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Breakdown of the Truck

noreply@blogger.com (Audio-Technica Ltd) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:36:00 +0000

Thought as my final post from the 2008 Road to Success Tour I would share some fun pictures from the 'end of day' breakdown which took place Tuesday evening - followed by a great night back at our hotel....

Some pics from Hopetoun House

noreply@blogger.com (Audio-Technica Ltd) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:20:00 +0000

Thankfully not everyone left their camera at home, so here's some pictures Logan took so you can see our location/venue up here in Edinburgh.

The Finale.....

noreply@blogger.com (Audio-Technica Ltd) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:33:00 +0000

OK - we're on the final stretch....and have a full house currently here for Logan's final performance of the tour, and as we'll be busy with a total breakdown later on, we've just done the draw for today's headphones and the final winner of the daily draw is........Nick Taylor of Taylored Sound

Hopetoun House - Edinburgh

noreply@blogger.com (Audio-Technica Ltd) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:26:00 +0000

What a location! Such an enormous shame I forgot to bring the office camera with me as it's quite stunning. As we drove up the driveway, Hopetoun House gradually started to appear in the foreground until we reached the top of the drive and the house was revealed in all it's glory. The funny thing was to see our truck set up right in front of the house - am pretty amazed they allowed us to park it there but we're not complaining!

For the first time since the tour began over 3 weeks ago, we have never seen the truck looking quite so small - we thought it was big until we saw it with Hopetoun House as a backdrop.

Pretty good day yesterday and today so far....it's the finale of the tour today, and the team have been told to put on their finest performance of the whole tour!! The curtain comes down at 5.30pm today, so I daresay a 'wee' celebration will be taking place afterwards.

Then, it'll be back down to earth and rejoin the mothership in Leeds tomorrow, whilst the truck heads down also for a derig.

The winner of the headphones yesterday (June 9th) was Ian Gibson from The Warehouse.

I'll update the blog later today with the winner from today's draw.

H

Seminar and Workshop Presentations Now Available

noreply@blogger.com (Audio-Technica Ltd) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:55:00 +0000

Hi all

Just to let you know, the presentations given during the roadshow: Dre's DDR; Harvey's MI/Retail and Logan's Wireless Workshop are now available to download from this site. In addition, you can also download the Intermodulation Frequency Planning excel spreadsheet.

Simply login in using the username and password you specified when you registered on the site.

Any problems, simply email info@audio-technica-roadshow.com

Thanks and regards

Harvey

Oulton Hall, Leeds

noreply@blogger.com (Audio-Technica Ltd) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:27:00 +0000

Sorry it's taken me til Monday to update the blog.

Apart from a bit of a disaster when we initially arrived at Oulton Hall on Thursday evening. We were hoping to have a very fast turnaround time upon arrival but it was bedlam at Oulton, who seemed totally unprepared for the arrival of a 44 tonne truck! So we had to hang about for a few hours whilst they cleared the carpark before we could start setting up. Naturally we spent those few hours in the golf club bar...

A very busy day in Leeds - although made more busy by most of the Leeds team turning up at various intervals. Great to see everyone from the mothership....after 3 weeks on the road, so thanks for coming along to check out what we've been up to.

We found out towards the end of the day, that some of the Oulton golfers, disgruntled at not being able to park by the clubhouse were playing silly devils and moving all our signage around the grounds, so our apologies to all our customers who fell victim to these childish antics - what can you say?!?

The winner of the prize draw for the headphones at this event was Mark Stoves of Direct Visual.

2nd Day at Tatton Park

noreply@blogger.com (Audio-Technica Ltd) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:51:00 +0000

Another fantastic day weather-wise at Tatton Park - and a really lovely drive through the estate to get to the truck - driving past hundreds of deer.

Quite a busy morning with Dre's presentation on DDR once again proving a very popular (and controversial) discussion topic. Putting forth the facts without scaring people off has been key with this topic and we feel it's vital that we educate our customers, and users of wireless mics as to the current and future situation.

We had lunch in Lord Egerton's apartment over in the main house which had spectacular views across the ornamental gardens and grounds of Tatton Park. Cunningly, I took loads of pictures from the terrace and also the grounds then realised there was no memory stick in the camera. DOH!

Quite turnaround at the end of the day today as we've got to break the truck down and then hot foot it over to Leeds and build up this evening.

The winner of the headphones was Ted Ruddiman of Northern Stage

Set up and 1st Day at Tatton Park

noreply@blogger.com (Audio-Technica Ltd) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:24:00 +0000

Setting up on Tuesday turned out to be a bit of a nightmare - the venue ended up moving the trucks location a couple of times, so what should have taken a couple of hours ended up taking pretty much the entire day - as you can see from one of the pictures above, boredom got the better of me and I ended up sitting in my car's boot whilst we waited!

Anyway, today was a great success with everyone taking advantage of the fantastic sunny weather to join us at beautiful location of Tatton Park. We decided to have lunch in the Mansion House rather than onboard the truck today, so we were all able to enjoy the spectacular views across the gardens from Lord Egerton's Study.

Pretty much full all day today, so luckily, if you werent able to join us today, we'll be at Tatton for 1 more day tomorrow before hot-footing it over to Oulton Hall in our hometown of Leeds Thursday night.

Today's winner of the Prize Draw was Chris from RW Salts / Sound Distribution - unfortunately Chris, I dont have your surname as it wasnt written on the card you left in the bowl on the reception desk.

A-T at the Belfry

noreply@blogger.com (Audio-Technica Ltd) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:34:00 +0000

Fantastic day in Birmingham - full house for the majority of the sessions taking place. The funny story of the trip being that I randomly walked into the wrong hotel room (accessing it from the back) and almost got myself thrown out - hotel manager, hotel security....the whole thing just snowballed hahaha. Thankfully it was Denise's room I walked into - but I think secretly she was trying to get me thrown out hahaha.

Couldn't really ask for a nicer location than the Belfry - we're all feeling very calm and relaxed being here and dont really want to leave, but needs must!

We're heading over to Cheshire in an hour or so - got 2 days over at Tatton Park, so make sure you come along and see us there if you can. Just a quick note on the venue - just tell them at the entrance gate you're here for the Audio-Technica Roadshow and you wont have to pay for entry to the grounds.

Got loads of pics from the Belfry event, but only got a 2G connection so too much hassle to try and upload them, so will do it later.

The winner of the ANC7 headphones was Peter Coleman of Stage Electrics

Harvey

Opening day at Bristol

noreply@blogger.com (Audio-Technica Ltd) — Sat, 31 May 2008 08:32:00 +0000

Not opened for 'business' yet, but thought I'd post some pics of the fantastic location we find ourselves at in Bristol today - very heavy rain yesterday and flood warnings all over the south west, but fingers crossed, so far this morning, the skies are fairly clear....

Bristol Update:

Great day in Bristol with once again the sabine and wireless workshops proving to be the draw of the day.

Aside from lunch going AWOL an having to be tracked down, everything else went without a hitch :)

I do have an apology to make though - in our haste to get away on Friday evening (4 hour drive back to Yorkshire from Bristol), I totally forgot to make the draw for the headphones. So promise to do it first thing Monday morning...

Dont forget, we're starting the midlands and north section of the tour next week - see you there!

Harvey

Prize winner:

The winner of the headphones from Bristol was Dan Roberts from Gordon Morris

2nd Day - Tewin Bury Farm

noreply@blogger.com (Audio-Technica Ltd) — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:14:00 +0000

Above are a selection of pictures from the Tewin Bury Farm event....

Extremely wet is probably the best way to describe the day, so thanks to those of you who ventured over to spend the day with us (in the dry) - although I'm guessing that the car valeting was perhaps a bit of a waste!

Good day yesterday and today with a lot of interest in the in-ear monitoring systems which we did a few demos of.

The winner of the headphones was James O'Leary of Coni Limited - congratulations James!

Bristol here we come.....

1st Day at Tewin Bury Farm - Hertfordshire

noreply@blogger.com (Audio-Technica Ltd) — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:37:00 +0000

Doing business surrounded by geese, rabbits and foxes has been fun! Will give a full update from this venue after tomorrows event as it's been a busy day today and not had much time to write my blog.

Catch you all tomorrow.

Harvey

PS: Today's winner of the ANC7 headphones is Betty Watts of Vine Audio, Cambridge

Lingfield - 2nd day

noreply@blogger.com (Audio-Technica Ltd) — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:48:00 +0000

2nd and final day in Surrey before we have a long weekend break for the bank holiday...
Once again, everyone who came found the experience both enjoyable and educational with the afternoons wireless workshop pulling in the visitors.

Due to the feedback and success of the Sabine workshops in the morning which were only scheduled to take place at this venue, we have decided to make it available throughout the tour - so if you're interested in getting hands on with some Sabine navigators etc, make sure you arrive by about 10.15am.

We hope those of you who were hoping to come along to Lingfield but werent able to make it, dont forget we're in Hertfordshire next Tuesday and Wednesday so you might want to try and join the tour there.

The winner of the daily draw to win a pair of our ANC7 headphones was Daniel Cunnings of Cunnings Recording Associates - congratulations Daniel.

Anyway, thanks to everyone who came - the blog will continue next Tuesday with a report from Hertfordshire.

Opening Day at Lingfield

noreply@blogger.com (Audio-Technica Ltd) — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:30:00 +0000

Well, our Road to Success Tour officially opened today with our first visitor arriving promptly at 10am, and catching us still in the process of briefing the team. We were lucky to have a great day in terms of the weather and I think everyone who attended had a great day.

The lucky winner of our daily draw was Bryan Robinson of Robbotronic - congratulations Bryan and your ANC7 headphones will be sent out to you at the end of the Roadshow.

Thanks to everyone who came along.

Update to Sabine Itinerary

noreply@blogger.com (Audio-Technica Ltd) — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:42:00 +0000

It is with regret that Doran Oster has had to return to the US this morning and will no longer be able to run the 2 workshops and seminars on the 22nd and 23rd in Surrey.

Our technical support engineer, Logan Helps, along with our Business Manager for Installed products, Justin Frost will now run the 2 workshops each morning.

Unfortunately, the short afternoon seminars have had to be cancelled.

Audio-Technica apologise for the late notice of this change and hope Doran not being with us will not disappoint too many of you.

Regards

Harvey

Sabine

noreply@blogger.com (Audio-Technica Ltd) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:39:00 +0000

We have had a few questions regarding the Sabine workshop and seminars - Doran Oster, Sabine's CEO and Founder is only available for the 2 days in Surrey, but if you are attending one of the other venues, please post any questions you may have for Doran here and I will get Doran to answer your questions on here.

Thanks and regards

Harvey

Welcome

noreply@blogger.com (Audio-Technica Ltd) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:14:00 +0000

Hi Everyone, and welcome to the Audio-Technica Roadshow blog. This area has been created both for us at Audio-Technica to keep you informed with news regarding the roadshow, but also for you, our customers, to have your say - ask us questions, make suggestions etc, so please feel free to make any comments you might have.

For those of you planning to join us at one of the events, we look forward to meeting with you there.

Anyone can use this blog to ask questions, which we will answer for you on this forum.

Best regards

Harvey Roberts
Senior UK Marketing Manager

Venue Updates

noreply@blogger.com (Audio-Technica Ltd) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:06:00 +0000

Hi everyone, since we announced the upcoming roadshow a couple of weeks ago, we have had to change some of the venues we originally planned to attend. The area itself hasn't changed - just the venue itself. An updated venue list is now on the main website if you are in any doubt as to where we will be going.

Our apologies if any of the changes we have had to make are inconvenient, but they were unavoidable unfortunately.

The venues have now been booked and confirmed, so no further changes should be necessary:
May 22nd & 23rd, 10.00am – 5.30pm
Lingfield Park Racecourse & Golf Club, Lingfield, Surrey
May 27th & 28th, 10.00am – 5.30pm
Tewin Bury Farm, Herts
May 30th, 10.00am – 5.30pm
Cadbury Hotel and Country Club, Congresbury, Bristol
June 2nd, 10.00am – 5.30pm
The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
June 4th & 5th, 10.00am – 5.30pm
Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire
June 6th, 10.00am – 5.30pm
Oulton Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire
June 9th & 10th, 10.00am – 5.30pm
Hopetoun House, Nr Edinburgh, West Lothian

Best regards

Harvey