Off to the London Show

I've been packing my bags and I'm off down to Heathrow for another 'fix' of Hi-Fi at the London Hi-Fi and Home Entertainment show.

Going to the show is a great way to soak up the ambience, enjoy the industry talk and see old friends. It's also a good way to feel the 'pulse' of the industry - we sometimes feel a long way from Cambridge up here in the North West!

I'd be delighted to chat to anyone who meets me in any of the rooms or corridors, so feel free to introduce yourself.

We're not selling our cables and accessories at the show, but if you go along to www.russandrews.com you can take advantage of our 15% weekend discount on all Kimber and Russ Andrews cables and accessories!

See you there!

The show's website is: http://www.hifinews.co.uk/content/show2005/event.htm

Welcome to my Blog!

Some think this is a great way for me to raise issues, ask questions and, possibly, stir up some controversy. No problem I thought, I seem to do that as easily as breathe! The catch is that you get to answer back.

So here goes... my first Blog.

The Hi-Fi industry is in crisis. Faced with falling sales, internet shopping and the iPod it is in a crisis of confidence. It thinks no one loves it enough to keep it in business. Has it been delivering less than it promised long enough for it to be found out? Is it now just too uncool? Has the iPodisation of music kicked high quality music reproduction into touch?

Or is this an opportunity for Hi-Fi to recolonise the territory and bring real quality to internet/computer/WiFi sourced music?