Times AV Expo show in Delhi Sep 5th - 7th

Update from Sridhar... Times AV Expo guys screwed up bigtime. No live demos today . Sridhar sends his apologies. He will post an update about the situation in the afternoon.

Second update: They've pulled out of the show. It seems they were to get a proper demo room and all they were supplied by the organizers was 1mm thick plywood to build an enclosure. Shame on times group!

hello
please give details about the stalls there......is it really worth.. for me come down from chandigarh to delhi

I'm not exactly sure as I'm not at the show itself. This information was conveyed to me by Sridhar and I'm just passing the information. I'd wait for Sridhar to post his own thoughts. One thing is certain... no Ushers on demo at the show.

Gosh...

Sridhar...is that really true...
Thanks that i pulled out earlier and saved the waste of money...

Actually for some other reasons we were not able to participate.
Anyways, we are surely there for the AV Expo Bangalore in January...
Already booked up the stall...

Great and a hell lot of new stuff expected by that time...

Sridhar in case if you are attending the show, as a guest...
Please get me some updates on the same...

I had to come to Bangalore due to some project work...

Thanks in advance...

Oh boy
AV show organisers are getting worse by the day.
Lets make the bangalore show a success.

Folks
I cant believe how badly the entire show was arranged. They seem to have screwed up on everything from Power (it came on 12 hours late from what they promised), to stall heights - everyone had differing heights obstructing other stall views, etc. For our experience, I think I am going to stay away from the Times AV Expo until they think about going to a venue where they have proper rooms (hotel rools) similar to how other high end shows are done around the world. The agreement for us to put up a demo room was for the organizers to give us a 4" thick MDF closed room. What they gave us was the regular 1mm white sheet that is used for lining closets and cabinet drawers. This whole thing was inserted into a thin aliminium frame and I kid you not, I can get a whole wall crashing down with a simple push. If you think this was bad, no its not over yet - the room they made out of this flimsy material was not even to the top, meaning its open on the ceiling and the walls (made up of this fancy material ) are about high enough that one can look over at another stall.
I really dont know whether to laugh at this experience or cry - ofcourse there is a huge amount of money that we put into all this, not to mention flying a lot of equipment down by fast shipment times to get it to Delhi before the show - all a waste. They didnt even have the courtesy to call us and apologize (the main guys were MIA), instead they had some pretty PR ladies trying to talk us into staying on "promising to rectify the situation, but that it will take another day at least"... blah blah. There were such comments (and I quote) "This is India, a bit of chaos is to be expected" and here's the real kicker "Though we organize about 30 expo's a year, we dont know the technical aspects of building a stall for a demo"...nothing fancy, just a simple 4" MDF room, how hard can that be, especially if they do 30 shows a year!!!
I apologize to anyone who came by looking for us and didnt find us. There would have been absolutely no point in setting up a demo in that room.

As to the rest - there were static displays of some high end speakers such as Meredian, AvantaGarde, etc but at prices that make me wonder why anyone would want to buy - (around 2 x $US retail)...

About the BLR show, I dont know, havent decided
Mridul...consider yourself lucky

cheers

Hi, Trully it was worst thing i have seen so far !! It was total failure !!!!!!! How can some one even dare to call it a AV SHOW ........These av people are crazy by calling it a show...........CRAZZZZZZZZYYYYYYYYY
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Too bad, please accept my sympathies. Going by the description it sounds pretty much like last year's event (see Kamal's post earlier in the thread; I attended too last year and swore off this event for all time to come).

Hi,

Ohh Yeah !! I knew it all along and had informed Sridhar bout this !! I visit all the expo's and most of them are of the same type !!

For example the last AVMAX one in Chennai was held at an choultry !! a wedding choultry mind you !! now what can you expect from such a venue ??

Bloody hell I think like Sridhar all should boycott these stupid expo's !! then I think they'll do something !! otherwise as long as folks are there to take up the space believing there sweet talks they'll never bother to correct their mistakes !!

Anyway sorry man Sridhar ! it didn't go as you thought !! I really was wishing that this will be great chance for Delhi folks to meet you and the your range of quality products !! but alas,

Maybe next time !! lets see whats there in stall for the Jan bangalore one !! Another disaster waiting to happen ??? since this is also organised in an indoor stadium (Kanteerava Indoor Stadium) suited for other events not the Audio specific ones !! Fingers crossed !!

Regards.