The Clarity Alliance, the UK hi-fi industry’s trade association, will be presenting the third annual “Best of Show” Awards at the Bristol Show, to recognise the efforts of exhibitors putting on a high quality show.

Sound & Vision is one of the premier shows of the UK calendar, featuring many of the major hi-fi and home cinema brands. The exhibitors put lot of work in to making their rooms sound and look as good as they can and, through its “Best of Show” awards, Clarity will recognise and reward their efforts.

During the first day of the show, Friday 20th February, a team of anonymous judges will be visiting every room to experience the sounds and sights presented. Each room will be scored on its appearance, sound quality, vision quality (where applicable) and general ambience, in order to come up with a shortlist of potential winning rooms. The winners will be decided by a second round of visits to the potentials and then announced at a press conference, which takes place in the Executive Lounge, Terrace Level at 5.30pm.

And for the second year, Clarity will also be presenting a “Lifetime Achievement Award” to recognise the outstanding contribution of an individual to the UK hi-fi industry. At last year’s inaugural award, John Dawson, founder of Arcam, was honoured. This year’s winner will be kept a closely guarded secret until the awards ceremony on the Friday evening.

Awards will be presented for:

“Best Sounding Hi-fi Room’

“Best Home Cinema Room’

“Best Presented Room”

“Most Innovative Room”

“Best Stand in an Open Area”