News 2006

November 2006
With the year coming to an end just about all of the Hi-Fi magazines start to release their awards editions which show case the best of the best in terms of hard ware. This year saw the IsoTek Sigmas be recognised as class leading in not only Hi-Fi News, were it picked up not only 'Best Accessory' but also 'Product of the Year'.

Hi-Fi Choice also felt the unit worthy to take first place in its 'Best Mains Conditioner/Cable' category.

"IsoTek is the biggest name in mains filtration, and the company's brilliant GII Mini Sub distribution box has won our Gold Award in this category for he last two years. But this year we hail a new product: the Sigmas. Like the Mini Sub, it's a six-way mains distribution box with on-board filtration, but it effectively ups the ante for higher-end systems. The result is purer mains and a cleaner, more detailed sound." - Hi-Fi Choice

The awards event took place in London with Tim Bowern, Editor of Hi-Fi Choice personally handing out the prizes!

October 2006
With the heavy schedule of UK events passed October was the month for supporting our overseas distributors the first was a series of 'work shops' first in Germany; Frankfurt, Saarlouis close to Saarbrucken and finally Stuttgart. These events are a perfect opportunity to go through the whole of the IsoTek range with key items being demonstrated. The results from just upgrading a power cord are quite surprising !

From Germany the IsoTek training team moved to the VAD show in Holland. Although more of an exhibition the event is normally extremely well attended.

These are very worth while events which give us the opportunity to demonstrate key products in the IsoTek range to interested customers and dealers.

September 2006
IsoTek once again attend The Hi-Fi News show in London Heathrow, close to the airport. The Renaissance Hotel again providing a suiteable venue.

The show issue had the second review of sigmas, this time by Hi-Fi News, reaching a similar conclusing to the 'exclusive' review published in Hi-Fi Choice a month earlier:

"... stunning performance make the Sigmas a true bargain."

[ Download full review in PDF format ]

August 2006
As most companies started to prepare for the London Hi-Fi Show the IsoTek team still had a busy schedule, and this month was to support our distributor in Hong Kong by conducting seminars on the IsoTek range. These consisted of a projected presentation with translation from Ernest Lau of Tara Labs Far East the official IsoTek distributor. The show was once again held in the Hong Kong conference center and boasted an attendance of +20,000 !

For those who have never visited Hong Kong it is a 24/7 society, deeply populated but extremely calm, surprising for so many people.

August also saw the first review of the Sigmas, an exclusive review in Hi-Fi Choice, the conclusion:

"...as things stand the benefits are considerable and the value of this unit is not hard to confirm."

[ Download full review in PDF format ]

July 2006
Hi-Fi World release a review of the GII Vision, not known for reviewing power conditioners the magazine felt the performance of the product to be:

"The IsoTek GII Vision really did make a dramatic musical difference with much higher resolution, timbre, spatiality and impressively - even better timing. It is thoroughly recommended."

[ Download full review in PDF format ]

June 2006
Hi-Fi News release the first review of Orion. Although the unit had been submitted for review several months before it was not until the July issue (which came out in June) that the test finally made it to press. It was however well worth the wait with the conclusion being:

"IsoTek should be commended for a product of this quality and performanc being made available at such a modest price. So great are the improvements it brings across the board that the Orion could be considered a mandatory addition to any high-quality audio or home cinema system."

[ Download full review in PDF format ]

May 2006
With the summer fast approaching the IsoTek team headed off to, probably the best High-End Show in the world, the Munich "High End 2006 Show" organised by The High End Society, Germany. The show represents a who's who of audio and was the perfect location to show the long awaited Sigmas to the European press. Sigmas should be available to order sometime in June/July.

The show ran from 10am - 6pm daily at the M,O,C, Munich, Lilienthalallee 40
80939 Munich, this is the third year the show was held at this venue since its move from Frankfurt. This move was partly made to help the event expand, and with this years event attracting 670 brands, registered from more than 200 exhibitors the M,O,C, would seem the perfect venue.

High End 2006 was also the perfect event to help, support and party (a little!) with Connect Audio IsoTek's new and exclusive German distributor.

April 2006
At the end of March 2006 IsoTek appointed Connect Audio as the new German distribution company to officially represent the brand for Germany. To this end Connect Audio where keen to work with IsoTek to organise a special three day training seminar for their major dealers. This was an ideal opportunity to thoroughly go through the IsoTek range of products and to conduct detailed A/B comparisons as well as more detailed and technical explanations of internal circuit schematics.

The three day training took place at the head quarters of Connect Audio in Bad Camberg near Frankfurt. The purpose build distribution facility was an ideal training venue.

March 2006
IsoTek officially launch the Sentinel Range and attend the HDi Show in Moscow Russia. The show is another success boasting over 20000 visitors in 4 days; it also covers over 8 floors.

No.1 In The UK
After firmly establishing the IsoTek range of power conditioners in their home market IsoTek is now actively working with their overseas distributors to build the ever increasing popularity in their range of power conditioning solutions. Even in markets where the mains quality is extremely poor with sometimes-extreme fluctuations the IsoTek range continues to offer dramatic improvements in sound and continuous reliability.

The HDi Show as also the perfect opportunity for the launch of the new sentinel range of mains regulators. Centauri and Aquarii, the first of the series proved very popular with the major Russian Audio magazines What Hi-Fi? Russia and Audio Market, even publications like 6 Moons from Holland covered the product launch.

The HDi Show was again situated in the Iris Hotel, however this year the show covered all 8 floors! It seems the growing interest in high quality audio is alive and well in Russia. The show was well attended with claims that attendance broke through the 20000 visitors in the four days of the event.

Double Quick Extra Strong
Naturally at these events there is time for a little R & R, and what better way that a stunning meal in the highly praised Pushkin Restaurant deep in the heart of Moscow. Unbelievably the deep rich double espresso coffee following the meal was even more popular that Vodka, Moscow’s traditional beverage!

February 2006
IsoTek win ‘Product of the Year’ in HiFi Review magazine for the Titan in Hong Kong. HiFi Review comment,

"In all our 20 years of Hi-End Audio experience this is the first time we have ever hear such a dramatic and magical improvement from an audio accessory."

The committee consisted of the magazines 5 top audio reviewers.

IsoTek Attend the Sound and Vision Hi-Fi Show in Bristol, held again in the Bristol Marriott, Lower Castle Street, and the show was a resounding success.

January 2006

IsoTek exhibit at the CES show in Las Vegas for the second year, this is also the first time the US sees Sigmas. CES is a fantastic opportunity to meet up with our overseas distributors and to work with a growing number of US dealers. CES is one of the largest consumer electronic events world-wide, with the exhibition taking place over several venues and several hotels and conference centres.

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