The Bristol Hi - Fi Show is back after three years of Covid - relate postponements , and it brought back a heaving gang as well new products and declaration over the track of the weekend .
By the time you take this , the UK ’s biggest hi - fi show will be over and exhibitioner will have carry up to turn back in 2024 . Trusted Reviews attended the case to have a flavor at the young products , and while some great name were escape ( like KEF ) , others satisfy their space with the likes of Sonus Faber and McIntosh appearing at the show for the first meter .
As usual , the products on show varied from the low-cost to wallet - burst expensive . The show ’s absence seizure seemed to produce plentitude of anticipation , so here are some of the highlights that caught our oculus at the Bristol Hi - Fi Show 2023 .
JBL Bar 1300
Announced at CES 2023 , theJBL taproom 1300had its first public junket in the UK at the Bristol Hi - Fi show ( despite being very much an Ab product ) . Inside the bar are more than twenty speakers , with detachable units that can be placed around the room to act as surrounds and a 10 - inch subwoofer to provide the bass . This soundbar moderately much supports everything under the Lord’s Day from Dolby Atmos , DTS :X , AirPlay 2 , Alexa Multi - Room Music and more . And the monetary value ? Well there ’s a reason it ’s called the JBL Bar 1300 as it costs £ 1299 .
Rega Naia
This year ’s Hi - Fi show was home to a world undivided in the appearance of Rega ’s Naia turntable . Only two working turntable currently survive ( hence why this one was sealed in a shabu cover song ) , with the Naia due to go on cut-rate sale in the latter half of 2023 . Featuring a tonearm made out of titanium and constructed using carbon fibre fabric , the Naia is ramp up to high standards and come with a high price tag . When it goes on sale it ’ll be available for £ 9200 ( with the REF PSU ) and £ 12000 with the PSU and Aphelion 2 cartridge . advantageously depart saving …
Astell Kern PA10
announce late in 2022,the PA10is a course - A amplifier from the Korean firm that advance audio quality with a warm display and has plenty of power to repel your ( wired ) phone . Designed to go hand - in - mitt with company ’s own portable players ( such as the five - starSP3000 ) for even more high fidelity sound . It ’s priced at £ 549 / $ 550 .
Fyne Audio Vintage
A hunky-dory time of origin was see ( and discover ) in Fyne Audio ’s ( rather small ) room as it debuted its Vintage Five and Vintage Fifteen loudspeakers . Expanding the serial and featuring all - newfangled IsoFlare drivers , the picayune and big compounding are a retro - styled duad ( indicating sure-enough is still very definitely new ) for small or massive rooms . The Vintage Fifteen has a 15 - inch multi - fibre cone mid / bass driver with Fyne ’s premium 75 mm Ti dome and weighs 93 kilogram each , with a cost tag end of £ 30,000 . A large wallet , orotund household and a windlass and pulley system are belike needed to get this verbalizer into the home .
Wilson Benesch A.C.T 3zero
Wilson Benesch were present with their customary stylish and curved verbaliser , with the A.C.T. 3zero on presentation during the time Trusted Reviews was there . This floorstanding excogitation uses an Isobaric Driver unit of measurement to provide the freshwater bass alongside hired hand - build maneuver 3.0 number one wood and Fibonacci tweeters . The terms , if you must inquire , is £ 31,995 for the pair .
Mission 778X
Another comparatively new production that hit the food market towards the end of 2022 , the Mission 778X may front intimate to old hi - fi fans as it is urge by the original Mission amplifier back in the 1980s , which in itself serve as a program for spun - off company Cyrus to produce its amplifier ( hence the resemblance ) . Compact in size , it ’s intended to be an affordable , retro - styled amplifier graced with the performance of modernistic ampere .
Lyngdorf Cue-100
One of the stranger see speaker ( and that ’s saying something ) , the Lyngdorf Cue-100 are a high - end twosome of standmount loudspeakers with an Air Motion Transformer tweeter , extremist humiliated distorted shape Purifi aluminium midrange / woofer and ultra low-spirited torture Purifi peaceful bass radiators to continue the frequency reach of sound . The three - legged base is detachable , and the speaker make out in a wide range of fabric colour selection to suit a room . It cost just diffident of £ 10,000 .
Wharfedale Dovedale
Another speaker that exists in the retro verbalizer made new again family . The Dovedale go steady back to the 1960s , and this new version retains the coming into court of the old mannikin with its wood - veneered cabinet . Inside the three - way verbalizer is a commixture of traditional and advanced techniques , with the midrange and treble units cancel on the front battle to disperse reflection and produce a better stereo image , and a Kevlar cone hire to serve drive the bass frequence .
Yamaha NS-2000A floorstanders / R-N2000A network stereo receiver
Better cognize for its AV products , Yamaha has been pivoting towards its hi - fi products and had a floorstander and web stereo receiver on show in Bristol . The three - way of life bass voice physiological reaction floorstander voice particularly rich and melodious during a demo , while the R - N2000A looked very refined powering both speakers . The pass receiver is already useable for around £ 3000 with the speaker system are due to go on sales agreement later this year , though the UK Leontyne Price does n’t seem to have been confirm just yet .
