Newport Beach, Calif.-
THE Home Entertainment Show 2012
has
scheduled three days of seminars to go with its high-end A/V exhibits.
Topics range from the science of audio and
interpreting speaker measurements to turntable setup tips, high-resolution
music downloads and new speaker designs.
The June1-3 show in Irvine, Calif., has been expanded to two hotels —
the Newport Hilton and the Atrium — to enable attendees to see 50 percent more
exhibitors, a larger display of exotic and classic cars, gourmet foods, more
rare LPs and CDs, imported cigar presentations, wine tastings and daily live
music, including two concerts by Grammy winners Tierney Sutton and Mike Garson,
the company said.
The show is produced in conjunction
with the Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society, with more than 1,000
members.
Daily passes costing $15 and three-day passes
at $35 are available onsite or online at
www.theshownewport.com/2012/buy-passes.html
.
Show sponsors and contributors are The Absolute Sound, AudioEvo, Enjoy
The Music.com, HomeTheaterReview.com, Positive Feedback, Record Collector News,
Stereophile, the Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society, ToneAudio, Tweak
Studio, VinyLPhile and Widescreen Review.
Seminars are scheduled as follows:
Friday,
June 1
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.: What Speaker
Measurements Mean
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Listening to
the Science of Audio
Saturday,
June 2
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Why Headphones?
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.: Tube Talk with
Kevin Deal
1 p.m. – 2 p.m.: Speaker Design in
the 21st Century — Genuine Advancements or Marketing Hype?
2 p.m. – 3 p.m.: Meet the Press, aka
Roast the Reviewers
3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.: Turntable Setup
Secrets by Michael Fremer
4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.: Super-High
Resolution: The New Download
Sunday,
June 3
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Meet the Press
aka Roast the Reviewers
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.: Speaker Designers
and their Philosophy of Sound
1 p.m. – 2 p.m.: Why Headphones?
2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Super-High
Resolution: The New Download
3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.: Turntable Setup
Secrets by Michael Fremer
