Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em?

I usually have no problem finding good sounding stuff at Capital Audiofest when I go just most of it costs way too much for good sound and lots of it is very esoteric in design. Lots of pretty bling though and always fun to hear so many nice new things in one place.

No doubt that there's a load of great stuff, but for me personally
I find that very little stands out as "Special" most of the stuff is the same old stuff with some lipstick.
If I would compare to an audio show 20 years ago, I would say that things are looking way better, there's more bling stuff and cables abound everywhere. Does it sound way better I'm talking $100k better? I don't think so. In some ways it looks like cheaper products are getting some love on the scene and with that you could find some really decent sub $500 speakers, subwoofers and electronics.

Have a great day...........🇸🇪

I less well fit the mold of a traditional audiophile these days. Class D amps, digital streaming, and high quality low cost DACs, even headphones (if those are enough to float ones boat alone) available these days makes better sound available more ways than ever and for more people and for less. Its just not that hard to get really good sound anymore due to advancements in technology. Heck if I had to I might even be able to get by with the portable HK Onyx blue tooth speaker I use when convenient fed via Bluetooth from computer tablet or phone of choice. Not the nth degree in hifi by any stretch but darn good, convenient and better than most things most people had at their disposal up until recent years. Also easy to move around in rooms for best acoustics. :^) For those with more esoteric tastes in what constitutes good sound, the sky is still the limit.

The audio shows have been invaluable to me though as a tool to help me refine my own personal reference standard for good sound over the years as my ears do their thing there and learn.

I'll vote with that, maps...*S*

Class D is still in it's infancy, and digital audio in general has more or less become the mainstream of the times.  It will only improve, becoming smaller, lighter, more powerful, and able to leap over tall sampling rates without even a bound....
Esoteria will continue to exist, as the 'cutting edge' of now becomes the 'vintage' of tomorrow.  But that's the way of all things; if it's not growing, it's dying...
Audio shows will start to look like the computer shows of today.  My only hope is that the exhibitors can have spaces that are acoustically isolated from each other and the halls that serve them.
Shows still sound like walking through a massive cage of excited canaries, each singing different tunes....physically and mentally tiring in a way that's not typical, no....

 I walked through the hallway I took a right, they invited me in
handed me a 12" ipad like a sommelier in a fine restaurant.
Sat down and casually asked me to chose something....wow thats
 unusual som I  picked a Supertramp song.....how cool is that.
I guess he had the full Tidal archive streaming with pictures.

I have an IPad and it would be simple to hook up and pay $20 a month or what ever it is.
I wanted to add a few other good sounding speakers:
Bryston speakers very nice with their electronics.
Some German horn speaker Lovely sounding And look the part.
Gaia or something looked amazing like something from the 5th element (the movie) sounded like perfection.
Nola a smaller about 4" tall version  very nice.

Thats it for now.....🇸🇪