With Only Weeks To Go, The Agenda For The 2005 Hi-Fi & Home Entertainment Show Is Finalized, And Itís A Blinder!

19-Sep-05

Visitors this year will be able to experience our new in-car display, boasting SQ Plus, harman-kardon, and Revo Digital, with a bevy of truly mouth-watering vehicles kitted out to the very ends of their chassis. These include a radical Citroen C2, an ëuber-blingí Cadillac Escalade with a £200k price tag, a worked-over BMW M5, the new Range Rover Sport, a Porsche 996 and an Escort Cosworth, all capable of making sounds you never thought were achievable in transit. And there are more to come: if all goes well, we might have a certain Italian GT once owned by a celebrated F1 driver, and a tricked-out version of the worldís most desirable SUV. ?Hi-Fi News, in association with BADA, have invited noted style guru Susanna Powell to address the trade on a crucial topic: Applying style to home entertainment retailing. Sheíll be there on Friday, the 23rd of September, covering all aspects of style in retailing, explaining how to bring a touch of glamour to the art of retail, how to create visual impact even with limited resources and how to use appearance as a sales tool. And youíll want to hang onto her every word: Susanna is the former Style Editor of Living Etc.?As of 1 September, weíre able to boast over 200 brands on display at the Renaissance and Park Inn hotels. Among the scoops theyíre providing are:???????? not one but two new Quad electrostatic speakers, the ESL 2805 and ESL 2905 ??????? the return of Radford, with the new STA25 Mk 5 ñ reviving one of the UKís best-loved amplifiers??????? the first glimpses of the Absolute Sounds ëStudio Systemí??????? the UK debut of Audio Analogueís sub-£500 Enigma ñ CD player, tuner and amp in one tiny box??????? the UK launch of Krell Evolution, their most outrageous series of electronics in years?Hi-Fi Newsí contributors will be there in abundance. As has become a show tradition, Paul Millerís A/V Tech room will again be the place to see and hear the very finest in home theatre systems. Paul is putting together a cutting-edge package that will dazzle even the most critical cinephile. For pure audio, Ken Kessler has assembled two systems at two price points to show what you can put together with the cream of todayís components. And youíll be able to enjoy one-on-one interrogation at the Meet the Editors session, with a special guest from the USA, Michael Fremer of Stereophile!?And thereís a special event that mustnít be missed. 2006 is the 50th Anniversary of Hi-Fi News. Former Editor Steve Harris and Ken Kessler have produced a new book, Sound Bites: 50 Years of Hi-Fi News, to celebrate the magazineís illustrious history. The book will have its world launch at the Show, and Steve and Ken will be on hand to sign copies.?The Hi-Fi & Home Entertainment Show,? September,23-25, 2005.? (*23rd Trade Only.? 10am-6pm) daily. Free shuttle bus from Hatton Cross Underground Station.? Admission £8 (accompanied children under 16 Free).

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