HIGH END 2024 Show Report
High End Society's HIGH END 2024 Event In Munich Germany

  From May 9th to 12th, 2024, the 41st HIGH END trade show in Munich will once again shine a spotlight on luxurious premium music reproduction systems, inspiring listening enjoyment and exquisite audio technology. HIGH END continues to be one of the most important marketplaces and trading rendezvous for the audio industry, with many international trade visitors from around the world. Music lovers from over 90 countries visit Munich to discover high-performance audio industry trends, exchange views, learn the latest news, plus network and do business. For industry experts, audiophile enthusiasts, and music enthusiasts, the HIGH END four-day event in Munich will once again be a spectacular event.

Enjoy the Music.com's exclusive HIGH END 2024 show reports will be online shortly after the event.

For many years, the HIGH END show has provided both the big players within the industry and smaller owner-managed companies with their ideal presentation platform as the world's leading audio trade show. It was the perfect place to establish business relationships, expand networks, exchange ideas and experiences with other industry experts.

HIGH END 2024 In Munich Features Steven Wilson
Acclaimed musician and producer Steven Wilson will be presenting his most recent album "The Harmony Codex" in immersive audio reproduction at the HIGH END 2024, taking place from May 9 to 12 at the MOC Event Center in Munich. In cooperation with the organizer of the international audio show and the company PMC, which has exhibited at the HIGH END for many years, Wilson will be holding a series of seminars on all four days of the event, sharing his vast knowledge and experience of mixing in spatial audio with his guests. At the presentations, visitors will have the unique opportunity to become familiar with the creative use of reference level audio, guided by the Grammy-nominated spatial audio mix engineer and one of the world's leading songwriters and producers. 

Steven Wilson, no stranger to the HIGH END, having been brand ambassador in 2019, will give a series of talks about the use of immersive audio in the creation of his music and share his experience as a sought-after remixer of classic works by other artists. During each presentation, he will be demonstrating his immersive mixes, with a special focus on his latest album, "The Harmony Codex", and some of the other artists mixes he has produced, including works from Tears for Fears, Ultravox and Roxy Music. The system, provided by PMC, includes loudspeakers from the manufacturer that are found in the best recording and mixing facilities in the world, e.g. at the BBC, Metropolis, LP:ME Dubai and numerous other studios.

HIGH END Society Leadership
The HIGH END show is an international leader when it comes to impressively setting the bar for high-performance music reproduction. The trade show has been providing ideas and inspiration for producers, distributors, sellers, and consumers of high-quality luxurious consumer electronics for four decades. Each year, representatives from the industry get together for four days at the HIGH END show in Munich. From leading global players  to innovative start-ups, exhibitors provide proof of their innovative passion, which they present on an international stage to the global public at the HIGH END 2024.

International Parts + Supply Event 2024
At the same time as HIGH END, the Society's International Parts + Supply (IPS) event perfectly complemented High End Society's  show, which has developed into the largest international hi-fi show and enjoys tremendous significance and international popularity within the audio industry. Manufacturers of supply parts for the audio industry were provided a special exhibition area in the MOC event center, alongside the HIGH END 2024, offering an ideal platform for establishing more intensive contact with their customers and optimally showcasing their products tailored to their target group.

Attendees could meet the entire world of hi-fi experts and professionals at Munich's MOC exhibition grounds. Two trade visitor days give exhibitors the perfect chance to plan their B2B meetings with no stress and without being pressed for time. As a parts manufacturer and supplier, you could immensely benefit from these conditions, because your customers are already there in Munich.

360° Range Of Products And Services
The exhibition allowed a unique insight into the market of the entire international audio industry. The HIGH END offered a variety of the luxury audio market – from analog to digital. Proven analog technology is entering into new alliances with digital developments of recent years. Through the dramatic evolution in entertainment electronics, ushered in by digitalization and virtualization, streaming continues to be widely popular.

Vinyl records were of course being offered for sale too. Heavy vinyl discs that users could touch and hold in their hands have been enjoying continuous growth now for years, after all, symbolizing an oasis of peace in a hectic, high-tech world. Here, exhibition visitors reveled in a unique opportunity to discover a wide range of musical gems and to pursue their passion of enjoying music without being in a hurry.

Consumer Electronics For All Age Groups And Any Budget
For large or small pocketbooks, young or older clientele, at the HIGH END, all music and equipment aficionados could find what they were looking for. Also on display were affordable entry-level models for hi-fi novices. The HIGH END offered a full range of audiophile products, whether it be small systems for those just getting started, headphones, turntables and, of course, the ultimate peak of technical perfection.

Currency Exchange Rate
On April 10, 2024
€0.93 = $1
$1.08 to €1

Where
MOC Munich
Lilienthalallee 40
80939 Munich, Germany

When
May 9th through 12th, 2024

Thursday: 10 am to 6 pm
Friday: 10 am to 6 pm
Saturday: 10 am to 6 pm
Sunday: 10 am to 4 pm

Note: Thursday and Friday only open for trade visitors with pre-registration.

Previous HIGH END Munich Show Reports
Germany High End Society Munich Show Report 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, and 2000.