We are very pleased to announce that our Managing Director Steve Martin is getting married this Saturday!

Our Showroom will be closed on Saturday 24th September because all staff members will be attending the wedding. Normal opening times will resume the following week.

If you have any enquires please do not hesitate to email either myself or Colin:

Nick – engineering@wysah.com

Colin – colin@wysah.com

We are all looking forward to enjoying this special day with Steve and we wish him all the best.

Kind Regards,

Wysah Team

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It was both humbling and gratifying to see so many people over the two days; all of whom seemed to enjoy themselves and we received many compliments on the new premises.

Both demonstration rooms are already sounding really great with the larger room having Linn 350 Exakt and Klimax DSM in it, and the smaller room having Linn 530s with Akurate DSM.  The large TV (85 inch Samsung LED) wowed people as well, especially with 4K UHD content being displayed from our Kaleidescape Strato movie player.

Thank you to all who came, for your support and compliments.  We look forward to seeing you all again soon and, for those who were not able to attend, please do drop us a line and arrange to come over and see what we’ve created.

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On 1st April 2016 What You See and Hear will be opening our new showroom in the heart of Old Beaconsfield. Located just a stone’s throw from our current premises the showroom will feature two state of the art demonstration rooms, and for the first time we will have dedicated customer parking.

New address: 3 Burkes Lodge, 20 London End, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2JH

Click here for more details.

Above is a small sneak peak of our new location, but expect a massive makeover in the coming weeks! Keep your eye on Facebook for updates.

You’re Invited!

Mark your diaries.

22nd & 23rd April 2016
10:00 am until late

You’re invited to help us celebrate the opening of our new showroom with a series of special events happening on the 22nd and 23rd April.

Music + Food + Drinks + Guest Speakers
To RSVP email rsvp@wysah.com. We will send you more information as soon as it is released.

Pre-owned and Ex-demonstration equipment

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The annual Integrated Systems Exhibition (ISE) in Amsterdam has grown ever larger and more important in the What You See and Hear calendar.  Steve spent two days at ISE 2016, meeting with our suppliers and looking at the latest innovations within our industry.

The key technologies that we were excited by were primarily in video presentation.

OLED screens are, finally, becoming more affordable and the performance is just staggering.  LG have led the way until now and continue to do so, however Panasonic are now snapping at their heels and their screens are quite astonishing with black levels that really do have to be (not!) seen to be believed.

Today it seems that nearly every display device is 4K and more and more now support HDR which, in our opinion, is a
hugely exciting development.  There’s still confusion and some obfuscation from the industry on what 4K truly is, and the content is still lacking. Beyond Sony Pictures, most film productions are still not shot in 4K and even fewer are using HDR.  But when they get it right, it is quite mesmerising.  There are many challenges to overcome in our installations with 4K, but with the help of Crestron DigitalMedia distribution we are confident that we are creating systems that are ready to adapt to the changing needs of the coming years.

Talking of Sony, once again, the Sony VPL-VW5000ES laser projector stole the show with one of the best demonstrations Steve has ever seen. 

ISE 2016 was also an opportune time for Steve to spend time with many of our friends and suppliers within the industry to discuss our new showroom and some of the technology we will have on demonstration.  We were very keen to have Stealth Acoustic Invisible speakers in the showroom as they’ve been a revelation for us over the past couple of years.  We have a number of projects under our belts with them now, including one with over 60 units in the main house alone, and we’ve been amazed by the performance they have consistently delivered and the company have helped and supported us in any way possible.  We’re really pleased to have been able to incorporate their highest performance invisible speaker into the showroom and look forward to amazing you all with them.  We will have more news over the coming weeks on other technologies we’ve incorporated into the new showroom.

We were delighted to see that our main lighting control supplier, Lutron, have started to ship the long-awaited Palladiom keypads.  We have seen prototypes and development models over the past year or so and we’re really excited to see the finished product.  They look and feel amazing in use and we’re very much looking forward to using them on some future projects. 

Overall, ISE 2016 was a huge success. It’s attendance was up once again, officially positioning it as the world’s largest AV and systems integration trade show.  It reconfirmed that our industry is in great shape and ready to take on the challenges that ever increasing demands place on it, particularly in the video sector. 

It’s always great to take a couple of days out of the day-to-day work and get truly excited and inspired by the technologies and the passion of those who create them for us.  Here’s to another great ISE show in 2017!

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It is your last chance to take advantage of our Krystal Upgrade Offer

Offer must end on Saturday, 27 February 2016.

About Krystal

The Krystal has been designed by Linn senior mechanical engineer and analogue wizz kid, David Williamson, to replace the 23 year old Klyde. This new cartridge employs many of the mechanical advantages learned during the development of their £3000 Linn Kandid.

Krystal employs a carefully machined 3 point mount as originally used in the Troika but with a more lightweight and modern superior rigid skeletal generator.

It’s the stunning  £1200 cartridge you have been waiting for. Musical, tuneful and balanced with musical insight beyond other products in this sector.

Linn Krystal Upgrade Offer

Trade Up to Krystal

If you own a Linn cartridge, simply trade it in and receive Krystal at a preferential price.  This offer includes the following Linn cartridges: Klyde, Asaka, Karma, Troika, Arkiv, Akiva.

Take Your Upgrade Even Further

Purchase Krystal before this offer ends and qualify for a 15% discount on a second upgrade for your LP12. This discount applies to all our LP12 components, so whether you pair your Krystal with a Kore sub-chassis or a Uphorik phono stage, it’s the ideal time to upgrade your turntable.

Bring your favourite LPs to our Beaconsfield showroom this week for a coffee and demonstration. Book your appointment with Colin and hear Krystal for yourself.

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Unfortunately, for security reasons, we can not share many photos of the actual rooms in the house, but trust us, the results are quite astonishing!

The project featured 28 individual audio zones, utilising invisible Stealth Acoustic plaster-in speakers throughout and a Crestron Sonnex audio distribution system and amplifiers.  The Stealth speakers mean that no speakers are on view anywhere in the property (other than the media room and courtyard gardens).  Just because the speakers are invisible does not mean their performance is lacking, even we have been amazed by the performance in many of the rooms.

There are 11 zones with TV displays ranging from 85 inch LED screens to 32 inch waterproof Aquavision screens.  All of the high-definition video sources are distributed using a fibre-optic network based on Crestron Digital Media hardware.  We are distributing many sources (around 30 individual sources) ranging from Sky HD decoders to Apple TV to Kaleidescape Movie Players.  The system has the ability to be upgraded to 4K should the family want to incorporate 4K sources in the future.

Control over all audio-visual, heating, lighting and intercom systems is presented in very intuitive, easy-to-use interfaces ranging from simple hand-held remote controls for fast channel-surfing up to 10-inch in-wall Crestron touchscreens.  The ease-of-use was a clear priority for the family and we spent considerable time creating a new series of Crestron layouts that are identical across all interfaces and have had fantastic feedback from all that have used them.

There are around 160 circuits of lighting within the main house and it’s gardens and courtyards.  These, along with a number of electric blinds, are all controlled with a Lutron QS system to offer exceptional dimming performance throughout.  The house had an older Lutron Homeworks dimming system in place and we were able to retain a number of dimming panels from that system which had a very beneficial impact on the costs.  The keypads were all replaced with custom units that have then all been painted to match the décor in the room.

The demands of the client have required us to develop solutions to offer exceptional reliability and resilience against any equipment failures.  We have looked at every facet of what we do, both in terms of the hardware we use and the software used to control these systems.  We have developed a number of innovative solutions that ensure that we are able to both monitor and interrogate any of our systems remotely.  In the case of any failures of sources such as Sky HD decoders, the house staff can simply press a button on an internal website that both emails us to let us know about the failure and simply swaps the failed box out, within software, for one of the spare units we have in the rack.

Beyond the audio-visual elements, we also have complete integration and control with the very large and complex Building Management System from Trend.  We are able to offer the homeowner and their staff very granular control over their environment with a number of very unique characteristics based on the family’s specific requirements.  This was one of the largest number of heating/cooling zones we’ve interfaced with and it has all worked as designed and the family can have the control they requested for this very important aspect of the project.

In one of the more interesting special projects on this large project, we liaised between the many parties involved in creating a full golf-simulation room with a large projection screen and high-speed motion capture cameras to offer the homeowners the ability to play a round on a golf course of their choosing, whatever the weather and all within arm’s reach of a bar!  It was a first for us and a very enjoyable part of the project that we hope will give the family many hours of enjoyment.

It has been a great pleasure to work on such a challenging project and we’re really looking forward to the next phases on the properties.  It has helped us develop and improve in virtually every area as a company and we look forward to applying many of the tricks we’ve learnt onto many future projects, large and small.

Gym with 2 ceiling mounted screens

The source racks

Crestron touchscreens ready for installations

Fibre optics are amazing - all the audio and video comes down this tiny piece of glass.

Crestron facias ready for painting

Plaster-in speaker ready for plastering

Speakers ready for painting

First rack in place

Communications room (before any wiring!)

Racks being installed

Lighting panels ready for modules to be installed

Media room with 85 inch LED screen hidden behind artwork

Fibre being tested during termination

Cables being sorted into type and numerical order

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We will close at 6pm on the 23rd of December and will re-open at 10am on the 6th January.

We wish all of our valued customers a very happy Christmas and New Year!

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We now have Linn 530 Series 5 speakers on demonstration in our Beaconsfield showroom.

Offering astonishing Linn sound quality in a system that can be customised to perfectly complement your décor.

With the beautiful, handmade Linn Fabrik covers, every Series 5 system can be uniquely tailored to your tastes.  There is already a broad range of colours and textiles to choose from and collections from Harris Tweed and Timorous Beasties are already due to launch in 2016.

As always with Linn, the music takes centre stage with Exakt technology ensuring that you hear a performance that is optimised for you and your home.

We’re really excited by Series 5 and have been really pleased with their performance.  We have our 520s due very shortly as well.

Please contact us for more information or to arrange a demonstration in our Beaconsfield showroom.

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