London Hi-Fidelity Audio Show 2009 Next weekend

[technobear]

I'll be there on Saturday

[Dave Cawley]

Just a reminder, the show starts tomorrow and I'll have the new Jelco 12" arm on display.






Regards

Dave

[bhasi]

An enjoyable show this year, I thought. More so than last autumn's Heathrow effort, certainly, with more of an upbeat feel: I was actually welcomed rather than appraised as I walked into several rooms, which must mean there are more graduates from Marketing 101 around than before!

Demos were more professionally handled overall, with fewer examples of juvenile over-loudness - or was it iPod-induced deafness on the part of room staff? I walked out of only one room where the suits at the back undermined their own efforts by talking too loudly while music was playing. (Sure, I could have told them to be quiet but it was my day off and there was much else to hear elsewhere!)

The new Guru floorstanders were more persuasive than the standmounts had been last time but £8000-persuasive, I'm not sure! And it was nice to be able to just walk into a room to hear an (impressive) Absolute Sounds 'Studio' system without having to book in advance!

Great LPs from Diverse and Stamford (my main reason for going, as ever, to be honest!), interesting news from Dave here about SP10 developments and freebie copies of HiFi World and HiFi Critic - all in all a very pleasant day out, though it did make me want to get back to my system at home!

Well done to most concerned, I'd say.

[baron]

It realy was a good show this year, got quite a few records from Stamford. The Absolute Sounds system was fantastic especially when it was playing opera.

[pure sound]

A few pics from the show. Apologies for the quality of some, I inadvertently had the camera in 'portrait' mode.

Some turntables

Dave's Micro including 12" Jelco. Hmmm interesting.



Dr Feickert



EAT Behemoth with 12" Ikeda 407



Galibier with 2 arms & Soundsmith strain gauge cartridge on the nearer one.



Acoustic Solid with 'Cartridgeman' LT arm



James from Whest's home made CLD design.



The old tart!


And other bits & pieces

Art Audio Adagio 845 Mono



Metronome / Dartzeel stack in the Absolute Sounds room



Dartzeel Power amp & Magico Speakers



Adam Tensor



McIntosh / ART Deco system



Consonance Speaker



Audio Smile Kensai speakers with Naim HDX and amplifier



Klipsch Jubilee



Music First Audio TVC



Revolver Cygnis with Audion Electronics



Shindo Cortege (?)



Usher speakers



Mmmm Wavac 833. Lots of Tango iron here!



Wavac Line Stage



Wavac MB805 mono's



Xingali



Tannoy System



electronics included a new Radford power amp



Tannoy



Pure Sound L300 pre, A8000 CDP and A30 being powered by a Border Patrol psu



Aspara H6 (back horn loaded)

[Spectral Morn]

Thanks Guy

Nice photos...I would love to have gone, but cash is still to tight to mention...still out of work. Your new pre looks very interesting.


Regards D S D L