Do you know which TT they were using - sits very neatly on the Fraim.

The TT is Brinkmann Spyder.

HI Marco, thank you for the excellent report & pics. I guess those Titans were fantastic

Regards

Roberto

ChrisH posted:

Looks a nice stand, great photos too, thanks for sharing!

How were the demos sounding?

Hi ChrisH, the sound is very good, they are best match and can handle different type music, very fantastic.

so how come Titans not Focal !!  Black cat among the Family members,? and is Naim still selling speakers? If they do it is very funny! Even we don't use them but if you insist we can sell them to you  

Emre, choice of kit for the show is not down to Naim - it is down to the distributor. So, if they distribute Naim but also distribute and sell kit from a dedicated speaker manufacturer like, say, Kudos, then it often makes sense to combine the two brands for the show.  The Naim kit and Kudos speakers apparently seem to work well together, so...

p.s. Marcobb, thanks for posting the pictures from the show.

Marcobb, did you have access to take those pics before setup of stand  was finished, and were the Titans then hidden behind thin curtains with those tiddly little ones set up in front pretending to be the ones playing?(!)  Given the size of typical HK apartments the vast majority wouldn't be able to accomodate any bigger speakers, but the amps still have to sound good in the big demo room to sell!

I find all the black in the background display to be be oppressive. Too stealthy. I'm genuinely surprised that images of Salisbury, Wiltshire downland, Naim staff etc aren't used at these shows. They would at least illustrate the terroir, so to speak, which imo, a lot of people would buy into.

Chris

I can't speak for Marco, but I was also at the show and very much enjoyed the sound the Naim/Kudos combo were making.  It was easily one of my favourite sounds of the show.  I've bi-amped Titan 88's in a room less than 200sq.ft. and they worked extremely well, but the Titan 808's are even larger and had no trouble filling the substantial demo room at the show with good sounds.  

Another, albeit much smaller room that was making excellent music was using a U.K. streamer I had never heard before, C.A.D. or Computer Audio Design.  The system was powered by a very small FM Acoustics amp and remarkable speakers from a Swiss manufacturer, the Boenicke Audio W11.  Great set-up if space is limited but your budget is not !

Fantastic photos and to be honest Titans aren't that big in real life but with Naims fantastic electronics, a match made in heaven. 

Not sure what cables that was used but Kudos use Chord inside so that is obviously a great choice...

//Jonas

Kudos uses Naim electronics in the design of their speakers.  The two brands make a great match.  

Chris, have you tried 808 yet at home?

//Jonas

Jonas Olofsson posted:

Chris, have you tried 808 yet at home?

No, my needs are entirely met with my iconic SBLs  ;-)

Chris

Hey Jonas... No have not heard the 808's yet... Would love to hear the improvements over the T88s!

Richard Dane posted:

Emre, choice of kit for the show is not down to Naim - it is down to the distributor. So, if they distribute Naim but also distribute and sell kit from a dedicated speaker manufacturer like, say, Kudos, then it often makes sense to combine the two brands for the show.  The Naim kit and Kudos speakers apparently seem to work well together, so...

p.s. Marcobb, thanks for posting the pictures from the show.

May mistake then, it was looking like a trade show directly contributed by Naim, It is looking quite professional with the setup and even Naim Records stand, still i run many distributors in my life and no distributor of mine can put my products and  a complimentary product from competition side by side, off-course this is high volume FMCG business which is different.  

But still It all comes to who got more power distribution or the brand..... and Kudos seems to be a more of a partner of Linn rather than Naim in business sense, i wouldn't know about artistic match.... 

I wish i could be there and have a pleasure to listen them... great and interesting photos.