During the Munich High End, Daniela Manger provided a 'Behind the scenes' interview.

Curious? 

Darko Audio published a long article about the Hegel H190 in combination with the Eclipse TD510Z MK2. He says: What started as 'just a quick listen' turned into a pro-shot video which turned into a full piece of editorial content.

Here to the article.

Here to the Vimeo Video.

Merging+Nadac had a great listening room at AXPONA 2018 for with partner manufacturers (PSI Audio, Purist Audio Design, Star Sound Technologies & Acoustic Geometry). They received a Positive Feedback Award.
If you have not seen it yet, check NativeDSD's blog who featured a nice series of articles titled 'Merging preps for AXPONA 2018' covering the whole show, written by Michael Broughton from the Audiophile Source. Here is an excerpt of the last Axpona Show report post:

“How did things go? Are we happy with the end results? Would we do this again?

All of this stuff we do in audio can and should be distilled down to one thing, the music! Did we get not just good music at Axpona 2018, but were we able to reach that somewhat intangible border between the elusive magical presentation of lifelike music versus a really expensive stereo system that just plays loud?

Based on the comments of those of you who visited the Merging Technologies room I would say yes. We crossed into the borderlands where such things exist. So much so that Positive Feedback has awarded all the participants in the Merging Technologies room with their second Audio Oasis award. Making that two out of three shows in the past few years. A well deserved congratulations to all involved!! So how did things go, quite well I would say.”

What a show has been the 2018 edition of the Klangschloss.ch in Greifenberg. Very enjoyable and very smooth in the long run.

Public was at a very high musical level, presentations were amazing, location was gorgeous… and we had a beautiful weather ;-)

We had a big setup composed by:

- Merging Nadac 8 channel DAC-Preamplifier with external power supply

- Gato Audio CD Player

- Gato Audio Mono Power Amplifiers

- Whole cabling by Cammino

- Decouplers from Omicron

- Loudspeakers Genuin FS 1 MK 2 from Blumenhofer

- Rack studied and developed by us in Attalens

From the pictures You can have more information about the components and how they have been connected in our setup

The listening room was split in half: we shared the room with Illusonic, a Swiss company specialised in digital sound processing. This is not our philosophy, it is a different approach that can suit quite a lot of situations, where it is not possible to work with analogue technologies. Very appreciable.

We only had digital music, played with a Roon-based control. It was the first time since longer time that browsing the titles on the iPad gave a certain analogue feeling. Andrea says that he will investigate Roon as soon as he is at home, when an LP-convinced like him says so, it must mean something.

At the show there were several rooms playing completely analogue setups, as You can see from the pictures, with reel to reel and really classic 40 years and older turntables.

One really amazing part were the presentations that occurred in the show days. Here You can download it and get a short feeling, of what Andrea Vitali from Blumenhofer Acoustics lectured. There were much more people in the lecture, than he expected. The feedback was positive, very informal and informative speech, they said. Andrea accepted the compliment and enjoyed the questions after the lecture.

We all enjoyed the show at the Klangschloss and the great engagement of Marcus to have a great show in the amazing avenue. Looking forward for the Klangschloss 2019.

In the meantime You can enjoy here some pictures of the 2018 event

Jason Kennedy - the-ear.net

We have decided (and had the chance to get a room) to participate to the Klangschloss Greiffensee on the 14-15th of April 2018.

We will play:

- Blumenhofer-Acoustics Genuin FS 1 MK 2

- Merging Nadac Player 8

- Merging Nadac Power

- Gerd Sauerman Class A Power Amplifier

- Brandt Audio Cables

- Cammino Power Harmonizer

We will be in Room 9b and there will be the chance to hear a presentation of Andrea Vitali about Horn loudspeakers, how they are built, which principles are behind them and what are their properties.

Manger received a great review on the first issue of The Absolute Sound in 2018. You can find it on page 102-105 of the printed or the pdf magazine. Here You can purchase it.

On the first issue of 2018 Stereoplay, there is a nice review written by Andreas Günther. Have a read, in German.

Hegel starts 2018 with several good news. As You know at the first appointment of 2018, the CES, the American press publishes the 'product of the year' before, in this case 2017. Hegel has been able to earn a lot of awards.

Let's start:

- HEGEL Röst wins Product of The Year in Soundstage Networks. Soundstage is the leading online magazine for 2-channel audio in North America, and Hegel is very proud to have received this award. Here is the link to the award article, here to the original article of Al Griffin, and here to the original article of Oliver Amnuayphol. Both these reviewers awarded Editor's Choice

- Mohican is Product of The Year in The Absolute Sound (USA).

- H90 is Product of The Year in HiFi+ (UK). Here You can read the article.

- Rost is Product of The Year in The Ear (UK). Here You can read the award article and here the original article.

- Hegel also had a very good review of the H190 in HiFi News (UK) just now. Here You can read the article.

- Hegel H190 in Stereopluss.no (Norway). Here You can read the article.

- Hegel H190 in HiFi & Music (Norway - Denmark). Here You can read the article.

- Hegel H190 in HiFi Video Test (Holland). Here You can read the article.

- Hegel H90 in Stereoplay (Germany).

In the Klangwerk's Showroom in Zurich there will be the Sternzauber Event (Magic of the stars) days with Daniela Manger

Friday 1. December 2017, 14 - 19 Uhr 

Saturday 2. December 2017, 14 - 18 Uhr

Loudspeakers: MANGER p1 / s1 / w1

Electronic: Weiss DAC 501/ Neukomm PA133S

Starting today the Hegel H160 will not longer be available. The Hegel H190 integrated DAC-Network Player-Amplifier will take his place in Hegel's product portfolio. And we are looking forward to deliver the first ones!

This year we supported with our products the Analog Audio Association Forum in Basel. 

Blumenhofer Acoustics, Lavardin, Hegel, Manger, Cammino and other Cabling were the tools we used to contribute to their success. The cooperation was good, but, as usual there was quite a lot of work to do in there! All in all a success. If You are curious, You can enjoy the pictures here

We were at the Swiss High End 2017, the setup was impressive and included all the news we have in our portfolio: Hegel, Manger, Cammino, Dr. Feickert, Nadac, Lavardin, Brandt Audio.

Daniela Manger herself (and You can see it in the pictures here) supported us in the show and we had a very pleasant and enjoyable time, lot of good stuff and lot of good music.

Mr. Giradischi from the Analog Audio Association expressed a very positive impression on our presentation. Here You can read his comments in German. Here is the original page on the AAA Association webpage