 De komende weekend, oktober 7 en 8, 2023, de Dutch Audio-event op de Koningshof op Velthoven, de Nederlandse, opent zichs de deuren weer. En zoals vorige jaren, ik ben inviteerd om een presentatie te doen. Dit keer zal ik discussie over de dingen die een digitale playbacksysteem klinkt of slecht, natuurlijk. Het zal beginnen door de twee handen van letters te compareren. Dus je wilt dat niet missen. Op zaterdag doe ik twee presentaties. Eén op 11 a.m. en één op 2 p.m. Op zondag is de presentatie op 11 a.m. alleen. En ik ben niet de enige die een presentatie doet. Gert-Jan Groothuizen en Peter Meijer van Grim Audio zullen discussie over de geweldige technologie achter de DAC in hun veel-anticipatieve MU2 streaming DAC die voor het eerst in Nederland is. Pierre Lagerz of Cobuse does a presentation of rediscovering music and has a live pub pop quiz with singer Yolanda Knecht en her band. There are nice prizes to be won too. These presentations and the pub pop quiz will all take place in the auditorium. See the Dutch Audio Event website for the schedule. A link is in the description. Apart from that, Ernest Kemper of KID Audio does several sound engineering master classes in Room 19. Most presentations will be in Dutch. Don't be afraid, there will be sufficient gear too. In over 60 rooms more than 200 brands are represented. Next to the fantastic stereo setups there will be two cinema setups by SVS with Optoma and M&K sound. Leica will demonstrate their Cine 1 short-throw projector with soundbar and lower will be present too. Visitors get the DEA magazine for free. Apart from in the rooms there will be presentations in the 4As too. Like last year, headphones listening will get a lot of attention. And don't forget that in many cases you can get direct contact with the designer and the staff of the distributor and manufacturers. The Koningshof is a former monastery situated in the woods near Eindhoven. It has been converted to a convention center with 80 conference rooms and 509 hotel rooms. If the weather permits, and it often did in the previous years, you can relax or have a meeting in the monastery garden enjoying a quality beer. But there are sufficient bars and restaurants on the venue too. The large numbers of both conference rooms and hotel rooms makes it the ideal place for a hotel show. It's only 16 km, 10 miles from Eindhoven's central station. Hermes Bus Line 19 or 319 takes you to the Koningshof for €2.95. Eindhoven has its own airport. Flight time from London, Berlin and Paris is less than an hour and the airport is even closer to the venue than the train station. Only 13 km, 8 miles. If you travel by car, there's ample free parking space. See the website for more info. De link is in de description, below this video on YouTube, or just Google for Dutch Audio Event 2023. Although I haven't seen the setlist, there will be live music as well. Since last year, the show uses the fantastic auditorium for presentations and live music. So there is ample space. I'm looking forward to the show. See you there.