Munich, Coronavirus, and you…

It won’t have escaped the notice of most audiophiles, but Munich High-End has been cancelled this year, due to the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. As the largest, and most important show on the audio calendar each year, its closure this year will have widespread implications to the global home audio industry, and reaction to the closure has ranged from viewing it as an astute measure to seeing it as a massive over-reaction. My feelings are that it’s somewhere between these two poles, but closer to being an astute reaction to an ongoing public health issue. Two questions arise from …