The LS3/5a room at the Hi Fi News London Show. Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 September 2002
Friday evening and some of the crew set up in the hotel room.
Left to right: Lee Hibbert, Ravi Naidoo and Paul Whatton opening boxes. Has Christmas come early?
(Photo by Andrew Drummond)
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On demonstration we had:
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Saturday morning and we are up and running. Ravi Naidoo demonstrating the systems. We did not count the final number of visitors this year but our conservative estimate puts it at 500+ for the 2 days of the show. Not bad considering we were in a room with just 10 chairs! At peak times visitors could not get in and had to try again later. |
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System 1 (left rack): Audionet ART V2 CD player loaned by Wilson Benesch Croft prototype preamp loaned by Emminent Audio Quad IIs refurbished and loaned by Paul Whatton fitted with Golden Dragon KT66 Retros donated by Tube-Shop.com Target rack loaned by Ravi Naidoo |
System 2 (right rack): Audionote CD2.1x loaned by Stirling Broadcast Rogers E40a loaned by Andrew Drummond Equipment rack loaned by Andrew Drummond (Photo by Andrew Drummond) |
Friends of the LS3/5a Group. From left to right:
Paul Whatton (LS3/5a Group)
Helmut Pulmans (Cicable)
Derek Hughes (ex Spendor and designer of the Cicable)
Andy Whittle, Managing Director of Exposure and formerly Technical Director of Rogers where, among many other achievements, Andy designed the AB1.
(Photo Andrew Drummond)
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Audionet ART V2 CD player on loan from Wilson Benesch Quad II power amplifiers renovated by and on loan from Paul Whatton. The tubes in use are the Golden Dragon KT66 Retros from Tube-Shop.com. Quad 22 preamp (not in use) The prototype of Croft's new tube preamp. Due out early in 2003 it sounded superb and makes an excellent match for the Quads. |
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A small tribute corner to the late Jim Rogers who died recently. (Photo Andrew Drummond) |
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LS3/5a Room at the Hi Fi Show Exclusive! The first public demonstration of the new Richard Allan LS3/5a and the IfDesigns dedicated LS3/5a stand. Visitors admired both the beautiful build quality and fabulous sound of both these new products.
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Steve Harris, Editor of Hi Fi News (left) with a very big grin on his face because the system sounded so good! We ran the room on behalf of Hi Fi News for the second year and wish to thank Steve, Janet Belton and the magazine for the support. (Photo Andrew Drummond) |