NO CES Updates???

Found this about Vegas + the economy in support of my theory:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-luxury-vegas25-2008dec25,0,303714.story

OK, I am at the Airport, went the last 8 hrs. CES is rockin, totally packed. I don't know what it is normally like, but there was a wait for the elevators, long ones, at the Venitian to go up to the High End Audio rooms. Alexis Park seemed a little sparse, except for the wait at the amazing Magnepan demonstration.

I should have mentioned as well that the Vandersteen new model was absolutely sublime. Wow!!! Granted, they were one of the few guys who used some room treatments, and they had about $400k worth of gear around them (Clearaudio Statement table that even Clearaudio didn't have), but man, Diana Krall never sounded so good.

Also, the goofy little thing from Peachtree Audio was a Giant Killer. That weird box with a tube, and those tiny speaker sounded fantastic in a very realistic setup, I am suggesting that for a bunch of friends now getting into audio as a starting point. They may never move up, sounded that good.

I was most excited to see my fav gear at Cary Audio, but the room was not that exciting (odd given the new eXcite gear), I really wanted to hear the new DAC and preamp, but they only had it hooked up to headphones and a computer?? Didn't really want to talk with me about it either. I was pretty dissappointed.

Totem, Bryston, Joseph Audio and MBL were all exceptional. I never saw the VPI setup?? Kept looking for it, if someone saw it let me know what it was like.

MacDad,

Was the Peachtree device you mention the Nova or Decco integrated?

They both look like a nice package for the price.

Decco, it was really impressive sounding. Not for a huge room, but for an office, bedroom (not too big) a small Apt (hello NY, Paris, London, Tokyo, Boston, Rome, Chicago, San Fran...) it was fantastic. Smooth sound.