New York HiFi Show: Tubes and Turntables

trelja, thanks....*S*  I'll agree with ML's...nice units.  I've a soft spot for esl's, since in some ways they gave rise to ribbons and AMT's.  I'm a dipole fanboy as well as 'things omni'...and mapman and I do share an appreciation for Ohms.  I'm just an extremist in terms of that 'breed' of driver, which some may realize or have noted...;)

I'd be surprised if Ohm didn't make an appearance at a NY, NY audio show, being a 'local' after all.  And, understood, omnis are an acquired  taste and respond to attention paid to 'upstream' components and their 'environment'...

Gee, where have we noticed that, elsewhere...and with what....;)

Cambridge...*G*, well, again, another 'local', not as exciting or enthralling as others, but...  Solid stuff, been around awhile, and when a show is so anemic as this one seemed to be, some additional 'flesh on the bones' was probably welcomed by the promoters...

Maybe next year, huh? *G*

I also attended the NY AV show last weekend.  Bought a 3 day ticket, booked a hotel and drove up from South Jersey.  Probably the biggest waste of time and money I can remember.  I took me about three hours to hit every room.  The sound was generally mediocre (except for the Legacy and the Martin Logan rooms) and the number of exhibitors was small.  I always hope tp purchase a little something (LPs or budget equipment) at a “show marketplace” but even that was limited to two or three exhibitors.  Even the Westchester, NY show from several year ago was better.

I don’t think I’ll be returning to the NY show as long as this group is running it.  How can you have a high-end audio show in Manhattan that is smaller and less interesting than other shows in smaller venues?

I always felt that it was cost prohibitive for me to travel to Denver or Chicago to attend the better shows, but I may have to re-think that after this.  

BTW, I like Whart’s idea of a NY Audio Day, which would be great for consumers and increase traffic into the stores.  A nice spring weekend would be great!  (NY was freezing last weekend!!!!)

@asvjerry, thank you for your insight.

Ohm did have a room at the show. They earned my WORST OF SHOW award going away

I was at the show on Sunday and was disappointed, although not surprised, by the small number of exhibitors and rooms. Evidently the high cost of staging a show in NYC is a major obstacle to attracting many manufacturers and retailers, and even many mainstays of the past several shows were absent this year.  That being said, I thought there were several good sounding rooms, including Audio Note, LTA/Rethm, Triangle Art/Egglestonworks, Pure Audio Project, Alta Audio, AVM/Harbeth, and Luxman/Triangle, which made it a worthwhile experience for me...

In Volti Audio's newsletter from last years show (volume 37) , Greg Robert's says he will never go to NY as long as the Chester Group is putting on the show.