Anyone going to the NY Audio show today to Sunday

Went Friday on a two-day pass. Thinking about going back Sunday. Faves had to be all the stuff from Raidho, Vivid Audio Giya (hate the look, love the sound) and the "baby" YG (Carmel). Some good vibrations, for sure.

Dropped in on Saturday. Coincident room was excellent. Wilson Alexia with D'Agostino amps were the best I've ever heard Wilsons sound. Very bad sound from Joseph Pulsars. It had to be the room or setup, because they can't be that bad. Audio Note room also sounded poor. Their speakers just wouldn't work in that room, but the Robert Leighton speakers with Audio Note electronics sounded wonderful. All in all, it was pretty nice and I had a good time. Oh, the Sanders electrostats were quite nice.

I went, heard a lot, and best of show for me was the Joseph Audio Pearl (Version 3) in the VPI room. The sound was compelling and had none of the flaws I usually hear:
(mushy upper bass, lack of low end, too much bass, ringing upper mids especially on piano, too smoothed over or mechanical vocals, too sharp/snappy highs that are fatiguing).
Everything was right, imaging was great, and everything fell into place.
It was great balanced sound and I was thinking I could easily live with these speakers permanently, and maybe
I'll buy a pair someday.

Some other speakers excelled in some audiophile "wow" way,
like Wilson imaging/venue creation (Maxx3 and Sashas),
Audio Note SP AN-e ethereal vocals and mids,
Sanders you-are-there uncanny presence.

Very honorable mention to the Venture audio sound (but I think the sub-woofer integration I *think* they had activated was little off, and also the
Sony (SSAR2?) little floorstanders that were very natural,
and the YG 2-piece model that had great bass and a nice live sound.

Strangely, the Wilson Maxx3s in the Classic Album room with a Vinyl Elvis greatest hits sounded too warm and undefined and foggy to me.
I also heard the Raidho speakers and the Vivid speakers with high hopes (I never heard them before) but both seemed too sharp in the upper ranges and fatiguing to me.
I was surprised at my reaction to these, as they seem very popular.

OK, that's my de-briefing from yesterday.

I went on Friday and again on Sunday. I thought the best room was the LessLoss room, where a prototype digital setup and Pass Labs monoblocs were driving Kaiser Kawero speakers. I thought they were very musical with great tone and a deep soundstage. I thought they surpassed everything else I heard significantly, although all the power conditioning and the larger room may have played a big role.

The Joseph Audio Pulsars sounded bright to me on Friday, but a lot better on Sunday. The Joseph Pearls in the VPI room sounded quite good, I thought, but didn't seem to extend very low for such a large speaker.

I liked the Coincident room quite a bit and the smaller GamuT speakers in the Woodbridge Audio room. (The larger GamuT speakers were in use on Sunday and completely overloaded the room with bass.) The Vivid Giyas driven by Mola Mola amps also sounded good. The best monitors I heard were Raidho driven by the Merill Veritas monos. For monitors, they packed quite a wallop.

I was at the show from 10 AM all the way to 6 PM on Saturday, and, as this was the first time I ever attended a high end audio show, I truly enjoyed every single minute of my experience. It was great to see and hear so much stuff that I've only been able to read about all these years.

I was especially impressed by the Brodmann speakers driven by Electrocompaniet electronics, the Vivid Giyas driven by the Mola Mola class D amplifiers, the beautiful sounding Harbeth 30.1's, the Zellaton speakers in the exquisite wood paneled "former office" of Leona Helmsley, the Raidho speakers and VAC electronics combination in the Sound by Singer room (Welcome back to New York Mr. Singer !), and the wonderful music in the Robert Lighton Audio rooms.

It was a great experience speaking with Steve Guttenberg and Kalman Rubinson, two fine gentlemen whose writings I have admired for many years. And it was a lot of fun listening to the big KEF Reference speakers with Cary amplification and sharing in the joy of hearing the Beach Boys Pet Sounds album with a roomful of folks in the "Classic Album Sundays" room.

But perhaps the most memorable experience for me was sitting with Mr. Dan D'Agostino listening to his new Momentum amplifiers and the Wilson Audio Alexia speakers in the Innovative Audio room. Bravo !!

My compliments to everyone who worked so hard to put this NY Audio Show together. It was fantastic !