Anyone going to the 2019 "The Show?"

tablejockey ...

Sorry to say ... the cleaning lady snagged the ART-9 and broke the cantilever. I had an AT OC9 MK III with just a few hours on it as a spare. The ART-9 gave a little more detail and was better in some ways, but the OC9 has its charms too. Overall, I think the OC9 is more true to the music from a tonal standpoint. It is half the price of the ART-9 too, plus it is a real killer on mono records.

Frank.

Bring your own source material, so you have a "constant reference" in your comparisons. And dress cooly---the rooms get hot.

@steakster  The Pacific Surfliner is nice.I have taken it down to San Diego.

@tablejockey Last month I made it down to Newport area to hear the Luxman 509x. I had about 10 minutes time window to listen to the Luxman m900u+c900u combo to escape out of Newport and avoid the DREADED 405 gridlock. Well I could not help myself and decided to listen to the m900u and it was 1 hour later when I left the store for a 3 hour crawl back home.

I have 8-10 hours to kill in Los Angeles this Wed and will go and listen to some gear somewhere.

I think it will be a good show to attend. I just got back from setting up my room there and was looking through the booklet and counted about 60+ rooms. Nice hotel and layout, it shouldn't be too crowded. I am showing my Carrera loudspeakers with Wyred 4 Sound in room 512, Come on in and say hello.