Bob, I am sorry but, I will add some comments here...
First, I was also in Munich and I also found Bird to be not so good sounding in Einstein Audio room(BTW, Einstein is Marten distributor for Germany). Isophon Arabba was indeed better sounding but, far from excellent IMHO. Mid bass was overblown IMO and Arabba should really go deeper in bass for its price. Ispohon Arabba(with Diamond tweeter) price is 33K Euro in EU and $50K in USA so, it is not in the same price class as Marten Bird...
So, all in all I do not agree with Schwinnindia regarding Isophon Arabba's. For example new Sonics Spirit sounded much better IMHO then Arabba's. And would any of us pay $50K for a speaker that is not capable to reach till say 25hz(-3db) in room? I would not and this is the reason that I excluded Coltrane from my list(but, it is pretty good speaker).
I asked Bob to compare Fremont and Bird bacause I do not belive in presentation at Munich Show. I heard that Bird is in fact better then Coltrane in some regards...
Oh, just as a info for me the best speaker that I audition is Avalon Isis, with Krell LAT-1000 close second...
