Agenda
What’s on at North West Audio Show
Live Music at Tempus Bar – Lower Ground Floor
SATURDAY
13:00 Sara Leanne
SUNDAY
13:00 Iroel Pérez Abreu
Lectures and Presentations
SATURDAY & Sunday
12:00 and 15:00 - Baird 2 [Chasing the Dragon] - Once again Mike Valentine of Chasing the Dragon will entertain visitors of the North West Audio Show. This time Mike will be playing 1/2” Master Tapes of their Vivaldi in London Double album and in particular, they will be discussing how they recently recorded Beethoven’s 9th Symphony “The Choral”. Please bring your tissues as the performance is incredibly moving.”
10:30 - Room 145 [Reel Resilience] – A guide to buying a reel-to-reel tape recorders.
11:30 - Room 145 [Reel Resilience] – A guide to the reel-to-reel format: Tape, tracks, speeds, and EQ.
14:30 - Room 145 [Reel Resilience] – A guide to pre-recorded music on tape: new releases, vintage releases, and the myth of the Master tape.
15:30 - Room 145 [Reel Resilience] – A guide to buying new tape: What’s available? Where from? How much?
14:00 – Room 113 [Imperial Audio Furniture] - Why 18th century chair making technology is relevant in your listening room - a demonstration of the tools and techniques used to make Imperial Audio Furniture products and how this simplistic approach has benefits in comfort and in accurate transmission of sound.
16:00 Saturday – Room 113 [Imperial Audio Furniture] - Warm But Punchy; a series of full album playbacks celebrating recording engineer Steve Albini. [In Utero by Nirvana (41min)]
11:00 Sunday – Room 113 [Imperial Audio Furniture] - Warm But Punchy; a series of full album playbacks celebrating recording engineer Steve Albini. [Ocean Songs by Dirty Three (66min)]
16:00 Sunday – Room 113 [Imperial Audio Furniture] - Warm But Punchy; a series of full album playbacks celebrating recording engineer Steve Albini. [To All Trains by Shellac (28min)]
Don’t miss!
Saturday & Sunday
Courtyard
Pink Floyd 1971 Pompeii Sound system and 1970s Pink Floyd-style Avis Truck Rental Ford Transit used to transport their equipment around. A must for all fans of this iconic British band.
David Bowie Ziggy Stardust 1973 Tour Sound System will be on show giving fans the opportunity to see the system used on this game-changing tour.
The Isle of Wight festival in 1970 is famous around the world for bringing a plethora of bands to the UK and at this year’s NWAS we have the Wem parabolic dish speaker used at theFestival and also by Pink Floyd at both Hyde Park and Bath Festivals in 1970
For fans of Neil Young, Crazy Horse, and CSNY there will be the opportunity to see the actual soundboard/mixer used to record many of their biggest selling records.