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    Great show, thanks for pics Reggie. Some superb sounds from the thread room and horning speakers. Great to catch up with Mr and Mrs firebottle and a number of others
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    Quote Originally Posted by ReggieB View Post
    I've just had a pleasant morning in Leamington Spa at the Audio Show 2018.

    Highlight of the show for me was a setup of Thoress amplifiers and a pair of Italian speakers. It was as though you could do a material comparison of strings they sounded so real. Lovely



    However, I think another important aspect of the show was how much excellent low budget equipment was on show. For example an interesting mini pre/power amplifier setup:



    There was a nice relaxed atmosphere, and generally lots of lovely sounding system. So a very enjoyable morning.

    Apologies for the quality of the photos (mobile phone snaps)
    That Aeron stuff was at the North West Audio Show. Didn't hear it myself by someone off here was raving about it for the price.

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    Blimey that's a small show, just four rooms.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sq225917 View Post
    Blimey that's a small show, just four rooms.
    One of them disappeared.
    Barry

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    A good day out, great to meet up with fellow AoSers and others.

    I have now heard the end game speaker. The Audio Avec room was like stepping into another dimension, the sound was flawless.

    No .... really, flawless. It could have been any artist playing live but the price was eye watering.

    The amplifier used was the AudioNec AAD2 with built in dac. I don't know the price of this.
    The speakers were AudioNec Diva XL, a nice little 2 metre tall speaker with twin 15 inch woofers.



    Way out of mere mortals reach but mesmerising.

    The price, oh just a measly £242,000.

    No in show discount, I asked

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    Quote Originally Posted by User211 View Post
    Anyone know which AudioNec speaker was there?
    The very big one — 2m + high ? With speaker cable like tug boat rope.

    Sounded great though - amazingly life like and relaxed at quite a low volume.

    Will post photo tomorrow if nobody else does.

    Personally I found the show a waste of time but had some benefits:

    1. Free but felt like I should be paid to attend
    2. Free coffee - well need to find some positive aspect
    3. No crowds - in fact hard to find anybody in some rooms
    4. Did buy some nice new rare Chandos direct to metal Lp’s at good price (£12)
    5. Somewhere dry and warm on a wet day still trying to find positives so I give up now

    Agree with previous posters that the Kerrs (all 3 sizes in different MCRUS rooms) and Thoress speakers were nice.

    Mel

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    One of them disappeared.
    Doing the members a bit of a disservice, I think, but you can still read a full show report on other forums (fora ?).
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    Sorry - taking pictures was a bit of an after-thought - so only a few of them taken (and some were even worse than the ones I have posted - so I've saved you from having to look at those).

    Also I've been to quite a lot of shows, and tend to almost skim-read some rooms. So in no way a thorough reflection of the show on my part.

    @Firebottle - The The Audio Avec room was very good. I only found it right of the end of the visit when I was about to head home, so I didn't spend as much time in it as I had other rooms and it didn't register in my memory as other rooms had, but I think I know where you are coming from.
    Last edited by ReggieB; 23-09-2018 at 13:12.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    One of them disappeared.
    This is my picture taken in the "disappeared" room. Now do you realise why I didn't post it.



    However, the Living Sound pitch was so different to anything I'd seen before at a show, I felt I had to mention it. It was wonderfully eccentric.
    Rob.
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    The pictures and the report are Great Rob. Thoroughly enjoyed them
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