RMAF 2009 Analog Report + Meet and Greet

Below are some of the rooms I'm interested in visiting that have analog related items.

Jeff Catalono of High Water Sound will be showing the new Raven Black Knight and the new Raven .5 along with the rest of the Raven line.

Thom Mackris of Galibier Design will be showing the Gavia table with the Stelvio platter.

Peter Ledermann of Soundsmith, hopefully, will be showing the new Sussurro LOMI (low output moving iron) cartridge that I'm very interested in observing.

If past experience is any indication, the Artemis Labs room will be worth visiting as well for analog playback.

For ARC fans, there should be a Ref 2 phonostage somewhere at the show to listen to as well.

What are your analog related suggestions?

Dre

I'm on my way. See you in Denver.

Looking forward to the meet and greet.

RMAF 2009 is over and I'm still in Denver for a few more hours this Monday morning.

I'll say a few things now but will say more later.

First off the winner for friendliest analog representation and conversation goes to Thom Mackris of Galibier Design and Jeff Catalono of High Water Sound. Both guys are class acts and enjoy music immensely.

The meet and greet was a blast as well. Thanks to Larry Howkins (cello) for setting this up. My time was short because I couldn't pass up a live clarinet performance that started about 2 hours after the meet and greet. If I start naming names of all the guys I spoke with, I'll surely miss someone. Therefore I'll say it was a pleasure to put voices and faces to names.

Room wise I'll have very limited comments later but did see some interesting analog related items as well as a few well setup rooms.

Waking up this morning and thinking back on the past few days, has let me know that the annual event is a must do for music lovers and gear aficionados alike.

If you went to RMAF, what analog related items did you enjoy?

Dre

Best analog I saw at RMAF 2009 was in the two Tw-Acustic rooms. The Raven AC, the Raven One, and the new Black Knight were all pretty impressive.

Overall though I was a little disappointed in the gear presented at the show. Did like the new Wilson speaker, the Sasha and the new Vandersteen Model 7 (very pricey)...