LONDON HEATHROW CHESTER GROUP HI-FI SHOW SEPT 2007
Hi Guys
With the recent problems with the Forum, this state of affairs prompted me to post these photos I took back in Sept 2007. They haven't seen the light of day since I took them and I feel that it would be a pity not to share them (you may disagree of course). Originally they where to form part of a show report elsewhere which didn't happen. To that end I spent hours last night and this morning picking and re-sizing and adding the final ones tonight.
I also have photos from the 2006 show as well, which I will post in a day or so (lot less in quantity).
So if you where not there you can be now........Hope you enjoy the show.
The London HI-FI Show 2007
THE MBL ROOM
Nice sound, but the room (one of the sound pods) was a wee bit to small; so ultimately restricted what this German kit could do. This set up sounded much better at the previous show in 2006.
The AUDIO CRAFT ROOM
Wow....What a nice sound. Kevin worked really hard to achieve this....well done sir.
VPI TT in Kevin Walkers room...He had just taken on the agency.
THE EMILLE ROOM
Very nice sound, delicate, understated, very coherent. Mostly light Jazz playing with Classical, so I don't know if it would rock or not.
Emille dual mono integrated amplifier
THE ABSOLUTE ANALOGUE ROOM
Simon Bennett in full flow. Talk about passion and knowledge. He was talking about using DD TT's long before many. Great guy too....I know him quite well. REF 3A Grand Venna Speakers getting their UK premier at this show. Nice sound but room was better on the second day.
The Nordic Concept TT and arm...amazing.
Bel Canto CDP getting its UK premier at this show...Nice sound but fiddly to use IMHO.
THE RPM AUDIO ROOM
Jolida and Sota using Neat speakers...very nice sound
Close up of Sota TT
Audio Valve RkV mk2 Headphone amplifier.
THE REDLINE (now RENAISSANCE) ROOM
Excellent sound in this room. I am a big fan of the Moon Sound (not valves but very good none the less)
Moon Andromeda stack, with Spectral rack.
Moon phono satage, Clear Audio Solution
Inside of a Moon Pre-amplifier. Note the dual differential layout, a true balanced design.
New budget priced Moon cdp and integrated amplifiers
Redline room with JM Lab Speakers.
THE MCINTOSH ROOM
Valve integrated.
Top view...note the quality output and mains transformers and fantastic build quality.
Rear view of above amplifier
The sound in the room was poor (using Solid State). I suggested wiring up the valve amp. The sound was transformed from crap to quite good (room was to big to fill.)The nice man from Sumiko wires it up.
“ Are you sure this wire goes here ?”
THE UKD DISTRIBUTION ROOm
Nick always gets a good sound and this year was no exception but on the following day things were much better as speakers ran in. New Opera and Triangle models
New Unison Research integrated amplifier, Unison CDP, Pathos Classic One mk3 plus Pathos Digit CDP.
Nick Green MD of UKD reads a copy of the HI-Fi Choice Collection.....” How did we do ?”
THE AMR ROOM
AMR cd 77 with Am 77 integrated amplifier and a late version prototype of AMR speakers. Sound much better than previous year. Vincent Luke tells me that AMR speaker design now nearly finished.
THE REAL HI-FI ROOM
Shanling cd players, Duvel Speakers. Horning Sati amplification . Nice sound though Duvel speaker presentation takes a while to get used to.
Shanling CD player....just love the blue lighting.
Shanling MC 30. All in one cd player, triode SE amplifier, I pod dock and Radio....WOW
THE ANGEL SOUND AUDIO ROOM
Almaro power amplifier
Thats a big Turntable you have...Teres
THE VIVA and LECKTOR ROOM
Viva integrated SE amplifier.
THE MICHELL and TRICORD ROOM
A trio of Michells
THE TOTEM and EINSTEIN ROOM
Totem speakers with sound beaks on the top....erhm not sure about that tweak.
Einstein cd player, pre-amplifier and integrated amplifier.
THE T + A ROOM
D 10 cdp, V10 integrated valve amplifier, T10 TT and T+A speakers. Nice warm sound with plenty of detail but ultimately a bit veiled.
THE HENLEY DESIGNS ROOM
Audia amplification and Cdp and a Pro-Ject RPM 10 TT. Ralph was playing The Floyd DSOTM very nice in deed.
Close up of RPM 10 TT.
A collection of Pro-ject turntables.
THE ROKSAN ROOM
The new Roksan high end pre and power amplifier, Caspian electronics and FR 5 speakers. Very nice sound.
THE DCS, VTL and VIVID ROOM
THE SIGNATURE AUDIO SYSTEMS ROOM
Podium speakers, TLA amplification and Ensemble transport and dac. I couldn't warm to these speakers at all. Pity as I would rely liked to have heard the other kit...maybe another time.
TLA amplifier
THE ELCTROCOMPANIET ROOM
Best Home Cinema sound as HI-Fi I have ever heard...very impressive indeed.
THE ICON AUDIO ROOM
New- Tube buffer, Head phone amplifier and MB 25 mono amplifiers
THE AUDION ROOM
THE PURE SOUND ROOM
Guy Sargeant enjoys some music. Very nice sound in this room.
THE CLEARAUDIO ROOM
Master ref amg TT with Souther Tri Q arm.
THE HI-AUDIO ROOM
Usher speakers and Nu-Force amplification.
Acoustic Solid with Cartridgeman linear air bearing arm and Hadcock arm. Nice sound in this room.
THE TOWNSEND AUDIO ROOM
Max at work, picking music to play.
THE AROUSAL ROOM
Tried these speakers and no matter what I did with them in terms of setup and amps I could not get them to sound as good as they did at the show....go figure !
THE ORIGIN LIVE ROOM
Very nice sound in this room. However I can't remember what speakers or electronics Mark Baker was using....sorry but its two years ago.
A Fan of Origin Live arms...
THE ALON (Formerly NOLA) , WEISS and EDGE ELECTRONICS ROOM
This room should not have worked. The speakers were to big and the room way to small, but the sound was very good. I am sure though in a bigger room it would have been much better.
THE CHORD ROOM
John Franks the previous year had an amazing sound in his room. However at this show things were not as good. The sound was just wrong...it had bad room written all over it. Pity as I would have liked to hear this kit at its best....not to be at this show, day two was not much better.
New Red Reference cdp and matching integrated amplifier with WB speakers.
Red standard
As above
NB Can I remind everyone that I hold the copyright on these pictures. So if you would like to use a photo please ask.
Regards D S D L----Neil
PS HI MODS,I HOPE THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THIS....IF NOT MOVE IT