Is anyone going to the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest?

@stereo5

Yeah, shows are awful for your ears. Getting back to my own system after a show is my first priority.

I truly truly do not know how most listeners can sit through most rooms. I've gotten much less forgiving as I've gotten older.

Best,

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" Live at Pompei" is available everywhere on-line. Is it digital recording? How does it sound?

Listened to parts of the Gilmour's concert on youtube. No, not even close to the concerts of the past. Black women didn't help. He got old, recognizable and not bad at some moments, but.. 

Corrected: has really grown since the 1st iteration.

Great feedback from stereo5.  

Day 1 - So far, the Maroon Peak Room with VAC / Tannoy blew me away. The VAC featuring their Renaissance/Signature - 39K and Tannoy Kingdom Royal MKII - 96K.  Effortless sound, super detailed, the room was well equipped with room treatments. 

The Esoteric room with Canton speakers ($15k) was also very good, Esoteric stack was around $120K 😳

Aurender room with Magnapan’s, REL sub, Hegel Stereo amp with A10 was simply amazing. MQA is in its full glory.....

Bluesound Vault 2 demo was very disappointing....$500 PSB monitors with NAD classic series components. 

Enjoyed the usual Nordost demo with Jeff Rowland and DCS DAC. I believe Nordost Tyr2 cables sits at the sweet spot and probably the best value compared to Valhalla and Odin. 

Look out for MERGING NADAC stereo and multichannel player.  I was totally surprised, both by sound and reasonable retail ($10k) from a Swiss brand.

Moon Audio stack with 780D DAC was also amazing, price of admission - $19K for DAC alone with MQA capability...ouch!

More to come.