High-End Vienna 2026: Part Two

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Ed Selley
Jun 16, 2026

Our roundup of some of the best at High-End Vienna continues with roving reporter Ed Selley in search of products beyond the super high-end. The ‘High-End’ part of the name suggests the top end of the audio spectrum, but in reality, the show covers all the bases from the affordable end on up. While it’s sometimes wonderful to bask in the audio might of a system that costs more than you might earn in a lifetime, it’s also pretty good to get great performance from the things we can all afford.

Eversolo

No less than seven new Eversolo products were on show in Vienna. The most imminent is the T10 streaming transport which is designed to partner the DAC Z10. Like the DAC, the T10 supports the use of an external clock and, as luck would have it, just such a device is due too. Later this year will also see the DMP-A8 streamer updated to Gen2, including a Master Edition with built in CD transport. Next year will also see the company’s first integrated amp.

Ortofon

Delighted with the success of the MC X Series of cartridges, Ortofon introduced the X50 as a new flagship. Featuring a boron cantilever, nude Micro Ridge stylus, pure silver coils and the same sophisticated chassis as the rest of the range, it looks like a lot of cartridge at the asking price. At the other end of the proceedings, the Vertex represents everything the company knows about cartridges, with a new stylus profile mounted on a diamond cantilever and housed in a titanium body formed by selective laser melting.

Arcam

Celebrating 50 years in business, Arcam showed off the A50 amp built to mark the occasion. Company founder John Dawson has designed a fully balanced take on the company’s long-running Class G circuit, and the amp is fitted with a useful collection of analogue and digital inputs alongside the XLR connection. This would be an ideal place to attach the new CD25 CD player which features dual ESS DACs and a vibration-reducing transport mount.

Fink Team

Fink

Continuing its unusual naming conventions, the Fink Team Spot is the company’s smallest floorstander to date. It’s a two-way design, pairing a relatively large ribbon tweeter with an eight-inch mid-bass driver. It will be available later in the year for around €10,000, although some of the (many) custom finishes will be extra. This was lb for £ my favourite speaker at the show, and I am very much looking forward to spending some more time with it.

Neat Vito

Having enjoyed considerable success with its relaunched classic range, Neat has created an updated version of the Vito floostander which will be the largest model in the range so far. The Vito uses the same tweeter and midrange driver as the Elite Classic. placed in their own chamber and add an extra dedicated bass driver operating from 80Hz and down. When it goes on sale in September, it’s expected to cost around £5,500 depending on finish.

Ruark Talisman

Having decided to exit the box-speaker market to concentrate on all-in-one devices, Ruark has returned to the field decades later with an updated version of the Talisman floorstander. Like the original, it’s a compact, two-way design with a slope to the front baffle, and, like the original, it was sounding better than you’d expect a £1,500 speaker in a booth to. Running on the end of the R710i streaming amp, the performance was deeply impressive.

High-End Vienna 2026: Part 1

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