NY Audio Show

My buddy and I went to the show. Afterwards, during a meal, we both agreed we will not attend next year.(funny thing is we said the same thing last year).

The show was horrible.
Few brands meant overly crowded rooms. The music sucked. Why the hell they play anything electronic is beyond me. Maybe to show dynamics and loud, exaggerated bass?
Whatever.
The one exception was the Charney room (i think that’s the name). Single, 6" driver, 106db speakers with a 300b amp. And the music was good! Acoustic and vocal stuff. Stayed for a while. Apparently the speakers were only using a half of a watt! Amazing sound.

Some rooms had great sound Sadurni  Acoustics Miracoli speaker with tubes also Magico S1 Mk 2 with Soulution 511 amp both had wonderful sound with great imaging and depth etc.They both played  the cds i bought.

I remember the NY high end show was HUGE and exciting..in the Waldorf.  Its a shadow of its former slef..  too bad.

Those days are over forever with this  cheap company.

That’s a shame.

I enjoyed Capital Audiofest this year. I heard many very good sounding rooms and others reported similarly. Who is going to spend the big bucks for this stuff if the sound is not in line?

I think I read that CAF is moving to November next year rather than July as it always has been. That works for me.

You’d think that a high end audio show in New York, which tends to be the capital of doing great things on a large scale, could do better. But clearly hotel room space is tight and expensive in NYC and that seems to be the hindrance.

It sounds like turnout was pretty good though. I’d be curious to hear if any vendors found it worthwhile in terms of getting their stuff out in front of potential new buyers. If a show like this delivers new customers and sales I suppose that’s the most important thing. That would mean some liked and were sold on some things at least even if no new bars are set for "absolute sound" by the experts.