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Our latest in the series of Behind the Brands interview is with Laurence Armstrong who is Managing Director of Henley Designs who are one of the largest independent hifi distributors in the UK and supply such renowned brands as Pro-Ject Audio, Ortofon, Audio Technica and Roksan.

In Behind the Brands with Laurence Armstrong we ask him about his career, his hifi preferences and of course the music he loves.

Catch up with all the Behind the Brands series.

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Here we have our latest Behind the Brands interview, this one with Thomas Scherer of TSAE who make the interesting and innovative looking transmission line loudspeaker the Evince which we mentioned way back in April of last year.

Thomas Scherer of TSAE answers our questions and we find what makes the MD and creative force behind the brand tick.

You can find the full list of interviews with the names and faces behind well known and less well known hifi brands on the main page for our Behind the Brands series of interviews

With only three months to go, T.H.E. Show Newport, now in its third year, is predicting another successful event and is expecting to sell out of exhibit space early. Currently, occupancy levels are exceeding 2012 figures.

Richard Beers, President of T.H.E. Shows Newport and Las Vegas, anticipates that 2013 will be another year of tremendous growth for the biggest West Coast Consumer Audio Show and commented “we couldn’t do this without the great support of our exhibitors and the abundance of serious, curious high-end audio buffs. We had over 7,500 attendees last year; with increased advertising, networking, social media, and simple word-of-mouth enthusiasm, we expect to increase that number significantly.”

Music

Nonstop entertainment for all! Concerts included with the entry fee will be held Friday and Saturday starting at 6:30 p.m. Mike Garson, jazz legend and pianist for David Bowie, among many others, will perform once again, joined by Tierney Sutton (Friday) and six-time Grammy nominee, Nnenna Freelon (Saturday).

The Atrium Hotel courtyard will offer continuous live entertainment during the day—poolside will be the place to be. In the evening there will be DJ entertainment at the Poolside Bar, and not to be missed will be the vinyl and headphone exhibits in the expanded ballroom.

T.H.E. Show Newport will be held at the Hilton Irvine and Atrium Hotels in Orange County, California, May 31^st and June 1‑2, 2013—the weekend following the Memorial Day Holiday. Opening Day is Friday, May 31, beginning at 11 a.m.  Saturday and Sunday, June 1-2, T.H.E. Show will open at 10 a.m.  Exhibits are open till 6 p.m. daily, with continuous entertainment.

You can read Hif Pig’s coverage of the event here

‘You must go back to the live music and know how it sounds, the touch of a cymbal, the draw on a violin string.’  There is the essence, the philosophy, of Peter Bartlett, designer of the Cyrus 30^th Anniversary system, where he seeks to ‘wrap up 30 years of know how into one holistic system.’

Read what happens when we get ‘Behind the Brand’, with Peter Bartlett, Technical Director of Cyrus.

You can also read all the other interviews on Hifi Pigs “Behind the Brand” main index page.