ASCENDO Cinema Room - Front stage - SMSG18 Subs and CCRM12 MKII (L/C/R)

ASCENDO 8ch (225W/ch) power Amp and McIntosh Processor

ASCENDO AIA 8-2704, 8ch (225W/ch) power Amp

ASCENDO CCRM12 MKII 12" active DSP controlled Coaxial Cinema Reference Monitor (1kW RMS)

ASCENDO SMSG18 18" sealed active DSP controlled Subwoofer (3kW RMS)

ASCENDO SMSG18 and CCRM12 MKII

ASCENDO SMSG18 and CCRM12 MKII

ASCENDO CCRM6-P 6.5" passive Coaxial Cinema Reference Monitor (350W RMS, Surrounds)

ASCENDO SMSG32 32" sealed active DSP controlled Infrasonic Subwoofer (6kW RMS)

ASCENDO SMSG32 32" sealed active DSP controlled Infrasonic Subwoofer (6kW RMS)

ASCENDO SMSG32 32" sealed active DSP controlled Infrasonic Subwoofer (6kW RMS)

Proud of this incredible cinema - a truly unique experience! Brent Durr (AIA Dealer, Left) and Jeandre Botha (AIA Distributer, Right)

Chatting in the foyer of AVGurus prior to our ASCENDO Home Cinema demo

Chatting in the foyer of AVGurus prior to our ASCENDO Home Cinema demo

Chatting in the foyer of AVGurus prior to our ASCENDO Home Cinema demo

Hallway to ASCENDO demo Cinema Room - memorabilia against walls

The foyer to the ASCENDO Cinema room

The foyer to the ASCENDO Cinema room

The ASCENDO Home Cinema Equipment rack - located in the foyer outside the room (Ascendo DNA Amps, Oppo/Xbox, Furutech Daytona, Trinnov Altitue 16 processor, MOTU AVB interface, Extreme Switch)

The ASCENDO Home Cinema Equipment rack - located in the foyer outside the room (AVB network shown at bottom)

Christo Stander admires the incredible ASCENDO 24" Infrasonic Subwoofer that shook all!

The ASCENDO Home Cinema demo room in action

The ASCENDO Home Cinema demo room in action

The ASCENDO Home Cinema demo room in action

A job well done! From left to right: Hermann Maischatz (AVT Audio Namibia), Jeandre Botha (The Audio Visual Boutique, Geoffrey Heinzel (ASCENDO Germany)

Partying off-site.....a job well done guys!

Partying off-site.....a job well done guys!

Arrival of Ascendo Cinema speakers at the premises of AVGurus in JHB

Arrival of Ascendo Cinema speakers at the premises of AVGurus in JHB

Unpacking the Ascendo Cinema speakers for initial listening tests

Rigging of temporary front stage to test speakers and room acoustics

Our "baby" Ascendo 6kW active DSP and AVB controlled 24" Infrasonic Subwoofer - a first in South Africa!!

A job well done!! Pieter Venter (AVGurus Manager), Jeandre Botha (The Audio Visual Boutique) and Hermann Maischatz (AVT Audio Namibia)

One of the Main entrances to the Munich High End Show 2018 at the MOC in Munich Germany. Furutech made a point to advertise BIG

One of the Atrium Halls at the Munich High End Show 2018.

Another view of the Munich High End Show 2018.

And yet another view of the Munich High End Show 2018.

Eating out at the Munich High End Show 2018.

Another Main entrance to the Munich High End Show 2018 at the MOC in Munich Germany. Furutech made a point to advertise BIG

The Furutech booth at the Munich High End Show 2018

Me (center) visiting the Furutech booth. On my left is Graeme Coley and on my right is Frank Hayama (President of Furutech)

Furutech display - power plugs and accessories

Furutech display - power plugs and accessories

Furutech display - off-the-reel speaker and coaxial cables

Furutech display - off-the-reel power and audio cables

Furutech display - The new NCF Booster, power strips and Demag Alpha

Furutech display - power accessories, plugs and connectors

The German Distributor of Furutech products, Progressive Audio

The German Distributor of Furutech products, Progressive Audio - showcase of Furutech products inside their room

The German Distributor of Furutech products, Progressive Audio - showcase of Furutech products inside their room

The German Distributor of Furutech products, Progressive Audio - showcase of Furutech products inside their room

The German Distributor of Furutech products, Progressive Audio - showcase of Furutech NCF Booster at power distributor

The German Distributor of Furutech products, Progressive Audio - showcase of Furutech NCF Booster at equipment power input

The German Distributor of Furutech products, Progressive Audio - showcase of Furutech NCF Boosters supporting speaker cables in main system

The German Distributor of Furutech products, Progressive Audio - showcase of Furutech products inside their room

Various Exhibitors at the High End Show have arranged to make use of Furutech's NCF Boosters within their own systems

Various Exhibitors at the High End Show have arranged to make use of Furutech's NCF Boosters within their own systems

Various Exhibitors at the High End Show have arranged to make use of Furutech's NCF Boosters within their own systems

Various Exhibitors at the High End Show have arranged to make use of Furutech's NCF Boosters within their own systems

Various Exhibitors at the High End Show have arranged to make use of Furutech's NCF Boosters within their own systems

I also had a meeting with Founder and Owner of ASR Audio, Friedrich Schaefer. They design and build, in my view, the very best solid state amplifiers on the face of the planet

The Thixar booth at the Munich High End Show 2018

Me again with Dirk Rudell on my right, Founder and Owner of Thixar

Lovely surroundings at the Expo

Static display of Furutech av accessories

Listening room setup with Spendor A6 floorstanders

Close-up, Spendor A6

Main setup - Spendor STatements with Electrocompaniet CD/Amp

Close-up, Spendor ST

Multibrackets banner

Close-up, Spendor ST

Spendor A-Line banner

Furutech ADL H-118 stereo headphones on demo

Close-up, Spendor A6

Full view of exhibition stand (Multibrackets display in foreground)

Static exhibit - close-up of Furutech Evolution II cables and Furutech Daytona 303E power conditioner filter/surge protection unit

Static exhibit - Spendor Loudspeakers (STatements, A6s and SA1s)

Close-up of Multibrackets product display

Static exhibit - Ecosse Reference interconnect and speaker cables

Static exhibit - Furutech Home Audio Accessories and power conditioning

Close-up of Multibrackets product display

Static exhibit - Spendor Loudspeakers (STatements, A6s and SA1s)

Main exhibition, right hand side

Main exhibition, left hand side

Static exhibit - Spendor loudspeakers

Main exhibition - Furutech and Emmlabs products

Close-up of Furutech e-TP80E power conditioner and Ecosse Big Red powerchords

Static exhibit - Furutech pre-terminated cables

Static exhibit - Furutech Home Audio Accessories

Static exhibit - Ecosse Reference interconnect cables

Close-up of EmmLabs CDSA SE CD/SACD player; and Ecosse Big Red Power cable

Close-up of Furutech Daytona 303E power conditioner filter/surge protection unit; and Ecosse Big Red Power cable

Static exhibit - Spendor Loudspeakers (STatements, A5s and SA1s)

Close-up of Furutech power plugs and connectors

Close-up of Furutech XLR and phono plugs, binding posts and DIYs

Our main stereo system! Spendor, EmmLabs, Ecosse, Rega, Valve Audio

Another great view of our main stereo system!

Another great view of our main stereo system!

Another great view of our main stereo system!

Cable (Ecosse) and power distribution/filtering (Furutech) arrangement

Close-up of main stereo system - Rega P5 turntable, EmmLabs CDSA SE, Valve Audio amplification

Close-up of Spendor SP100R large 3-way monitor loudspeaker

Close-up of main stereo system - Rega P5 turntable, EmmLabs CDSA SE, Valve Audio amplification

Power distribution/filtering (Furutech) arrangement

Some of our guests chatting and enjoying the music

lose-up of Rega P5 turntable and EmmLabs integrated CDSA SE CD/SACD player

Close-up of Valve Audio pre- and power amplification

Static exhibit - Valve Audio Whisper balanced hybrid phono stage

Yes, we also had some eats!

Static display - Ecosse cables and Furutech e-TP80E with Ecosse Big Red powerchords

Static exhibit - Valve Audio Exclame integrated stereo amplifier

Guest relaxing and enjoying music from our stereo system

Exhibit of Furutech accessories / cables

View of the Furutech Demag on display

Exhibit stereo setup. Spendor, Maestro, EmmLabs, Ecosse, Furutech

Another view of stereo setup; showing Furutech large banner display

Close-up view of new Spendor STatement floorstand and Spendor SA1 bookshelf

Close-up view of equipment setup; showing the Maestro Class A 220W mono block amps

Close-up view of equipment setup; showing the Emm Labs CDSA CD/SACD player and Maestro pre-amp

Exhibit of Ecosse and Furutech cables

Exhibit of Furutech accessories / cables

Exhibit of Ecosse and Furutech cables

Exhibit of Ecosse cables

Large banner display of Emm Labs CDSA CD/SACD player outside our exhibit room

Large banner display of Spendor STatement loudspeaker in exhibition walkway

Guest relaxing and enjoying our night of music and demonstration

Exhibit stereo setup. EmmLabs, Spendor, Maestro, Ecosse

Exhibit stereo setup. EmmLabs, Spendor, Maestro, Ecosse

Ecosse Reference cable display

Exhibit of Furutech accessories / cables

Close-up view of our equipment setup; showing the Emm Labs CDSA

Close-up view of the Spendor S9e and Maestro Class A 220W monoblock amp

Close-up view of the Furutech DeMag and LP Flattener

Exhibit of Furutech accessories

Exhibit of Ecosse Reference cables

Exhibit of Ecosse Reference cables

The team that made this show a huge success (Nico Theunissen, Jeandre Botha and Ryno Botha)

Our exhibit cubicle

Furutech LP Flattener, DeMag and e-Tp60/80 power units

And also another view of our Furutech display

And another view of our Furutech display

And also another view of our Furutech display

Exhibit display of Ecosse Reference cables

The awesome Emm Labs CDSA SE integrated CD/SACD player

More Spendor products on display

Maestro amps and the EmmLabs CDSA

The inside of the Maestro 160W Class A dual-mono amplifier

Display of Maestro Audio Class A Amplifiers

Our Ecosse cable stand showing off-the-reel cables

Small display of Spendor loudspeakers

Display showing the awesome Ecosse SMS 4.7 BiWire Super Monocrystal cable

Exhibit display of Furutech LP Flattener and DeMag

Exhibit display of Furutech cables and accessories

And yet another shot of our Furutech display (close-up)

Exhibit of Furutech accessories

Exhibit of Furutech accessories

Exhibit of Furutech accessories

The Furutech DeMag on display

The crowd joining us for a night of music and demonstration

Myself, Andries and Johan admiring some of the exhibits

I am giving a demo on the Furutech Demag

Checking out what's on display....

Andries having a casual chat about his Rega turntables

Ecosse Big Red cable

The Furutech DeMag in action (demagnetising a Ecosse speaker cable)

The Furutech DeMag in action (demagnetising an Ecosse interconnect cable)

Another view of the exhibit stereo setup (Spendor A9)

Joel Kopping and me (Jeandre) having a chat

Ecosse Myth analogue interconnect

More chit-chat and discussions

More chit-chat and discussions

OK Andries, we get the picture!

Everyone having a great time...

Yip, that's me, next to the Ecosse cable stands!

Another view of the Ecosse cable stands

Maestro amplifiers on display

Our interactive PC centre

Our home theatre setup in action

Another view of the Ecosse and Spendor products

Our Spendor loudspeaker display

Our Ecosse cable stands

Alan Doyle wins a pair of Spendor S5e's, a set of Ecosse ES4.45 speaker cables and a Maestro 120W class A amp!!

And the winner is....?

Joel Kopping from AVSA Mag does the honour to announce the lucky winner!

Making ready to announce the winner of our lucky show draw!

Our home theatre setup