The Canterbury Hi-Fi Show

By Michael Jones

September 2009

The Canterbury Hi-Fi Show. September 18-20.

Canterbury’s first hi-fi show for many years is happening in September. Located at the Elms Hotel, down the Papanui end of Papanui Road, Christchurch, the show is put together by local retailers Strawberry Sound and The Top Hi-Fi Shop.

Brands featured at the show include:

• AKG
• Acoustic Energy
• Arcam
• Audio Analogue
• Bell'O
• Crestron
• Denon
• Elan
• Escient
• Kondo cables
• Loewe
• PSB
• NAD
• Niles
• Plinius
• Project
• Rotel
• Sennheiser
• Sim2
• Sonus Faber
• Sugden
• Tangent
• Tannoy
• Velodyne
• Vogels

Some highlights

Stephen Seque of Soul to Sole Audio is planning a big Sugden/Living Voice system for one room. It will comprise of a Sugden Masterclass CD Player, Sugden Masterclass LA-4 Pre-Amplifier with the two Masterclass MPA-4 Monoblocks. The speakers will be the top-of-the-range Living Voice OBX-RW speakers with the outboard cross-over.

Tony Chandler of Interdyn is planning a multi-channel Rotel/Tannoy dual-concentric system, including the new Tannoy Revolution Signature speakers. Another room includes the Sonus faber Elipsa speakers driven by an Audio Analogue Maestro CD and 50 watt class-A amplifier. The new Tannoy DC10 dual concentric speakers with another Audio Analogue combination also feature.

Prize draw

All who attend The Canterbury Hi-Fi Show the opportunity to go in a draw to win a great sound and home theatre system valued at $5499. Fill in an entry form, put it in the box, and you could win a high-gloss red Project Debut III Turntable, a Rotel RX1052 home theatre receiver, a Rotel RCD1072 CD player and Tannoy DC4T Revolution speakers.

The Canterbury Hi-Fi Show
Elms Hotel, 456 Papanui Road
Friday 18th September 2009 – 4pm–9pm
Saturday 19th September 2009 – 10am–7pm
Sunday 20th September 2009 – 10am–4pm