The Hi-Fi Show - Sunday 4th March 2012

Hopefully some of you will already be aware that there will be another Scalford hifi show next year. The web site is being updated as we speak
http://www.thehifishow.com/

Just to let you know, if any of you would like to exhibit next year (and we would really love to get some Audio Smilers along) then you need to get your name down on the Spreadsheet.

The information you need to register an interest is here:
http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthrea...-It-s-the-Scalford-2012-exhibitor-spreadsheet

Hope to see more Audio Smile names on the spreadsheet soon. I will check back here in case anyone has problems accessing the Wam etc.

Regards,
James.

 

I've registered to exhibit at the show along with Simon.
Naturally nothing Audiosmile since this is not a trade event.

The dem will be along the lines of 'all you can eat for under a grand', and with that in mind we'll have a simple little system consisting of:

Quad 34/FM4/405-2
Heybrook HB2 (the originals and best versions)

Source will be iTunes and Spotify (if we get sufficient 3g capacity) over Airplay into Airport Express. No additional dac. So hopefully we'll have a vast library of music

I've tried the above combo and IMO it makes a cracking little system for about £800 (excluding the phone).

So assuming we get accepted (its a very long list!) - see you all there.

 

Hi Rob,

Glad you have signed up. I have done this show since the start. It is great fun.

SCIDB

 

Looking forward to it

Is it something we can only bring one system to? There are obviously quite a few choices for about £1k and I think there are some other nice ways to go.

 

I think that practically, given a 10am start and 5pm finish and only one day its best to just set up and play. You can then spend the day listening and chatting to all those folk who frequent the forums and put faces to the names.
You'll also want to have a mooch around the other rooms - its quite unlike other shows with a strong emphasis on vintage kit, or at least not stuff that is currently available.

 

Getting near now...

Roped in by other wammers (ok I did not need that much persuasion), Mr Coco and I will be in a big room.
The 5 ways (all ~400kg of birch ply, drivers & crossovers of them), a bit of LF room correction (as needed), 5 small amps, a TVC, and a Voyd reference, AN silver tone arm / strain gauge cartridge are on the menu. There will also be some CD spinning too.

Gonna be interesting as I have no idea how it will all perform in a big room.

We have a big van, heavy duty sack trolleys and a 4 wheeled cart trolley to help things along.

I'll be brining wood glue too in case we drop something.

 

Steve, if I do manage to attend, it'll be to see your babies.

 

Look forward to it Dev. If you do bring some great stuff to play - We will have to play Austrian Death machine at least once so something to balance that out would be great...

 

Same here. I won't be taking a room this year but will hopefully be along for a listen.

I think these horns must be the listen of the show.

 

Do you need a lift Rob?

 

Hi Rob,

I don't know if you know that you have been offered a room to dem a system at the Scalford show. You were on the subs bench but others have dropped out.

SCIDB

 

Yes please

Hi Dean,

I saw that but i've declined the room.
A few reasons but I'd really liked to have set up the night before but the hotel is now fully booked. Also my partner in crime for the day Simon will be in Korea (I know poor excuse ).
But aside from that there are lots of people i'd like to visit on the day.

 

No pressure then - Of course they could be the listen of the show just to confirm - what a waste of time and effort, but I hope not

 

It's confirmed that we have the Quorn which is an 88 squ metre room with 2.7m ceiling.
Plenty of room for the horns to project into and I can try different placement for the tapped horns - nearer / along side wall perhaps lying down as well as usual off to the sides.
My lowest horn efficiency is the tapped horn at 105dB/w with just a side wall radiation, in a corner they are 110dB/w.

The rest are 110dB/w for the mid bass and ~115dB/w for the mid and upper mid.
Ribbon tweeters are 111dB/w on the tap I am using.

I should be able to make some noise anyway and as the drivers are designed to power commercial applications I am not concerned about that, perhaps as I would be with a small pair of inefficient speakers in a room that size ;-)