Just to add to my last post...
I just checked Show coverage on the 'Net to find out who Clearaudio was exhibiting with. I couldn't remember the speakers...it was Avalon - no surprise there that the sound was good.
I was disappointed with the Meadowlark/Rogue Audio room; the sound was thin and edgy, and that was with a turntable source!! Now I've seen a show article that says the Meadowlarks only had twenty hours break-in before the show. Like, DUH!!!!!!!!! You don't bring NEW speakers to a show without break-in. That's just goofy!! I've owned a pair of larger Meadowlarks, and they absolutely have to be broken in for 100 to 200 hours. That was an amateur mistake on Meadowlark's part, and Rogue suffered for it.
There's a couple of rooms I missed because of crowds,scheduling, never making it back, etc. I've since read good things about a couple of rooms that I missed. Dang!
A note on show reports at Enjoy the music.com and Stereophile: If they liked the sound in a particular room, why did they not mention all the components in the system?! Speakers, amps, cables, turntables or CD players don't make sound all by themselves. So why not mention ALL of the components in the system? With Stereophile that's easy to figure out - no ads - no mention. A couple of companies have told me that recently...now I've seen it. Not fair, really...those same companies paid a lot of money to exhibit at the show. If they were part of an outstanding system, they deserve a mention. So, is it pettiness/payback or just incompetence that they are not recognized in the articles?
I just checked Show coverage on the 'Net to find out who Clearaudio was exhibiting with. I couldn't remember the speakers...it was Avalon - no surprise there that the sound was good.
I was disappointed with the Meadowlark/Rogue Audio room; the sound was thin and edgy, and that was with a turntable source!! Now I've seen a show article that says the Meadowlarks only had twenty hours break-in before the show. Like, DUH!!!!!!!!! You don't bring NEW speakers to a show without break-in. That's just goofy!! I've owned a pair of larger Meadowlarks, and they absolutely have to be broken in for 100 to 200 hours. That was an amateur mistake on Meadowlark's part, and Rogue suffered for it.
There's a couple of rooms I missed because of crowds,scheduling, never making it back, etc. I've since read good things about a couple of rooms that I missed. Dang!
A note on show reports at Enjoy the music.com and Stereophile: If they liked the sound in a particular room, why did they not mention all the components in the system?! Speakers, amps, cables, turntables or CD players don't make sound all by themselves. So why not mention ALL of the components in the system? With Stereophile that's easy to figure out - no ads - no mention. A couple of companies have told me that recently...now I've seen it. Not fair, really...those same companies paid a lot of money to exhibit at the show. If they were part of an outstanding system, they deserve a mention. So, is it pettiness/payback or just incompetence that they are not recognized in the articles?