Dingdongler

Anybody here as sad as me? I'm thinking of popping up on Sunday

http://www.bristolshow.co.uk/

Ant

i would go but it's too far away

DYK

Are you serious

Now Bungie jump off some bridge in Bristol,might be worth the drive.. yeahhh

Evolution Stu

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I would love to have gone, I really want to audition the "Stream XP" but Bristol is just to far to drag my 2yr old, whom I have this weekend.

Dingdongler

It's about a 2.5 hour drive each way from me and my new car needs running in so I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone. I'll take some pics and post them up for the fellow scoobynet av geeks

Jamz3k

As much as I love homecinema and hifi, I couldn't think of anything more less appealing that going to a AV/HiFi Show. Whoever goes, play the game of counting how many made-up words the Reps use whilst describing their products and also check out how many "real" words are used to describe something without actually describing anything at all.

Funkii Munkii

That link is a great temptation, only 90 mins away, shame i'm busy.

I wouldn't go to listen to any rep, I'd be to engrossed looking at and listening to the equipment, walking around spending those "what if you won the lottery thousands" whilst drolling over some serious equipment

I'd probably come away wanting 7 pairs of speakers and 10 different amps

Is it an annual thing DingDongler ?

Dingdongler

Yes Funki it's an annual thing. I've been thinking about going for a few years but never quite got around to it, this weekend I'm not working and don't have anything else planned.

I'm with you though, I have no interest in listening to reps. I want to look/listen at the stuff that you would never usually get all under one roof in one go.

fatscoobfella1

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We did the Bristol show a few years ago..We had a room there,but it was a nightmare as far as organisation and management goes.

Heathrow and Manchester are much better.

Jamo

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dingdong, would you do me a favour and have a sit in the seat at the optoma stand and have a look at their 3d home cinema setup as its the same projector as I have and wondered how good the 3d really is.

stormyuklondon1

this'll be the first year since 1999 i won't be going which is a shame, as I live in hope that one year naim might manage to produce a passable sound at the show. God knows they havent managed it for the last decade

Trout

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I went a few years ago when Naim launched their Cinema AV. The sound was AWFUL It was turned up so loud it was clipping!!

I think it was that show where they launched the 552, using a 500 and SL2s. That was a good sound.

Dingdongler

No probs j4mou, so it's the optoma 3d projector you are interested in? I'll try and compare it to other 3d projectors they have there.

On the more general topic I have heard that things are often not set up properly and so it's not a true auditioning environment, but I'd like to hear what they've got rigged up to my speakers

Jamo

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I have the projector they will be using with the 3d, mine is the hd67n like theres but you need the 3d xl adapter which they will be also using with it, im interested what someone else thinks about it.

James

fatscoobfella1

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To the people that have been...........

What is the best product/soundroom that you have heard at the Bristol show?

stormyuklondon1

audionote always seem to be able to get the rooms working well, every time Ive been to the show and seen them Ive been impressed.
I'm a Bryston/PMC fanboy so I have to say their rooms sound good too

Jamo

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did you get chance to take a look for me today mate?

paulr

Did you go, and is there still a market for traditional hi-fi. ie source-amp-and two speakers.
Or is it all ipod, docking stations, hard drive based multi room stuff.

Dingdongler

Jam. Yes I had a look for you and spoke to the guy running the room. It is slightly difficult for me to comment as I'm not a huge fan of 3d, i hate wearing the glasses and find the picture is dark and colours unnatural.

For the optoma they were playing that animated film with owls, can't remember the name. Yes it was 3d but as I've not seen that film before its difficult to know how good a job it was doing of it. On the whole I wasn't overly impressed by the picture, but whether that was the fault of the optoma or tge way the film was made i don't know.

My advice would be don't buy it until you have seen it with your own eyes, its not a clear cut decision imho.

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful but to give a proper opinion i would have had to see a film that i had already seen before, if that makes sense.

Dingdongler

Jam. Yes I had a look for you and spoke to the guy running the room. It is slightly difficult for me to comment as I'm not a huge fan of 3d, i hate wearing the glasses and find the picture is dark and colours unnatural.

For the optoma they were playing that animated film with owls, can't remember the name. Yes it was 3d but as I've not seen that film before its difficult to know how good a job it was doing of it. On the whole I wasn't overly impressed by the picture, but whether that was the fault of the optoma or tge way the film was made i don't know.

My advice would be don't buy it until you have seen it with your own eyes, its not a clear cut decision imho.

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful but to give a proper opinion i would have had to see a film that i had already seen before, if that makes sense.

Dingdongler

Funny you should say that. I've never heard audio note gear before and was gobsmacked by the sound in that room, it was awesome. I have never heard vocals like it, and told the rep it was the best sounding room and he said everybody had been saying the same thing.
They had audionote speakers being run by two 4 watt amps!!
The thing is though, and I went back to the room about 5 times, they only played a very certain kind of music ie acoustical. So a few singers and just a small amount of instruments. I would have been interested to see how it sounded with more 'regular' music ie pop, rock, dance etc.

I will look into the brand more.

The pmc room sounded good until they put the bigger speakers on and then the bass went bloomy, that of course may well have been down to the poor room acoustics. I'm hoping to get a home demo of a Bryston 4bsst soon

The B + W room sounded good but again was only playing similar music to the audionote room, no dance rnb etc

Wilson Benesch room also sounded good

Dingdongler

There were all sorts there Paul. Most brands are making streaming and hard drive based systems but that just takes the place of the cd player. You still need a preamp, poweramp and speakers.
Sure some are producing an all in one box with the hard drive, pre and power all together. But the high end brands still all have these as separate boxes.

Many were using a stand alone DAC and had a cd transport and hard drive based system feeding into this. Then of course there were some lovely looking turntables!

Evolution Stu

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I am reading your reviews really wishing I had gone.

Jamo

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thanks mate, to be honest that what I was expecting. ive only heard reviews from fanboys and they all rave about it. ile wait to see it in person.

this is what it looks like now on hdmi on the lowest possible settings and im chuffed to bits with it, so I can live without the 3d, I cant afford it now anyway lol

stormyuklondon1

That'll be a good move. I ran a 3bsst/bp25 with a pair of PMC OB1's very happily for a while. 20 year warranties too. did you get any piccies of the PMC room?

Funkii Munkii

And so they bloody well should do, if only for the aesthetics .

If you want it in one box buy an integrated amp or a midi system.