After a few years where Bristol Hi - Fi Show was off the docket , its hadtwo back-to-back yearswhere it looks as if business is back to usual for the biggest and longest running hi - fi show in the UK .
And as usual they were a turn of new and recently announced merchandise at the show , as well as a few prototypes that made their way into the ( converted ) rooms of the Bristol Marriot Hotel . With The Bristol Hi - Fi Show over for another year , here are a few of the production that get Trusted Reviews ’ eye at the event .
Optoma
I ca n’t say I’ver known a Hawai’i - fi show for also being display case for family cinema launch , but according to a fellow the Bristol Hi - Fi show used to be home to both . So consider this as something of a income tax return to its ‘ Sound & Vision ’ mean solar day with the launching of the Optoma UHZ55 projector .
Key lineament here let in 3000 lumens of luminance , HDR musical accompaniment , and Optoma ’s DuraCore optical maser light source that it says is subject of producing razor sharp image . learn the Furiosa lagger on the projector it certainly wait impressive .
Kanto Audio
Kanto were exhibit its speaker range at the Bristol Hi - Fi Show , from its modest speakers to subwoofer , and bigger models , one of which is due later this twelvemonth . The Kanto Ora was announced in 2023 but what spark our pursuit was the novel Ren active speaker with aHDMI ARCconnection . It ’s due afterwards this year with aspirations of being the speaker that fathom better than a soundbar without taking up much outer space .
Naim
I actually saw the Naim Uniti Nova PE ( Power Edition ) at CES 2024 but was n’t set aside to talk about it . With it now herald and in the flesh , the Nova PE crosses the same Naim pattern esthetic but come in with even more power than before . This is an all - in - one organisation that believes it can power any headphone or hi - fi speaker you have in your home with rest .
Focal
The Focal Aria Evo X was another product that was announced forward of CES and is now available for purchase . Lovely looks combined with an impressively transparent auditory sensation will , we assume , make these a premium pair of floorstanders that will be extremely seek after .
Tannoy
In the midst of a ressurection after disappearing from the how-do-you-do - fi shot for a few years , Tannoy preview the Stirling III LZ Special Edition standmount speaker system ; a two - way floorstanding pair with 10 - in threefold concentrentic verbalizer , and a console crafted from oiled walnut veneer . Like many hi - fi loudspeaker blade , the Stirling has gone down the itinerary of “ unbelievably monumental and flowery looks ” . It ’s also pretty expensive at £ 11,995 per span .
Fyne
Moving from Tannoy to Fyne ( who were Tannoy in another lifetime ) , they debuted the Vintage SuperTrax , although it ’s not so much the talker itself that draw the most attention but the SuperTrax technology Fyne introduce at the effect . The SuperTrax is a “ super tweeter ” that Fyne suppose is able to get rid of the narrow beam of directivity that afflicts tweeter and create a 360 - academic degree “ omnidirectioncal dispersion ” , effectively eliminating the sugared spot .
If you ask us , it await like a trap play . Or that contraption people would exploit when engender Morse code .
Rega
We hopped over to the Rega way and found some prototypes with the Solis great power amplifier and Mercury pre - amplifier . There was n’t much info available on either product but require detail to spill out in the lead of its launch sometime in the middle of 2024 . Also on show was the Nd7 Moving Magnet cartridge that Rega allege has been developed for over ten years to give up “ next level carrying out . ” Also expect that later in the class .
Wharfedale
We did n’t get sentence to treat every brand / product we wanted to at the Bristol Hi - Fi Show , so our summary of the even end with Wharfedale , specifically the fresh Super Denton ( not Denton 3 ) speaker . A three - way ( yes , three - fashion ) speaker with a 1 - inch soft noodle tweeter , 2 - column inch soft dome midrange , and 6.5 - inch thread kevlar unit of measurement for the low absolute frequency .
Boasting a stocky design ( though slightly big than a traditional bookshelf ) ; they ’re priced at £ 999.95 / duo and go rich and full of life . Expect the Super Denton to be another Wharfedale loudspeaker system that sells like hot cakes .
