My report of impressions of the Paris Audio Video Show is almost completed. There was a stand by Devialet (French brand specialized in the hi-fi), but dedicated only to their connected speaker Phantom. So I could not listen to their true wireless IEMs Gemini II, released few time ago. There...

The last headphone that I tests was at Sennheiser stand. In fact, there was a HD800S (300Ohm dynamic driver with balanced cable) laying there - I find it quite ugly and cheap-looking (something like the Final), and when I put it on my head I also found it uncomfortable. Then I plugged in the...

So I went back to the Pierre Charles' stand, the one where I had seen this beauty: Pierre explained me that his shop "Casques Headphones" is in Lyon and he imports in France various brands. I will try to make a visit if I pass by Lyon. Indeed, his stand was full of beautiful cans, including...

Next stand was the one by Focal, a quite known French manufacturer. I own the Radiance "Bentley Limited Edition", a closed-back model which was not in the stand, and the Focal guy confirmed me that it is out of production and out of stock - only few remaining in the shops. I took the occasion to...

So I was very excited after the Saturday visit, and I decided to spend few more hours on Sunday. First visited stand was from Hany Sound, distributor based in Courbevoie. He had a few Fostex headphones available for test: I tried the Fostex TH900 MK2, a closed-back dynamic headphone from this...

Time was almost up (show closes at 7pm) but I noticed a large table with many many headphones on it - instead of just one pair per seat as in other stands. (I discovered later that this stand is run by Pierre Charles of Casques Headphones - more on that in tomorrow's visit). I was particularly...

So next stop was at Elite Diffusion, that imports in France headphones from US (Audeze) and Japan (Final). I notice the big picture announcing the new X8000... but for now, I wanted to try the mythic planar magnetic Final D8000 Pro - they were connected to an iFi Audio Pro iDSD Signature...

While still at the Qobuz stand, I wanted to try the new Audeze LCD-XC Carbon model (I actually own a pre-2021 "Bubinga wood" version). The first impression is that they are actually heavy, more than the Bubinga I believe. Once on my head this did not disturb me, the fit was quite good. I...

Next stop was at the Qobuz stand - Qobuz is a music streaming service that puts quality above all the rest, and different headphones were available to test this. The fist that I noted was from the German manufacturer Hedd - don't ask the exact model, here it is: Of course it is open-back, this...

As I was standing at the Son-Video.com stand, I wanted to try some IEM's. There were the Ponderosa by Campfire Audio, an American company, connected to a DAP by Shanling. So I went on trying this - the foam tips did not fit at all in my ears, the lady was very kind to take some silicon tips...

Second stop was at the stand of Son-Video.com, which is a web site as well as a chain of very nice shops in France. Many headphones exposed, I tried a big open-back Fiio - I didn't note the exact reference and the Fiio website is quite slow, so I hope that you can recognize it [later found out...

I attended the two-days Paris Audio Video Show 2023 this weekend, and I would like to share my impressions with the forum. Please be patient as it was my first show, this is my first post, and anyway I will express only personal opinions or emotions - no absolute judgements, I am quite novice in...

(Sorry for the second post in the same day!)