## Why festivals are booking hi-fi sound systems on their lineups Festivals like Portola, Coachella, Head Trip, and III Points are emphasising hi-fi spaces within the festival grounds as a selling point Sunflower Sound System at Dekmantel Festival. Image: Press On April 22 2016, the day after Prince passed, I experienced the audio magic of Despacio for the first time. The custom McIntosh-powered sound system is the brainchild of three icons of technology-driven music: James Murphy, lead singer of LCD Soundsystem, and David and Stephen Dewaele, better known as Soulwax and 2manydjs. This trio…