Shows and launches

 It’s not difficult to be a Francophile when Paris is bathed in September sunshine. It’s easier still when Cabasse Deputy General Manager Guy Bourreau excuses himself from a most agreeable couple of hours in a brasserie with sincere ...

AKG looks to be going for the lucrative trendy-headphone market with its new Quincy Jones Signature Line headphones. The music legend, who lists among his achievements a staggering 79 GRAMMY nominations and 27 wins, says: 'Throughout my entire ...

Philips Cinema 21:9 Platinum 3D TV It’s all about 3D on the Philips stand here at IFA, with the Dutch company joining its Korean and Japanese rivals in throwing its weight behind the 3D TV format.The flagship of the range is the new Cinema 21:9 ...

Yesterday’s Sony press conference was so full of enthusiasm for all things 3D, you’d be forgiven for thinking the third dimension had just been invented. On the upside, it did mean the announcement of some tantalising new products, as well as ...

We've just come from Loewe's press conference, where the company has announced a whole raft of new products and services for the end of 2010 and first quarter of 2011. We'll be going hands-on with the kit tomorrow, so will add updates ...

I have a Les Paul under my bed and a Stratocaster in the cupboard at the top of the stairs. Who better, then, to accept Pure's invitation to the launch of the new Evoke 1S Marshall Edition, a revamp of their earlier and very successful ...

Chord Electronics operates out of an old pumphouse in the picturesque Kent village of East Farleigh, on the banks of the River Medway – about two miles upstream of Maidstone. It's a beautiful place to work, and on a sunny June day the company ...

It was hot in Venice – yes, I know it was in London, too, but the presence of endless tour groups, disgorged from the monster cruise liners churning up the lagoon, in the narrow alleys made getting around on foot a chore, and those very ...

 'Like Disneyland for geeks', was how one visitor described the CEDIA 2009 Show, and this year's expo, now called the Home Technology Event, was an equally enthralling eye-candy-packed look in to the home of the future. A home which this ...

What better way to spend a Wednesday than visiting DALI in wet and windy Denmark? By DALI I mean Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries, of course, rather than the playful, generously moustachioed and inconveniently deceased Spanish ...