Who is going to the Capital Audiofest?

Would like to but cannot.

Interesting you mention the headphone contingent, Larryi.

I noticed they had the most energetic and youthful crowd at CAF last year, by leaps and bounds. As I said, the high-end audio component of the show took a major leap forward with the change in venue. But the headphone room truly sat on a different level from the rest of the show. Say what you will, it's encouraging to see the young crowd show up with such numbers and passion. Makes you realize how far off our hobby has gone.

Trelja,

Not only did last year's show have the big headphone room, there was another smaller conference room that had a bunch of DIY people, most of whom were young guys showing off their own headphone amps and sharing their projects with each other. That was a lot of fun too. While this protends that the future of the industry is headed in the direction of headphones, I will bet that a sizeable portion of that crowd will cross over toward speakers in the future. Headphones are a great way to start out in the hobby because costs are more reasonable.

What about NY audio show so far crappy vendors.

What about NY audio show ??