I have just been made aware that the forth coming National Sound & Vision Show to be held in Dublin, being organised by the Chester Group for the 30th and 31st of October 2010 has been cancelled. Those who were to have exhibited at it have been notified (yesterday the 13th of October) that the […]
Now on the first floor of the show the labyrinthine nature of the hotel layout would have become very clear to the show visitor. The ground floor layout while challenging pails next to the twisted narrow corridors used up stairs. Part of the problem was that there were very few landmarks by which to navigate […]
As Adventures In High Fidelity Audio’s Show Report continues we leave Henley Designs in the Melbourne Suite and make our way down towards the Brooklands Suite via a corridor. On the right hand side of this corridor a number of rooms were in use as exhibition spaces. The first of which was….. S30 EAR/Yoshino Tim […]
In this part of the NAS show report we will continue exploring the ground floor exhibition areas. Beside the Imola Suite that Absolute Sounds were using (for Audio Research) Coherent Systems, a UK dealer and distributor had the Monaco Suite and was using the room to great effect. Monaco Suite Coherent Systems The system in […]
Just next door from the Creek/Epos room, UK high-end distributor Absolute Sounds had block booked four large suites in which to conduct ticketed demonstrations. They had taken over the Nurburgring Suite, Magny Cours Suite, Catalunya Suite and the Imola Suite. This approach to exhibiting (something Absolute Sounds is well known for doing) meant that I […]
In this part of Adventures in High Fidelity Audio’s coverage of the NAS show we will cross over to the other side of the corridor and work our way back down towards the main entrance of the show and then left to the larger ground floor exhibition rooms. As Jordan Acoustics were using Room S10 […]
All roads audio or so it seemed(1)led to the picturesqe village of Whittlebury just outside the town of Towcester, North Hamptonshire, England on the 25th and 26th of September. The Whittlebury Hall hotel was once again(2)the venue for the National Audio Show and while this was the second year of this location being used, this […]
Adventures in High Fidelity Audio contributor Barry Hunt gives his own unique views on the National Audio Show at Whittlebury Hall. Whittlebury Hall 2010 – my impressions I have a love-hate relationship with audio shows, however having attended the Whittlebury Hall show last year and finding it of use, I decided to give it a […]
Whittelbury Hall is set in sprawling grounds just on the outskirts of the village of Whittlebury and within ear shot of the Silverstone motor racing track. The closest town of any size being the picturesque Towcester. I arrived at Whittlebury Hall on Friday afternoon fairly early on and had a good chance to wander round […]
Bosendorfer have been making concert pianos for 175 years. This is their first venture into Hi-Fi. Their aspiration was to produce the most authentic sound possible from loudspeakers. So they researched carefully with leading artists and prominent concert halls to help achieve their ambition. Hans Deutsch, their acoustician uses unusual design techniques to satisfy both […]