As well as the fabulous audio being demonstrated at Audio Show Deluxe 2023, we have also put together a wonderful selection of speakers and musical artists to entertain you in the lounge.
Saturday 25th March
11:00 Scott Wainwright
Scott Wainwright is a Yorkshire-based singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. His music draws from various musical genres including Blues, Gospel, Folk, Jazz and Hip Hop as well as various ‘World’ musics, such as African, Hawaiian, and Indian…more
12:15 Ian Betson
A seminar from which you will gain all the knowledge you need about tape formats and recorders.
You’ll learn which tape will play on which machine and which tape recorder best suits your listening application and budget…more
13:00 BowFiddle
Bowfiddle is an ensemble that specialises in classical and light music entertainment for weddings, functions, corporate events, parties, and concerts…more
14:00 Mike Valentine
Ten years ago, Mike & Françoise Valentine started their audiophile record label “Chasing the Dragon”. They initially specialised in releasing “direct cut” LPs. The sheer jump factor of these records has drawn praise from reviewers and the public all over the world…more
15:00 Will McNicol
Having picked up his first guitar at the age of six, Will has gone on to become Guitarist Magazine’s UK “Acoustic Guitarist of the Year” (2011), one of Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s “30 Great Guitarists Under 30 from Around the World” (2014) and Guitar World’s “one of the best acoustic players on the planet right now”…more
16:00 Ricardo Franassovici
After cultivating a career promoting rock bands and working for high-profile music labels in the 1970s, Ricardo’s passion for music and uncompromised sonic performance led him to form Absolute Sounds in 1978…more
16:30 Miles Showell
Miles is a Mastering Engineer at the world-famous Abbey Road studios where countless world-famous records have been recordeded. Brought up on a varied musical diet, thanks to a record shop-owning family, Miles began his career at Utopia Studios in 1984, where he learned the fine arts of disc cutting and tape copying, as mastering used to be termed…more
17:30 Elles Springs
Elles Springs is a Dutch singer-songwriter who has been playing and performing in the Netherlands for over 15 years. Her songs are pure and heart-warming Country with a little twist of Rock…more
Sunday 26th March
11:00 Will McNicol
Having picked up his first guitar at the age of six, Will has gone on to become Guitarist Magazine’s UK “Acoustic Guitarist of the Year” (2011), one of Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s “30 Great Guitarists Under 30 from Around the World” (2014) and Guitar World’s “one of the best acoustic players on the planet right now”…more
12:00 Ian Betson
A seminar from which you will gain all the knowledge you need about tape formats and recorders.
You’ll learn which tape will play on which machine and which tape recorder best suits your listening application and budget…more
13:00 Bowfiddle
Bowfiddle is an ensemble that specialises in classical and light music entertainment for weddings, functions, corporate events, parties, and concerts…more
14:00 Mike Valentine
Ten years ago, Mike & Françoise Valentine started their audiophile record label “Chasing the Dragon”. They initially specialised in releasing “direct cut” LPs. The sheer jump factor of these records has drawn praise from reviewers and the public all over the world…more
Elles Springs is a Dutch singer-songwriter who has been playing and performing in the Netherlands for over 15 years. Her songs are pure and heart-warming Country with a little twist of Rock…more
To continue the high-end and luxury experience of Audio Show Deluxe right through to the live music and speakers we have on offer at the event, the organisers have booked the prestigious AXSUPERJET PA system for use in the lounge.
As you would expect for an audio event like Audio Show Deluxe, this is not your run-of-the-mill public address system.
Discovering HiFi as a teenager, having a band and attending all those early festivals like the IOW and first Glastonburys, Fred Davies decided to build speakers into his first home – full size concrete horns! Thus, began AX Horn Loudspeakers.
In the 80s, it was Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studio manager who suggested that a portable version would be more accessible than having to journey to remotest West Wales to hear them! So was born the first AXJET.
In the 90’s Fred was asked to provide really efficient horns for the Green Fields pedal-powered stage at Glastonbury. This also provided the opportunity to use the AXJETs in 4- way mode in a chill-out dome, initially with just DJs and later alternating with live artistes. In the late 90s and early 2000s the AXJETs were used at a whole series of Space events and other mixed DJ and live performances.
In the mid-2000s, Space embarked on a 10 year period of providing lighting and décor to Solway Firth Festival, and doing a 24 hour, 3 day chill-out marquee. The AXSUPERJETs came into their own in this time in various combinations with the AX Bass-stage. Ultimately using 2 pairs at the front and one pair at the back of the venue, with DJ’s and live performances every afternoon and evening. The invaluable experience gained from this led to the AXJETPRO which, with its integrated tapped horn bass produces the missing bottom octave rendering extra bass units un-necessary. With concert level SPLs but exquisite high fidelity from the wonderful AER drivers, these really are the Musician’s speaker.