This weekend, October 1-2, the Paris High End Show 2011 is taking place as part of Salon de la HiFi et du Home Cinema at the Hotel Pullman – Paris Rive Gauche.

Our distributor for France, DEA International, will be exhibiting Perreaux alongside a selection of their other lines, including Thorens turntables and Canton loudspeakers.

The DEA International stand is located in 'Club 1' and 'Club 2' on the mezzanine.  Drop by and check out what Paskal and the DEA International team are demonstrating.

The show is open from 10am-7pm both Saturday and Sunday.  Entry is only €15.00.  So get along, support the show, and the industry, and check out some great hi fi while you're at it.

Have a good weekend...

Malaysia's premier audio visual show, The KL International AV Show, takes place on 29-31 July 2011 at The JW Marriot Hotel in Kuala Lumpur.

Our Audiant 80i & éloquence 150i integrated amplifiers, as well as our Silhouette SXH2 headphone amp and SXV2 phono preamplifier, will be available for demonstration throughout the show courtesy of Electrades Audio, the exclusive Perreaux distributor for Malaysia.

The Audiant 80i and éloquence 150i amplifiers will be demonstrated with various loudspeakers from UK company Spendor.

Head along to room 7037 and say 'Hi' to Shashi from Electrades Audio.  He'll be more than happy to demonstrate the capabilities of the Audiant 80i and éloquence 150i and their on-board DACs and phono stages.

Unfortunately we're not able to attend the show, but we'd love to hear from anybody who does attend and their impressions of it.

This coming weekend, June 3-5, sees the start of something very special in Southern California – The Home Entertainment Show (T.H.E. Show) Newport. The brainchild of Bob Levi, President of Los Angeles & Orange County Audio Society, and Richard Beers, President of The Home Entertainment Show; T.H.E. Show Newport is a consumer audio show like no other and includes a classic car exhibition, a wine show including many of California's premier vintners and a cigar exhibition.

The show is being held at the Hilton Hotel Orange County Airport, adjacent to Orange County's John Wayne International Airport. T.H.E. Show Newport is open to the public, with day passes from US$15.00 and weekend passes US$35.00.

Perreaux will be represented at T.H.E. Show Newport alongside Harbeth loudspeakers by our US distributor Fidelis AV, in association with Gene Rubin Audio and Venice Audio. Come and join Walter in Room 330 and experience our Audiant 80i integrated amplifier, "the right amp at the right time" according to Neil Gader from The Absolute Sound (TAS 213).

T.H.E. Show Newport is shaping up to set the standard for consumer audio shows around the world, so get in amongst it!

In association with Harvey Norman, we're holding Dunedin’s biggest ever audio event. We will be in-store this weekend (Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th May) from 9am to 5:30pm with demonstrations available on our Silhouette, éloquence, Prisma and Audiant lines.

We'll be available to answer any questions you may have and to show you through our range – from the new Audiant 80i integrated amplifier to the mighty Prisma SM6 MkII preamp & 350 power amp combo.

Christchurch based loudspeaker manufacturer Theophany will also be demonstrating their exquisite loudspeaker range over the weekend. Garth will be doing his legendary home theatre demonstration – this is one demo you do not want to miss.

So drop by over the weekend, say g'day and experience world-class audio systems designed and built right here in New Zealand.

Perreaux distributor for The Netherlands, YN Audio, is exhibiting at the Café Engels Show 2011 in Rotterdam on 16th & 17th April.

YN Audio will be demonstrating our Audiant 80i integrated amplifier alongside other lines they represent like Robson Acoustics loudspeakers and Black Rhodium cables.

The first 600 visitors to the Café Engels Show will receive a free CD mastered and produced by STS Digital.

The Café Engels Show is being run in parallel with the popular De Doelen Lente Hi-Fi Show and is only a 10 minute walk away.

It's shaping up to be an exciting weekend of hi-fi in Rotterdam on 16th & 17th April. With two shows on at the same time and in the same place, you'd be crazy to miss it.

So do stop by and introduce yourself to Michiel of YN Audio and experience the Audiant 80i for yourself.

Our Taiwan distributor, Sheng-Kai Co., is currently exhibiting our Prisma and Audiant lines at the Kaohsiung International Hi-End Audio Show.

The show is already under way and runs until 21 March at the Ambassador Hotel, 202 Min Sheng 2nd Rd., Kaohsiung.

Please stop by room 543 and introduce yourself to Jeff Lin, of Sheng-Kai Co., he will be more than happy to demonstrate both the Prisma and Audiant lines.

Kinetic Audio, Perreaux distributor for China and Hong Kong, is exhibiting the Audiant 80i integrated amplifier at the Shanghai International High-End Hi-Fi Show this weekend. The show runs from March 4th to March 6th and is being held at the Pullman Skyway Hotel, 15 Dapu Road, Shanghai.

Raymond Cho, of Kinetic Audio, has been impressed with his time with the Audiant 80i and is very excited about this opportunity to demonstrate the integrated amp to the public. He's even gone to the extent of designing this beautiful advertisement, which I understand is to be included in the show booklet.

Anyhow, if you're in Shanghai over the weekend, stop by the show and check it out. We don't have the room number or details on hand at the moment, but feel free to email Raymond at whcho@kineticent.com.hk or call (852) 2949 9991 if you're interested in witnessing the Audiant 80i for yourself.

Edit: Kinetic Audio are exhibiting in room 822.

Edit: Feedback from the show has been positive.

It looked nice and well set up, carefully arranged and sounding good.  After the carrying, plugging, unplugging and pointing had given way to smiles, closed eyes and head nodding, it was obvious all the hard work had been well worth it.

At 5.30pm on Monday 13th of December at the Wellesley Boutique Hotel in Wellington, Hugo Van Son, Audio Visual Manager of Harvey Norman Tory Street, and I, were looking at each other wondering if an evening of hi-fi demos in 2010 was actually a good idea.  Was hi-fi still a thing that could capture the public’s attention?  Or were we living in the past, some of the last men on the ramparts championing good sound over convenience?

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Harvey Norman & Perreaux would like to extend an invitation for you to attend an evening of Sound Demonstrations. During the evening we will be offering a sneak pre-release demonstration of our new amplifier, AUDIANT 80i.

There will be big amps and mighty speakers from some of the world's most respected brands. Garth from Theophany Loudspeakers will be there showing his award winning M5 Signature speakers - which have to be heard to be believed.

As the release of AUDIANT 80i approaches we are busy perfecting, polishing and testing. On Monday December 13th we get a chance to show you what we have been doing for the past year in Dunedin. Yes, playing AUDIANT 80i to a room full of audiophiles makes us nervous. However it's that, just before a first kiss, sort of nerves. Not the, didn't do our homework, kind.

The demonstration evening is at Wellesley Boutique Hotel, 2-8 Maginnity Street, Wellington on Monday December 13th at 6pm.

Please RSVP to secure your position as spaces are limited.

What are your plans for 2011 like? Do you have a spare few days January 6th-9th? If you do, pop into the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. One of the biggest and most exciting Audio Expos on the planet, T.H.E Show, is happening on those dates. Our US distributor Fidelis AV will be overseeing the launch of our new 80 Watt integrated amplifier, AUDIANT 80i, in rooms 4053 & 4057.

Vegas for the New Year, what else have you got on?