The Bristol Hi-Fi Show 2020 Organised By Audio T In Association With What Hi-Fi?

The Bristol Hi-Fi Show is the UK’s largest and longest running Hi-Fi and home audio Show which is now in it’s 33rd year! Organised by Audio T in association with What Hi-Fi? it is held every February at the Marriott Bristol City Centre Hotel and has become an annual pilgrimage for music lovers and Hi-Fi enthusiasts from the UK and around the world! Attended by over 80 manufacturers and distributors it represented nearly 180 brands this year!

Here are some of the Show exhibitors in pictures and we’ll add video in the coming weeks! Most of the products on demonstration at The Bristol Hi-Fi Show are available for audition at your nearest Audio T, but do give the branch staff a call first before travelling because they they may need to get the product in first! If you couldn’t make your mind up about what to listen to or buy at the Show, then this is an ideal opportunity to take some time and listen to your shortlist of products in the comfort of one of our comfortable demonstration rooms!

Hi-Fi on the move! Bentley brought along their Naim equipped Flying Spur!

The faithful turned out in force at the The Marriott City Centre Hotel, despite the inclement weather and the impending threat of Coronavirus!

Acoustic Energy were showing off their new AE500 series!

Arcam were demonstrating a phenomenal sounding Audio Visual system using their new AVR series home cinema amplifiers. An absolute joy for the film and music enthusiast!

ATC always very popular, were using CD and vinyl as their music sources.

Audeze Headphone bar featuring Chord Electronics and Astell&Kern Personal Music players.

AURALiC Showing off their G2 wares!

Bowers & Wilkins had most of their series on display this year and a good selection of their headphones were available to try.

Chord Electronics had their full range of portable headphone amplifiers and DACs on show as well as the new Ultima range, which were launched at the Show and drew packed crowds in their main listening room.

Dali had a fantastic display in their room and were showing their new Rubicon 2C Wireless system and the upcoming MENUET SE bookshelf speaker pictured here.

Dynaudio were demonstrating the new Confidence range, which were sounding particularly good! Bowie would be proud!

innuos were demonstrating their fantastic range of music servers and streamers along with the new USBClocker designed to improve the sound quality of digital music played via USB.

Not any old iron! The little Jern (Iron) speakers from Denmark made a big impression with their wide soundstage. You may well yearn for these diminutive heavyweights!

Linn pulled the crowds in with their demonstrations of the Linn Selekt DSM streaming amplifier, Sondek LP12 record player and their new wireless multi-room loudspeaker the Series 3.

Michell Engineering were spinning records with the Gyro and Gyrodec record players and demonstrating the differences in sound quality as you moved up their new range of Cusis moving coil cartridges.

Neat Acoustics were demonstrating their new Ministra standmount and floorstanding loudspeakers.

PMC as ever, were extremely popular and demonstrated their new PMC twenty5i Series and Martln Logan Electrostatics which they are now distributing in the UK.

Rega Research another huge Show favourite were showcasing their new all in one entry level System One! Which sounded very good indeed. It consists of the Rega Planar 1, new IO amplifier and Kyte standmount loudspeakers, which will retail for £999 and is due at the end of March. A fab sounding analogue music system, which is ideal for any music enthusiast starting out on their Hi-Fi and vinyl odyssey.

The REL demonstrations always impress and this year it was no exception! They had a stacked REL line array S/510 system on demonstration, which wowed the crowds!

Russell K had their new Black 50 standmount speaker and the established Red 120 floorstander on demonstration.

Spendor were demonstrating a wide range of their loudspeakers including the, A-Line, D-Line and Spendor Classic.

Solidsteel speaker stands and racks were getting lots of attention and were in use by a number if exhibitors using standmount loudspeakers. We think they are a brilliant accessory.

If you were one of the many faithful and new visitors that braved the weather and the threat of Coronavirus, we salute you and we hope that you thoroughly enjoyed the Show. Thanks for making it another great Show! If you didn’t support it, it wouldn’t happen, so huge thanks to you, the manufacturers and the press for making this one of the best Bristol Hi-Fi Shows ever! For those that couldn’t make it, you can experience it in our Whistle Stop tour video below.