Northern Sound and Vision

IslandPink · Post by **IslandPink** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:59 pm

Northern Sound & Vision show 2009 Radisson Manchester airport.
31st Jan/1st Feb
Anyone going ?
I'm planning to have a look round.
Not sure whether Sat or Sunday myself, but probably Sunday .

Mark

Post by **Nick** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:30 pm

I might have a wander over. Let me know Mark for certain what day you are going, and if anyone else near me is thinking about it, we could share transport?

IslandPink · Post by **IslandPink** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:00 pm

Good
I'll have a think about which day, in the next week . I could do it either day. I notice opening hours are something like 11 till 6 on Sat and 10 till 4 on Sun.
I owe you a couple of caps ( from my phono ) .
Anything else ?

Mark

Post by **Nick** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:37 pm

IslandPink wrote:Good
I'll have a think about which day, in the next week . I could do it either day. I notice opening hours are something like 11 till 6 on Sat and 10 till 4 on Sun.
I owe you a couple of caps ( from my phono ) .
Anything else ?

Mark

Not that I can think off.

iansr · Post by **iansr** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:45 pm

Nick
i might go, will get back to you nearer the time.
Ian

Post by **Nick** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:54 pm

Well, I just got back from a enjoyable day at the show. Good to meet up with Mark again. Much lower number of rooms at the show this year, no Naim this time, generally run of the mill sounds, the Macintosh room deserved a mention I thought, better than expected. But the Audio Note room was head and shoulders above anything else (IMHO, might be biased given I like paper coned speakers and SET amps). But it was a better sound than previous years, bigger room may have had something to do with it. They had their DAC 2 in use, I was impressed, very nice. I wont be buying one of course

It was a excuse to buy some more vinyl though.

IslandPink · Post by **IslandPink** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:49 pm

I was talking to the guy from Stamford Audio again near the end.
Apparently the organisers promoted it as an AV show initially, so lots of the HiFi exhibitors didn't bother to turn up. It was a bit late when they changed their minds about what the event was supposed to be .

Just going through the LPs now . The Stravinsky side 2 ( Song of the Nightingale ) is on there now, very spacious and analogue .

Audio Note system was indeed top-notch .

Naim room with #25000 Linn speaks ( must get the pound sign sorted eventually ) was dreadful .

Any snow on the way home ?- I was driving in some to begin with .

Mark

IslandPink · Post by **IslandPink** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:03 pm

The Judee Sill reissue ( Heart Food ) is superb, filling the room with tone, ambience and dynamics.

Thumbs up for '4 men with Beard' productions on this basis then .

ILPS

pre65 · Post by **pre65** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:06 pm

IslandPink wrote: Any snow on the way home ?- I was driving in some to begin with .
Mark

We've got some here !!

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n146 ... now002.jpg

The street between my 'ouse and the duck pond.

Mike H · Post by **Mike H** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:15 pm

Very pretty!

Just looked out, we've now got about 3 - 4 inches (so far)

pre65 · Post by **pre65** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:18 pm

Don't envy DTB in the morning, going to work in the snow on his Enfield !

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR !!

Mike H · Post by **Mike H** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:21 pm

Just a bit. Bit of the ol' "travelling sideways" if he's not careful as well.

Post by **Nick** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:50 pm

Any snow on the way home ?- I was driving in some to begin with .

Just a few patches, got about 1" here now.

Mike H · Post by **Mike H** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:02 am

Say Phil that's your road outside I presume. (?) What's on other side of the fence?

Dave the bass · Post by **Dave the bass** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:11 am

pre65 wrote:Don't envy DTB in the morning, going to work in the snow on his Enfield !

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR !!

Silly sausage.

Any foole knows an Enfield goes Thump Thump Thump not Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

We got lots of snow, the Railways is shut so I'm taking a day off to do some work....

...in the kitchen

...but listening to to music at the same time

@ Nick, What LP's did you buy Mr G? Any good?

DTB

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