Last weekend’s Soundsociety hi-fi fair was the sixth in a row. But it was the first time it was held in Copenhagen. This year, organiser Bülow:Steensen had chosen to move the fair from their hometown Aarhus to the capital.
During Saturday and Sunday, 1,500 visitors travelled to Hotel Scandic Sluseholmen to see hi-fi at the heavy end of the spectrum.
Although this is slightly fewer than the 2,000 visitors that attended last year’s fair in Aarhus, Maria Kavitha Frish Ramussen from Bülow:Steensen is satisfied. And she says that the exhibitors were also very satisfied.
Even though visitor numbers didn’t break records, most of the demo rooms were packed throughout the weekend. And in the most popular ones, visitors had to wait in line to get a seat for the next demo.
Heavy-weight Hi-fi
Three ballrooms with hi-fi
The hotel was designed somewhat differently from the Hotel Royal in Aarhus, which usually hosts conferences. As a conference hotel, Scandic Slusesholmen had several meeting rooms and three huge ballrooms on the ground floor that allowed for large exhibitions. However, the close proximity of the rooms meant that when the power of the heaviest systems kicked in, you could hear it from several rooms away.
The more intimate exhibitions
Some of the ordinary hotel rooms on the other four floors were also in use. The acoustics were not as lively as in the large halls, but space was tight in many places.
