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Vienna Verdict: Did High End 2026 Deliver?
This week, host Jorden Guth sits down with SoundStage! Ultra’s Jason Thorpe and SoundStage! founder Doug Schneider to discuss their trip to Vienna for High End 2026—the first time the world's most important hi-fi show has been held outside Munich in more than two decades. Did the move affect the show? Was there a demographic shift among attendees? What were the most impressive products, rooms, and demonstrations? And perhaps most importantly, were the Vienna sandwiches up to par?
Sources:
High End 2026 coverage from Vienna, Austria, on SoundStage! Global: https://www.soundstageglobal.com/index.php/shows-events/high-end-2026-vienna-austria
Chapters:
00:00:00 Announcement
00:00:36 Introductions
00:06:46 Taking attendance
00:09:22 Quantity and quality of the rooms
00:14:23 How’d it sound?
00:28:33 The best record Jason ever heard
00:31:30 Bowers & Wilkins 800 D5
00:32:40 A demographic shift?
00:35:02 The offsite controversy
00:36:27 A 21st century player piano
00:43:53 Outro music: "To Be the One” by Israel Wasserman
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This week, host Jorden Guth sits down with SoundStage! Ultra’s Jason Thorpe and SoundStage! founder Doug Schneider to discuss their trip to Vienna for High End 2026—the first time the world's most important hi-fi show has been held outside Munich in more than two decades. Did the move affect the show? Was there a demographic shift among attendees? What were the most impressive products, rooms, and demonstrations? And perhaps most importantly, were the Vienna sandwiches up to par?
Sources:
High End 2026 coverage from Vienna, Austria, on SoundStage! Global: https://www.soundstageglobal.com/index.php/shows-events/high-end-2026-vienna-austria
Chapters:
00:00:00 Announcement
00:00:36 Introductions
00:06:46 Taking attendance
00:09:22 Quantity and quality of the rooms
00:14:23 How’d it sound?
00:28:33 The best record Jason ever heard
00:31:30 Bowers & Wilkins 800 D5
00:32:40 A demographic shift?
00:35:02 The offsite controversy
00:36:27 A 21st century player piano
00:43:53 Outro music: "To Be the One” by Israel Wasserman
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