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RMAF 2016

What did you think of the show this year? I was disappointed on a few fronts:
1). Atrium area was closed which I thought there were less rooms too see and it made the elevator wait times very long. There was no mention of this and if there was, I probably would have stayed home.
2). Most of the rooms were very small for the speakers the vendors brought with them. 
3). Along with #2 above, there weren't many good sounding rooms. I thought the standouts were the Revel/Mark Levinson room, the Raidho room, and a handful of others.

Not sure what's going to happen next year since the Newport Show is having issues, a new show in LA will surface in September, and because of this, will vendors pony up the cash to come to 3 shows in a short period of time?
rbstehno
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darkj
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I really enjoyed the show. I was covering it for American Made Audio http://americanmadeaudio.com - coverage coming soon, select pictures up on the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/215312778861022/ 

I was only looking for American-made gear, spent two full days, and still didn't see everything. I was impressed at the number of really good sounding rooms. Maybe it was better in prior years, but the show was a real winner for me. 
nesto719
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I was blown away with the sound quality of the Parasound /kef room . Those kef blades were insane . Also the Martin Logan room was dialed in really nice due to the fact that the speakers have arc software built in . I enjoyed the technics room as well with all that vintage . Came away with a new turntable form pro-ject . 
dgarretson
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@mmporsche 

That was a gutsy move purchasing a show set-up-- very seldom done--while making a full turn from high-power Constellation amplification to low-power, high-efficiency tube amps and speakers.  I thought the Voxativ room was among the best of show.  Also agree with you that the Raidho 4.1s were remarkable at high volume in a small room.

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