The Orion room with Bryston 9BS IMO was the best sound of the show. Second those Danish [ name ???] egg shaped babies. MBL ? The King of presence and lifelike sound. Berry berry nice. Joseph Audio room pretty good but that tweeter got me just to crisp, not musical.
Again for me a lot of Hi Fi over the top sound. Lots of sizzle, excitement but not musical meaning natural. Legacy's were bright and tilted up. Nightingale room impressed me even with the Rouge amp. The Lyngdorf room was a trip. No amp no preamp with bass to shake your booty. So far the most affective room correction setup I have heard to date. The Revel room was intriguing but after a while fatiguing.
The biggest surprise was the Purist HDR mini D & HDR Mini DA. Gotta hear this boys.
www.ami-hifi.de After hearing the Lenehan ML-1 reference with the Bryston 28BS not much impressed me at the show. A big disappointment was Audio Power Labs. There must have been something up as the Whaferdales just did not do it for me. $175,000 ??? For that scratch it should have had me lusting. We could not leave soon enough. Overall a bit disappointed in the lack of manufactures. Union labor put them off. $1500 to get the gear from sidewalk to room. The vendors in the Mezz. were MIA like Acoustic sounds, Music Direct and so on.
Overall we had a good time. Leanerd a bit and made some connections for my upcoming venture.
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