The London Hi-Fi & Home Entertainment Show Gets Moving!
 London, England—Wow! It’s only June, and we can already list over 150 brands that will be represented at the 2005 Hi-Fi and Home Entertainment Showto be held on September 23-25, 2005at the Renaissance and Park Inn Hotels at Heathrow Airport. In your walls or in your car, from vinyl to video to MP3, every aspect of audio and video will be on display, plus there will be some very special features new to the show. In-Car Emporium The Wessex Ballroom at the Renaissance Hotel will feature an outstanding display of some of the hottest sound systems on wheels. In-car audio continues to remain one of the most vibrant sectors in the consumer electronics market and the show will have an array of some of the most incredible and radical vehicles in the country. SQ Plus Ltd will display and demo their uber-bling Escalade and at the other end of the size spectrum—Citroen C2 will show off their customized vehicles—some of the most outstanding in all of Europe. The C2 exhibit will include an aftermarket installation of a vehicle that has been completely repainted and customized with a center seat conversion so you can sit in the hot spot for the best sound. And why not? There is a full 5.1 system in the car with the center channel built into the steering wheel! Extra cash to spare? That will almostbe enough to cover the Escalade, with its main system and car controls being run through a Crestron TPS4500, using a ReQuest digital music server for music and Kramer switching system for DVD and Radio. The front dash has a Crestron screen in the center with two 10-inch TV screens in front of both seats and a separate system in the back for the rear passengers. SQ Plus have completely remade the inside of the car to better house its eight Diamond audio amplifiers, four 15in subs, two 8in subs and 34 other speakers. Whew! Sound Bites This show also marks the starting point of a very significant anniversary–50 years of Hi-Fi Newsmagazine. Steve Harris and Ken Kessler have teamed up to write Sound Bites,a book celebrating a half-century of high-end hi-fi. This little piece of history will be available to purchase at the event for only £14.99 and represents a ‘must have’ for all audiophiles! The British Audio-Visual Dealers Association (BADA) Theatre and Understanding the Environment! For 2005, we’ve worked closely with BADA to create a unique feature that benefits industry professionals—retailers and installers. The BADA Theatre will host a range of industry seminars and consumer presentations to help the trade through these uncertain times, and to best go with the convergence flow. And we’ve already confirmed that Living etcStylist Susie Powell will be advising industry retailers on how to best present high-end home entertainment in the sales environment. As always, there will be a wide mix of hardware and software, from entry level to the most extreme systems in the audio environment! From Italy to the USA, Japan to Germany, and the very Best of British, the 2005 Hi-Fi and Home Entertainment Showis the finest, most comprehensive hi-fi and home theatre showcase the UK can offer! Access Plans for the show in 2005 are moving along nicely and we’ve made the event even easier to get to. Attendees can take a courtesy bus service between the venues and Hatton Cross Station. The service will run between 9.30am and 6.30pm on all three days. A Hotel Hoppa service also runs from airport terminals 1, 2 & 3 to both hotels. Parking Full details of parking rates can be found at http://www.hifishow.co.uk/parking. Limited parking will be available at either venue and at the Heathrow Visitor Centre adjacent to the Renaissance. Registration Members of the global press are invited to attend this event free of charge. Please pre-register by contacting Lucette Nicoll, Nicoll Public Relations at lucette@nicollpr.com or 781-762-9300. You may also register via the web site at: www.hifishow.co.uk/traderegister. Newsletter To stay ahead of show developments and news, sign up for the event newsletter at http://www.hifishow.co.uk/ Exclusive Trade And Press Only Day Friday, September 23rd is devoted exclusively to members of the trade and worldwide media who will be in attendance. Hi-Fi & Home Entertainment Show: September 23-25, 2005 The Renaissance Hotel and Park Inn Hotel, Heathrow International Airport London England Open To The Public:10am-6pm on Saturday and Sunday—September 24 & 25 2005. Admission: £8. Tickets: Consumers can also take advantage of a special 2-for-1 ticket offer online at www.hifishow.co.uk or by calling the Show hotline: 020 8726 8318. Trade And Press Visitors Only: Friday, September 23, 2005 Time: 10am-6pm Attention Members Of The Media: Special rates are available for accommodations at the Renaissance and Park Inn Hotels. Information and reservation forms are available online at:www.hifishow.co.uk To pre-register to attend this event, please contact: Lucette Nicoll, Nicoll Public Relations, lucette@nicollpr.com, or you can register online at: http://www.hifishow.co.uk/content/preregister.html Potential exhibitors, please contact:Janet Belton, Event Organizer, +44 (0) 20 8726 8318, fax +44 (0) 208 726 8399, e-mail janet_belton@ipcmedia.com LIST OF EXHIBITORS AS OF 6/19/05 Absolute Sounds Accuphase Acoustic Sounds AirTangent Amazon Analogue Productions Anthony Gallo Audia Audio Amateur Publications Audio Analogue Audiofreaks Audio Group UK Audion International Audion Magazine & Books Audio Research AudioValve Avalon AVT/Paul Miller Ayre BCD Engineering Benz Micro Beyer Dynamic Black Rhodium Blue Angel Bluenote Breuer Brinkmann Cardas Cello Chapter Chesky Records Cisco Records Classic Records Conrad-Johnson Copland Croft Dali dCS Definitive Audio Design 3dwd Diapason DreamVision Dueval Dwin EAR/Yoshino EAT Valves Eminent Audio Esoteric Exposure Electronics Ferguson Hill Studio Final Fone GRAAF Grand Prix Audio Harmonix Henley Designs Hi Audio/Usher Hi-Fi News Hi-Fi News Accessories Club HiDiamond hififorsale.com Icon Audio Incognito Jadis JPW Karan Acoustics Kemp King's Audio Koetsu Krell Kuzma LAST Lehmann London Lyra Magnum Dynalab Marantz Mark Levinson MartinLogan McCormack Merlin Metropolis Music Midland Audio Exchange MJ Acoustics Mobile Fidelity Monrio Morch Moth Group Muse Musical Fidelity Nagra Naim Audio New Audio Frontiers Nirovision Nitty Gritty Nordost Nottingham Analogue Opera Opus 3 Oracle Ortofon Pathos Pearl Perreaux Pinsh Ltd PM Components (Tube Shop) PMC PrimaLuna Pro-Ject Pure Digital Pure Power Quadraspire RT Services Raidho Acoustics aps Reimyo Revolver Ringmat Developments Roksan RPM Sequence Siltech Sonus Faber Spectral Audio SRM Tech Stax Stereovox Sumiko Symmetry System Audio TACT Target Audio Telarc The Acoustic Partnership The Audiophile Club Theta Thiel Transparent Triangle Tri-Planar True Colours Industries Tube Technology UKD Unison Research Van den Hul Verity Audio VIFA Visonik Elektroakustik Vivante Productions Walrus Systems Wilson Audio Ypsilon Zanden Audio Systems |
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