My apologies to Bliss Acoustics for not posting this earlier. I typically have my reviews up within 24 hours, not 3+ months lol. In fairness, I did have a photo album up immediately lol.

As I posted in my Toronto Audiofest 2023 review, the Bliss Acoustics room was the best show experience. Great group of people.

The stars aligned and I was scheduled to be in Montreal for Christmas and heard that Bliss received their Nagra 70^th Anniversary Reference Turntable so a visit was a nobrainer.

Alright, let’s get to it. The main listening room

Nagra goodness

My beloved turntable! IMHO one of the nicest pieces of audio hardware out there

the suspension system is incredible. You can literally press down on the platter while a record is playing and it doesn’t skip a beat

the electronics

crazy remote

I also auditioned the KHARMA Elegance dB7 loudspeakers with the Gryphon CD player. The bass was so good that I thought there was a subwoofer in the room!

that is one serious amp!

Yes, it is a real Herman Miller Eames chair!

Moving on to the other listening rooms, we passed by these Vivid bookshelf speakers. I would love to hear those.

Magico speakers! With Pillum electronics

Nice carbon fiber finish

Beautiful J. Sikora turntable

Nice paintings

On to the last listening room with Gryphon speakers

In summary, the space is beautiful! It was custom built with accoustics in mind so audtions wont disturb the neigbours lol Thanks so much to Dragan for the hospitality!

My visit inspired me to get appropriate clothing for my visit to Bliss Acoustics room at Montreal Audiofest 2024 lol. Check out my show reviews for more coverage of Bliss.

RL

I just attended my third motorcycle and tenth trade show THIS YEAR! Lol I am a machine!

I haven’t attended the Spring Toronto Motorcycle Supershow for a few years so thought it was time for a return and I am glad that I did! It is the smallest of the three annual shows but there is still plenty to see.

Let’s start with Harley, courtesy of local dealer, Mississauga Harley Davidson.

No Fat Boys this time but some real stunners like this Hydra Glide Revival. I LOVE the half red windshield! The whole package was stunning.

I do tend to gravitate toward the CVOs, such as this Street Glide

Or the Pan America

Very interesting air filter on this one

Ok on to Ducati and this SPECTACULAR 899 Panigale

Panigale V4

DesertX

Diavale V4

Monster

Hypermotard 950 SP

Multistrada

Streetfighter V4

It is incredible how Ducati’s lineup has expanded over the years. They also had Scramblers although I didn’t take pics of them. I did get their swag table though

In keeping with my recent obssession for high end audio, it was nice to see Rockford Fosgate again courtesy of Altered Sound

Clean side-saddles…

reveal speakers and removable subwoofers

Thanks for demo-ing with Lil Wayne A Milli, my reference track for audio lol. This really shows why Rockford Fosgate used to say “if your mirrors aint shaken, you got taken”

On to customs…I believe there is a $50,000 prize for best in show. This one gets my vote

Of course, not all customs were cruisers or touring bikes. We will come back to those but first some awesome custom sportbikes.

Oooo more Ducati

And more Suzuki

Yamaha

Custom electric bike

Back to cruisers

Interesting headlights on this one

And this one (albeit with the white and yellow reversed)

I always manage to find something “tactical”

Ride for Sickkids Hospital

Speed Trix Customs

The venerable V-Max

Love the lights

Mini bikes

A whole booth full of 0 $%&@s

Guns and knives (oops blurry pic)

food for the day, pistachio nougate

and can’t go the International Centre without stopping at Zet’s

So once again, super happy that I decided to go to the show. I must confess that I perceived the past ones as a bit more of a flea market feel but this one didn’t come across that way at all. Usually the customs are in a separate hall but I like the way they were interspersed with the other bikes. Guess I will be back next year.

RL