- 551 exhibitors from 42 countries (+ 3.8%)
- 21,180 visitors in total (+ 6.5%)
- 8,208 trade visitors from 72 countries (+ 8.6%)
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It seems to get bigger every year and this time I was determined to be a little selective even with the danger of overlooking something of particular interest. The layout is something of a maze and despite maps and extensive signage it is easy on more than one occasion to end up at the same place. That is not so bad, as more often than not you then find something interesting that you would otherwise have missed.
DOLBY HQ Soho Square 27. 03. 2019  Phil Hansen, Clarity operations director, kick started the annual event with some news followed by an introduction the Clarity website under development: Insidehifi.com,login required, for linking trade members with news and offers.
He then quoted Kim Bayley, CEO of the UK Electrical and Radio Association, concerning digital audio and ‘generation rent’:  A striking all in one three-speed record player by ION styled after a Ford Mustang dashboard radio
HIFICRITIC Vol. 13 No. 1 January – March 2019
The new issue sees the inestimable Paul Messenger leaving HIFICRITIC after some twelve years of valued effort. We wish him well and I am sure that more copy will emerge from his pen. I will take over as Editor-in-Chief having completed a heavy and extended workload comprising the rewrite of my near 700 page textbook, High Performance Loudspeakers, 7th edition for John Wiley. I will now be joined at HIFICRITIC by Andrew Everard, appointed Senior Contributing Editor, who has already distinguished himself in these pages. The new issue is available here. Preview by Martin Colloms. Review to be published in the January to March 2019 Issue Our review, to be published 20th February 2019, comprises three pickup cartridges of low output moving coil technology and one moving vane optical from DS Audio. With the light powered DS002, we have the Audio Technica AT-ART1000 ‘direct coil’, the LINN KRYSTAL ‘skeletal’ moving coil, and the Rega Aphelion ‘skeletal’ moving coil, all benchmarked against the magazine's resident Lyra Delos. In a marathon session Colloms and Bryant carried out extended comparisons for these five cartridges.
 Friday 22nd - Sunday 24th February 2019 from 10am to 5pm every day Marriott City Centre Hotel, Castle Street, Bristol, BS1 3AD Once again the UK's largest consumer AV/Hi-Fi Show and the UK’s largest industry trade show, and its 32nd year! www.bristolshow.co.uk HIFICRITIC will be exhibiting as usual at the Bristol HI-FI Show, with stocks of the current edition at show prices and many well discounted back numbers, plus show discount for subscription sales, cash or credit card. Please come with your audio queries for us to try and answer. 177 Brands exhibiting, and rising
10-11 November 2018, Windsor: The Beaumont Centre  Held on the 10th and 11th, the latter day was unfortunate in view of the many Remembrance events on this particular Sunday. My Saturday visit was eventful including a rainstorm with some site flooding belying the stock photo above, but finding many popular exhibits from leading brands, though as an exception missing Naim and Focal. They had put in a strong appearance at the recent September Festival of Sound, the London show, in September. Note that the Hi Fi News show will be rebranded for next year and will move venue to Ascot Racecourse.
Novotel Hammersmith, London: 28-30 September 2018  The main B&W PA sound rig and stage for the Festival of Sound concerts Predictably quiet on a weekday morning it was a breeze getting round the show on the Friday first day. I wanted to catch up with audio industry members, see and book new products and discuss findings for published reviews in HIFICRITIC.
AIR Studios London  I managed to steal a couple of hours to drop in this week at AIR studios for the latest recording project from Mike and Françoise Valentine of Chasing the Dragon. Singing star Eleanor McEvoy was playing electric and acoustic guitars with the Steinway and Rhodes piano accompaniments from Damon Butcher, former keyboard player with ‘The Beautiful South’, in the nicely reverberant and spacious acoustic of the main chapel. This will be Chasing the Dragon’s 6th direct cut album. http://chasingthedragon.co.uk/eleanormcevoy.html |
AuthorMartin Colloms has a passion for audio and music and has written for many of the key hi-fi magazines worldwide. History
May 2019
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