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The Martin Audio team in playful mood after yet another booze ’n’ schmoozefest at the Atlantic Audio booth on the Thursday evening of PL+S. Beck’s Brewery should sponsor the party next year...


A marketing message we never get tired of hearing in Frankfurt


Over on the Ambient Recording GmbH booth at PL+S, composer and sound designer Konny Zimmermann could be found splashing around in this tank, demonstrating the underwater powers of the TC 4042 hydrophone. All together now: “In an octopus’s garden...”


Hither & changer 183 bottles, sitting on the booth. 183 bottles, sitting on the booth hither&dither


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Well, if you going to have a loudspeaker business, you might as well have a branded beer too. Jesse Adamson toasts 30 years of thinking ‘inside the box’ at PL+S


Nigel Mann (centre) looks somewhat startled as Sennheiser UK director of sales & marketing Gerry Forde presents him with his original handwritten CV application from 20-something years ago. President of Sennheiser global sales Paul Whiting (left) and many other friends and colleagues gathered in Marlow to “have a giraffe” with Nigel at his retirement party last month. Dress code was strictly ‘Mannesque’, as these two t-shirt models demonstrate


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