UK Hi-Fi Show this Sunday

Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • #9105
    Steve at Sounds Heavenly
    Moderator
      • Topics Started 50
      • Total Posts 364

      Hi BeoWorlders,

      Is anyone else going to the Hifi Wigwam show in Stoke on Trent, UK this Sunday? Here are some pictures I took at the 2019 show, it is well worth a visit!

      Full info at the link below, not sure how much B&O will be there this year:-

      https://show.Hifiwigwam.com

      See you there! Kind regards Steve.

      #9108
      AdamS
      GOLD Member
        • Topics Started 3
        • Total Posts 114

        I’ll be at Tonbridge at the Audiojumble, sadly! (Stalls 13 &14 if anyone is visiting!)

        https://www.audiojumble.co.uk/nextevent.html

         

        #9149
        Steve at Sounds Heavenly
        Moderator
          • Topics Started 50
          • Total Posts 364

          Hi Adam,

          That looks like an interesting event, but I can’t risk missing the infamous Hi-fi Wigwam Show!

          Am I right in thinking that you exhibited a B&O system there a few years back when the show was at Melton?

          Kind regards, Steve.

          #9164
          AdamS
          GOLD Member
            • Topics Started 3
            • Total Posts 114

            I did indeed and a mix-up by the hotel meant that I was allocated the smallest bedroom in the place – barely bigger than a broom closet.

            Luckily I didn’t take a big system with me. Only a Beogram 8002, Beocord 8004, Beomaster 8000 and Beovox MS150.2s! It still sounded fantastic, though – I had lots of compliments and I think I converted a few B&O sceptics. One chap in particular came back around 5 times during the day and kept telling me he’d never heard B&O before and it was the best thing at the show!

            Obviously he was quite right….

            #9344
            BeoBang
            BRONZE Member
              • Topics Started 0
              • Total Posts 1

              Hi Steve

              Thanks for letting us know about this event. I went yesterday and had a thoroughly enjoyable day.

              I think it can best be described as a classic car show for Hifi enthusiasts. An amazing array of systems and budgets all sounding very different. Proved to me that simply throwing money into equipment doesn’t guarantee a great sound.

              It was reassuring to come home to listen to my trusty Lab 5’s. The sound they produce is, to my ear, better than anything I had listened to all day.

              #9350
              Steve at Sounds Heavenly
              Moderator
                • Topics Started 50
                • Total Posts 364

                Hi BeoBang,

                Goad to hear that you enjoyed the show! I agree that it is very hard to match the power and quality of Beolab 5 with a regular audio system, but there were some good systems at the show.

                I will follow up with a video of the show later this week.

                Kind regards Steve.

              Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)
              • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.