@mmporsche: Understood. It's great that you were able to find those brands on your own at shows. However many audiophiles don't attend and depend on the magazines for exposure. That's all I meant.
I've been to the NY show 6 or 7 times, CES and Rocky Mountain and frankly, they're usually just more of what the magazines cover anyway. It's very rare that I walked into a room to find a brand I had never heard of before. That's what I was going originally. I want more exposure to new or existing brands, and the magazines, while achieving this, seem to cover the same old, same old way too often.
Like I said before, it's like being a spice enthusiast and only reading about salt and pepper every month.
Good luck with your new purchases.
I've been to the NY show 6 or 7 times, CES and Rocky Mountain and frankly, they're usually just more of what the magazines cover anyway. It's very rare that I walked into a room to find a brand I had never heard of before. That's what I was going originally. I want more exposure to new or existing brands, and the magazines, while achieving this, seem to cover the same old, same old way too often.
Like I said before, it's like being a spice enthusiast and only reading about salt and pepper every month.
Good luck with your new purchases.