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2011 RMAF Analog Reports + Meet and Greet

2011 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest Analog Reports + Meet and Greet

The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest is quickly approaching. Just like last year, I’m planning to use this thread to capture anticipated analog related information about the show as well as impressions.

The past four years of RMAF visits have been fun, entertaining, and rewarding. I go to the show for many reasons but mostly to meet other music lovers/audiophiles and industry professionals. The diversity of music, equipment, and personalities are very interesting to me. A link to last year's comments can be found here: 2010 RMAF Comments

There should be quite a few interesting things going on at this year’s RMAF. If you haven’t attended the show, you should seriously consider going. I’ll post a few things I anticipate seeing at this year's RMAF in the tread reply below.

I’ve also found out that AudiogoN member Cello has set up a meet and greet on Friday night @ Garcia's Restaurant located across the street from the Marriot. More details to follow. The past three meet and greets in 2008, 2009 and 2010 have been very enjoyable. I expect the same from this one as well.

Please feel free to post your attendance plans now and your analog experiences after the show.

In the previous years, it has been suggested that we put our AudiogoN Monikers in the field below our names on the RMAF badges. I think this is a great idea to continue into this year.

I'm looking forward to meeting many of you at the show,
Dre
dre_j
dre_j OP
159 posts
 
RMAF is complete and I really enjoyed the show. I'll post some impressions later since I'm still traveling home.

However, the show was excellent as usual and the amount of vinyl was not disappointing.

For those that are able to report your show impressions, please do so. I'm interested in hearing the thoughts of others.

Dre
clio09
3,346 posts
 
For me the show is always great to connect with friends and industry people I know.

However, for purposes of checking out equipment and overall sound, this was the most disappointing RMAF I have attended (my sixth). I could count the number of what I would consider to be really good rooms on one hand. Normally my top 5 list is a lot harder to determine. Not this year.
salectric
747 posts
 
I agree with Clio09. There were very few rooms this year with what I consider good sound. Five that did sound promising or at least interesting were (not in any particular order):

1. Silbatone with Western Electric 757 speakers
2. Galibier room with Daedalus speakers and Serious Stereo amps
3. VAC with Tannoy speakers
4. First Sound with AMR cd player and amps and Daedalus Athena speakers
5. DeVore with new Orangutan speakers

Putting a positive spin on things, I was quite happy to return home and hear how good my own system sounds. Life is good!
salectric
747 posts
 
I forgot the Volti Audio Vittora. That also sounded very nice, even better than when I heard them at the DC Capital AudioFest in July.
dre_j OP
159 posts
 
The Friday evening Meet and Greet was fun and interesting. We filled the room again this year with a very good turnout. I had a good time talking with many new faces. Sorry if I didn't make it over to meet everyone that attended. There were many I wanted to talk with but there was not enough time Friday night.

I'm looking forward to next year already.
Dre
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