AXPONA 2011 Atlanta reports/thoughts?

Another thumbs up for the Carnegie room. The rep. was very kind and I thought the 6k floor standers were a huge bargain. Supervox also stood out as a great value at 2K. I thought the MBL guys were very open to musical suggestions. I heard them offer Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Soundgarden and more to a "rocker" who laughed and asked for some hippie rock instead. The low spark of high heeled boys way very very expansive even from the far right position in the front row. I thought the Sound smith room was sounding very nice on all 3 occasions I went in. On $1500 monitors no less. Loved the 833-T amps and thought they had great sound from the Vandersteen 3A sigs. Voxativ were pretty much my favorite speakers but 30k for full ranges in nice cabinets seems a tad expensive especially when compared to what Supravox was getting out of 2K. I was only ignored in 2 rooms and both times a certain "Mikey" was there and it seems he demands silence and 100% attention at all times when listening.
Any body else find the latest Mark Levinson mash up to be errrrrrrrr... FORWARD and OVERLY STRESSFUL OF LEADING EDGES?
Overall I liked the show. Good location if a bit spread out. Decent numbers in attendance it seemed. Good seminars, music etc. Even some nice show deals on cheap and high dollar stuff.

Audioguy, I very much agree with your comments - could not have been stated better. BTW, my wife and I did enjoy the show.

Tony

I have to say that I didn't find too much snobbishness in any of the rooms. I thought the folks in the MBL room were very friendly. They were playing live Peter Gabriel when I was in there. It was pretty incredible. They even asked what I wanted to hear next. All in all, I thought it was a pretty nice show. Agree with Meadowman, the ML stuff was a bit over the top. Anybody like the Adams loudspeakers?

We were in the MBL room as well during the Gabriel song! I thought the heavy metal track they played a couple of songs later was a little overpowering, but hey, you couldn't argue with the dynamics, that's for sure. My wife and I both listened to the big Adams with our own music. I'm sure the room was probably too small for them to open up, but I didn't particularly like them, I thought they sounded a little harsh to my ears, especially when I found out they retailed for $31000.

Meadowman: Am I right in seeing that the ML speakers are $100G a pair? If so, I'll keep my Avalons thank you very much.

Anyone hear the little Napa Acoustics system (CDP, integrated, small bookshelf speakers)? I meant to check it out but ran out of time.