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Audio Troy Capital Audio Fest the good, the bad and the ugly!

Just came back from the great Capital Audio Fest.

A lot of great rooms, a few surprises, missing brands, and some winners and losers.

The great:

Doug Whites The Voice that is system of Tidal gear, Innous Statement, and Tidal loudspeakers just was stunning sounding.

The big Genesis system in the Vpi room was quite excellent. 

The Old Forge room's Sound Kaos speakers were superb.

The Cat room with the Kef Blades proved the Kef Blades are a true contender with way more expensive loudspeakers.

Dadelius speakers sounded very good, unfortunately the system was $200k!

The Bad:

The $120k Devore's new reference speakers were good but not $120k good at this demo

More to come.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ
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geoffkait
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Well, what may sound shocking to you, Joy Boy, is probably going to sound pretty routine and bland to me. There are simply too many obstacles to overcome at shows. You got your seismic vibrations from the crowds (or are crowds a thing of the past?), you got your local AC grid that’s loaded to the max by all the exhibits, you got problems with showing new electronics, new speakers, new cables. Not to mention all the beer bottles and wine bottles littering the floor. After about an hour of listening to that I’d be deaf, too. Take a look at reviewers’ faces after a few hours of that. You’ll get the picture. 😩
glupson
7,842 posts
 
There are auto shows where you can actually take a ride in the car. Very limited options, but they exist.

Beer and wine bottles on the floor may be the thing from the past. There were none at this year's Capital Audio Fest.
prof
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Sorry geoff, I shouldn't have "jumped" on you for your comment. I get your point of view.

As I stated:  Even though you may find the audio at audio shows of little use or enjoyment, many others find them quite worthwhile in numerous ways.


glupson
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I hate to see geoffkait’s making a point and it being half-valid. At the same time, it was interesting to hear different systems at the show. Each one of them could have probably been even better under better circumstances, but as a day or two of entertainment, they were just fine.

Not to take this thread to different track, but is anyone going to New York Show this weekend?
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mapman
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Going to an audio show with no audio makes zero sense, period.   

Just saying.
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