Well we've made an excellent start to establishing long term an International Show for one of the greatest cities in the world 'NEW YORK' And that belief was reflected in our decision to undertake a long term contract with the incomparable Waldorf = Astoria.

We experienced a truly wonderful turn-out by visitors, with the queue's on the Friday and Saturday being exceptional, and added to which many were 'new to show' which we established via our e-ticket download data, great news for the Industry.

For those now in possession of a Show Programme, click here to download, they will have read about our commitment to Exhibitions and our 100% dedication to the well-being of the High End Audio & AV consumer markets; that is and always will be the ethic of the Chester Group, long term investment.

Read more: OUR NEW ‘NEW YORK’ SHOW - FROM THE CHAIRMAN

Congratulations to Andrew Dinnebeil of Toms River New Jersey for winning the VPI Scout Turntable at the New York Audio & AV Show '12.  The turnatbale winner was chosen by Michael Fremer - Stereophile's Analog Corner columnist, and presented to the winner by Mathew Weisfeld of VPI Turntables. 

World Premier introduction of the Kudos Cardea C-30 speakers. 

"The first time i heard the Kudos Cardea C-30 i was floored by how musically right everything sounded. These are one of those rare speakers which are so engaging that they almost impossible to analyze because every time you try you get sidetracked by just wanting to listen to the music dynamics like a missile, soundstage as stable as plymouth rock, harmonic reproduction near perfect. These speakers can play any kind of music and sound truer to the original source than other transducer i have heard under $16000.00.Not bad considering they range from $11000.00 to $12995.00 depending on finish" - Andy Singer

Come and hear two world class computer based Hifi systems! Also showing 2 world class computer based audio systems .

Come and hear two world class computer based Hifi systems! Also showing 2 world class computer based audio systems .

And plenty of lectures by manufacturers especially: Andreas Koch, Playback Designs - The Swiss digital genius explains how to download DSD from your computer’s USB output through the amazing Playback Designs MPS-3 and MPS-5 DACs. Each day at 4:00 pm. See Full Schedule advert below (CLICK READ MORE).

Read more: TWO WORLD CLASS COMPUTER BASED AUDIO SYSTEMS FROM SOUND BY SINGER

Innovative Audio Video Showrooms, located just blocks away from the Waldorf-Astoria at 150 East 58th Street, NY, NY 10155, is pleased to have a major presence at the New York Audio & AV Show. Our two rooms on the 18th Floor will consist of a Demonstration Room in the Maxwell Suite, where a superb two-channel system featuring products by Wilson, VTL, dCS, Meridian, Spiral Groove, Lyra and Transparent can be heard; our "Meet the Innovators" room in The Library will allow show-goers the opportunity to chat with a number of true innovators in the field of audio, including Dan D'Agostino, Luke Manley, Peter McGrath and Martin Reynolds, among others.

CLICK HERE to download full room details and Exhibitor listings. 

Audio Doctor, a high end audio retailer in Jersey City NJ is pleased to present two rooms, of the world's greatest, audio. Our first suite the Beekman, is a celebration of KEF's 50th anniversary, and features three different KEF sound systems: Our first system in the Beekman is an all-out assault on state of the art music reproduction with KEF's new $30,000.00 flagship Blade loudspeakers.

CLICK HERE To read full press release.  

Legendary loudspeaker manufacturer and New Jersey-based retailer partner for one-of-a-kind audio demo

Marlboro, N.J. – April 9, 2012 – KEF, the renowned manufacturer of innovative, reference-quality loudspeakers for over 50 years, will partner with New Jersey-based dealer, Audio Doctor, to present attendees to the New York Audio & AV Show 2012 with an opportunity to experience a range of KEF's award-winning products, including KEF Blade, the world's first single apparent source loudspeaker.

In addition to KEF Blade, the KEF/Audio Doctor presentation will feature KEF's all-new R Series as well as models from the legendary Reference line of loudspeakers.

Read more: KEF Partners with Audio Doctor to Bring KEF Blade, R Series and Reference Series to the New York...

Walker Audio will be showcasing its Proscenium Black Diamond III turntable in Room 1507 along with its line of system-enhancing products and Silent Source cables. Walker Audio has recently developed a new damping fluid specifically for the Proscenium Black Diamond III that offers better focus, stronger bass and a deeper, wider soundstage. The company has also upgraded the record clamp to improve the sound of this already amazing turntable. With the new record clamp, dynamics, soundstaging and transparency are improved considerably. This will be the first public showing of the turntable with the new damping fluid and record clamp. Joining Walker Audio and Silent Source cables will be Burmester, who will provide the electronics and speakers, and Tweak Studios.

Why Tubes?

At VTL we feel that tubes are the best technology for audio, for the following reasons:-

Tubes use simple circuits:

Simple circuits have been found to sound cleaner than complex circuits with many components in the signal path. Tubes are more tolerant of circuit drift and parts deviations, and thus can be used in the simplest circuits.

Read more: VTL - Vacuum Tube Logic

Experience the world-class headphone system with WES fully balanced electrostatic amplifier + Stax SR-009 headphones.

Visit the Woo Audio Room Located on the 15th Floor - Room 1532. 

Robyatt Audio, importer of the world famous Miyajima Labs phono cartridges, is proud to announce the World Premier of the new Miyajima Labs OTL(Output TransformerLess) amplifiers at The New York Audio Show, April 13-15th at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. Robyatt Audio will be exhibiting in Room 1524 of the Waldorf.

These stereo or switchable mono-blocs redefine what a tube amp can sound like. They will be partnered with the number one Hi Fi product of all time, not seen at any audio show in over 30 years- the legendary QUAD ESL 57's. Truly, a match not to be missed at any cost.

An all-vinyl room, demonstrating the class-A rated Miyajima Labs phono cartridges: it will be an oasis of unsurpassed musicality in this digital age of mediocrity!

Because You Care About Music™

You know the sense of anticipation. The pleasure of carefully selecting an outstanding recording, then listening to it with complete and utter attention.

This same passion for music motivated Sony to develop the award winning SS-AR1 Loudspeaker.  The AR1 reproduces, as faithfully as possible, your favorite music – just as it was originally recorded.

So take a moment to discover why the SS-AR1 is being embraced by enthusiasts and professionals alike.  You’ll remember why you care so much about music. 

Now almost any speaker can be driven off-the-power-grid.

Reviewers and customers alike covet Red Wine Audio's battery-powered, minimalist amplifier designs. But their accolades are often paired with a caveat: With moderate power ratings, historically, Red Wine amplifiers have not been ideal for driving inefficient speakers, especially at loud playback levels, in large listening rooms. "My goal in designing Liliana was to take full advantage of our premium LiFePO4 battery technology," says Vinnie Rossi, President of Red Wine Audio. Adding, "With 8 FETs implemented in the Class AB output stage, Liliana allows for some serious 'dc-direct' current delivery." Loosely translated: Liliana's dynamics and control are out of this world!

Read more: Red Wine Audio Announces Liliana Reference Level Monoblock Amplifier

Well Rounded Sound, Inc. has announced the Jack Terrier 2 loudspeakers targeted at music, sound and design enthusiasts.

The "Jack Terrier 2" is a petite set of desktop speakers, used in conjunction with an amplifier and optional subwoofer, delivers natural, transparent sound. Designed primarily as a dedicated 'desktop' sound system, the Jack Terrier 2 has enough power to enliven an entire room. For more information please visit

www.wellroundedsound.com.

Read more: "Jack Terrier 2", the compact, high fidelity desktop loudspeaker is announced.

Our featured product for the event is Burmester!
We specialize in special projects for Audio & Video
In Construction Management and Coordination, Accessories and Furnishings, Construction Documentation, Schematic Design & Design Development.

MBL North America, Inc. - 18th Floor, New Amsterdam
MBL's long-awaited production Corona Line of electronics will premiere at the show: the C31 CD Machine, with S/Pdif, TosLink, and asynchronous USB (MBL MCMi) digital inputs, the C11 Preamp, and the C21 300 watt / channel stereo amplifier along with the compact Radialstrahler mbl 120 loudspeakers. We will also feature a complete Reference Line System with the mbl 101 E MKII Loudspeakers.

Lavry Engineering, Inc - Starlight Lounge
In the music recording and audio post-production fields, Lavry Engineering is known for manufacturing the most accurate AD and DA converters available. The list of professional users of Lavry converters reads like a 'Who's Who' of the Recording and Mastering industries, and the consensus is that Lavry converters do the best job of preserving subtle detail without introducing the non-musical harshness typically ascribed to 'digital sound'.

Read more: Listen like a Pro!

Beyond Frontiers Audio - 18th Floor, Sutton Suite
We proudly announce BFA new balanced Tube DAC. Compared with sound from any turntable, BFA Tube DAC sounds better. Visit us in Sutton Suite and convince yourselves.

We are waiting for your visit, and we will play your CD.

Less Loss Audio - 18th Floor - Sutton Suite

The Blackbody is the world's first audio accessory which represents ideal ambient conditions for audio equipment to function within. Experiments with proximate material including woods, metals, plastics, indeed anything one can build audio equipment cases out of, has proved that they all color the sound to some degree. This undesirable interaction extends to all objects including walls and even, to some extent, the air itself.

The Blackbody, for the first time, addresses this ubiquitous electromagnetic interaction in a novel way. Whereas all other objects cause a spectral ambient interaction, the LessLoss Blackbody does not. All spectral radiation reflects off of the Blackbody as room-temperature Blackbody radiation, a pattern which contains no spectrum and hence has no power to inadvertently color the audio.

Read more: Blackbody Ambient Field Conditioning: The Future is Now

Big news at the NY Show! The Cable Company, famous for their in-home-audition Cable Library, is launching an in-home-audition Library for the best HiEnd Headphones and headphone amplifiers.

Also in NY: the ultrasonic Vinyl Cleaner, Bob's Devices Cinemag MC Step Up Transformers, HiFi-Tuning Fuses, and introducing the WA-Quantum "Quantum Chips" providing upgraded performance from everything from loudspeakers to cell phones!

Read more: The Cable Company Launches HiEnd Headphone Library

Da Vinci is the world's first bit-perfect 384K asynchronous USB 2.0 DAC. Named for the famed Renaissance artist, architect and engineer, Da Vinci embodies superb digital artistry, unconventional product architecture, and precision engineering. It boasts a lifelike soundstage, exceptional clarity and detail, sparkling transparency, a best-in-class noise floor, and audio playback virtually indistinguishable from the best analog source. Its many unique features, some with patents pending, deliver a richer, more natural aural experience audio reproduction that sounds alive.

Read more: Light Harmonic Launches Da Vinci 384K USB Digital-to-Analog Converter

VPI turntables will be giving away one of their Scout turntables worth $1,800 along with a cartridge from Soundsmith.  Please visit them in Room 15H on the 15th Floor for full details.

These are the three basic choices we have in business, as in the rest of life.

We all know those brave souls who read the signs, chart a course, and come out ahead of the rest. Sometimes we envy them.

Sometimes we are them.

Most of us have been drawn to music-- and through it, to audio-- by the sense of emotional fulfillment it brings us. The sense of connection to a larger truth, a greater and nobler truth, than we find in any other aspect of life.

Read more: Lead. Follow. Get out of the way.

A positive report from Bill Leebens

If any group has a right to be cynical, it's the manufacturers, distributors and retailers of the high end audio industry in America.

Hit by every economic downturn and exchange-rate correction, misunderstood by the public and the press, overlooked in favour of flashier new-tech products, the high end is made up of a hardy and quixotic group of extreme music lovers who dedicate their lives and fortunes to the goal of life like reproduction of music in the home and on the run...

Read more: NEW YORK AUDIO & AV SHOW '12

A MEETING OF MINDS

And yes it does happen, and when it happens in business big things can really take off. On the heels of our new National Audio show in Australia a great opportunity arose to work with some key people in the America and together develop something really special for NEW YORK. The thoughts for such a show have been at the back of our mind for some time, but without those key people to complete the line-up, it remained on the back burner.

Read more: New York Audio Show '12 - NEWS BREAK

Early ticket demand for the first major NEW YORK AUDIO SHOW have been exceptional so the organizers have extended the opening times to 3.00pm on Friday the 13th. Subject to further demand this may be further improved. Closing times will extend into the evening. "We are delighted with the approval our show is generating says Roy Bird", "and is a huge encouragement for all concerned, space is now rapidly being taken up with lots of the prime sites already spoken for, we are confident of establishing a great and ongoing event for NEW YORK".