[lone ranger]

is it happening this year or not,cant seem to find it anyway,can only find links to bristol show.

last year it was at the novotel in hammersmith

[Phil Hinton]

Originally Posted by Stel

is it happening this year or not,cant seem to find it anyway,can only find links to bristol show.

last year it was at the novotel in hammersmith

If you mean the What Hi Fi show, its at the Excel centre this year. £20 on the door and not a great turn out BTW.

[lone ranger]

Originally Posted by Phil Hinton

If you mean the What Hi Fi show, its at the Excel centre this year. £20 on the door and not a great turn out BTW.

thanks for that Phil,appreciated.wheres the excel centre then, and thats a real shame about the turn out.Last year was my first show and i dont know if you would class it as a good turn out or not but i thoroughly enjoyed it.

[Greggles]

Excel Exibition Centre is located in Docklands. The Hammersmith venue was really too small and cramped with limited facilities. I've not been for the last two years, but was looking forward to the new venue. Having seen the list of companies attending (or lack thereof) and the £20 entrance fee, I for one will not be going!

[redbaron]

£20 is too steep a price rise . I think it'll really impact on the number of visitors. I'm thinking of not bothering going this year coz of this hike.

[Greggles]

Anyone interested in going, but is put off by the £20 entrance fee, why not take out a sub for What Hifi magazine. A tenner for three issued and two free tickets for the show. Just cancel it before the next due date.

Magazine Subscriptions - What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision

[redbaron]

I'm already a subscriber.

There is a distinct lack of manufactorers listed for this year's show.

No Sony, Pioneer, Panasonic etc

[namuk]

£20 is very pricey for entrance i take it that show has bin and gone .

going to the manchester show just hope there not charging that much

[cunny678]

Originally Posted by namuk

£20 is very pricey for entrance i take it that show has bin and gone .

going to the manchester show just hope there not charging that much

Think it was about £6 each last year. You can print up a half price admission ticket here:- http://www.practicalhi-fi.net/halfpriceshowcard.pdf

I am going to try and make it, looks like a reasonable turn out from the website!

[namuk]

Originally Posted by cunny678

Think it was about £6 each last year. You can print up a half price admission ticket here:- http://www.practicalhi-fi.net/halfpriceshowcard.pdf

I am going to try and make it, looks like a reasonable turn out from the website!

yea it was £6.. were did you get the ticket from?

[namuk]

cunny678

nice one mate printed 4 off .

[cunny678]

Originally Posted by namuk

yea it was £6.. were did you get the ticket from?

Mate of mine bought some kit from Practical Hi Fi Bolton so we picked up a few from them! Usually go Sun afternoon as you can pick up some bargains towards the end. Picked up a £250 hi fi stand last year for £100 as they couldnt be bothered to dismantle it and take it back to the shop!!

[namuk]

Originally Posted by cunny678

Mate of mine bought some kit from Practical Hi Fi Bolton so we picked up a few from them! Usually go Sun afternoon as you can pick up some bargains towards the end. Picked up a £250 hi fi stand last year for £100 as they couldnt be bothered to dismantle it and take it back to the shop!!

thats when we go sunday afternoon .. yea had same offer was it Alphason stand all glass and aluminaum legs? best time to go is queit then but there is a few missing this year

me mate wants that Toshiba XDE500 player he rekons £90 for it

i like the cable stands there was on for £900 in a wooden box should of seen the box i said knock me £200 off without box (was joking) should of seen his face

it is ussally on 3 days this year it is 2 must be credit crunch

[cunny678]

Originally Posted by namuk

thats when we go sunday afternoon .. yea had same offer was it Alphason stand all glass and aluminaum legs?

Yep! Thats the one!

Only trouble is I paid for it at closing went out to get my car and security would not let me back in

Managed to attract one of the exibitors who kindly took me back to the room as it could have gone pearshaped as I paid cash. Also picked up a free Dali test CD which they were selling for £12.99 earlier - not a bad CD either!

[namuk]

Originally Posted by cunny678

Yep! Thats the one!

Only trouble is I paid for it at closing went out to get my car and security would not let me back in

Managed to attract one of the exibitors who kindly took me back to the room as it could have gone pearshaped as I paid cash. Also picked up a free Dali test CD which they were selling for £12.99 earlier - not a bad CD either!

how mad is that he nearly bought that also and we do not live far from were they make them they would not let us pick one up there as w could not be bothered dismantleing the thing

yea i am allways on the look out for them test cd`s . last year we was in the b&w show room talking to one of the guys . someone come in and took a advertisment off wall (it did look good) and wondered off i said is he one of yours he said no . the cheeky sod robbed it in front of us

[cunny678]

Originally Posted by namuk

last year we was in the b&w show room talking to one of the guys . someone come in and took a advertisment off wall (it did look good) and wondered off i said is he one of yours he said no . the cheeky sod robbed it in front of us

Takes some bottle to do that! I bet loads of gear goes missing at these shows! I am looking for some cheapish small rears in gloss black for my set up so hopefully there will be some bargains around at the death! Fingers crossed anyway and I dont need the car this time..................

[namuk]

Originally Posted by cunny678

Takes some bottle to do that! I bet loads of gear goes missing at these shows! I am looking for some cheapish small rears in gloss black for my set up so hopefully there will be some bargains around at the death! Fingers crossed anyway and I dont need the car this time..................

yea the b&w was stunned i was laughing me head off . gloss black rears not cheap

i like going to the cables stands and haggling on a £1000 lead i.e you can have the box i will give you £800 as IF

[RichLloyd]

For anyone thinking of going but also agrees £20 is a little steep.
I found a link to discount code that definitely works when booking directly through stufflive.co.uk.

Enter "SUB" in the promotion code box on the and you'll get tickets for £15.

HTH