RMAF Loudspeakers?

I don't mean to go against the grain but I spent some time in the Von Schweikert room and I thought they were not great. I thought they imaged well but I found the soundstage from top to bottom to be totally unrealistic. For instance on one track one guitarist sounded like he was coming from the floor and another from about 4-5 feet above the speaker. Having heard that track in other systems it was totally distorted. I would suspect the detached cabinets gets in the way of seemlessly integrating. Just my two cents. I was on a similar quest in terms of speaker selecting and I didn't come away with anything that totally fit the bill that I loved. The best I found was a speaker I'd never heard of called Salk. The materials in that speaker are probably close to 1/3 or better of retail. They only sell direct. That's a far cry from the 1 to 10 ratio most manufacturers try to hit.

10-05-09: Mmike84
I don't mean to go against the grain but I spent some time in the Von Schweikert room and I thought they were not great.

No need to apologize for having a different opinion.

If everyone had the same taste, then there'd be only one room at RMAF.

TVAD,

You and I must have very similar tastes as my list of favorite rooms are nearly identical to yours.

The Classic Audio room was my favorite. Merlin/Joule was also fantastic as were the Joseph Audio Pearl/Bel Canto room.

I also liked the Esoteric room and the odd combination of Parasound and Wharfdale.

Jim- what was the show special in the Classic Audio room? i've always wanted to hear them with the Atmaspheres.

Did you guys hear the new Zu Essence? i am considering a pair of Def 1.9s for my next speaker.

seems like the new Vandys are the real deal as well.

Were the Blue Cicle Pennys being demoed this year? Did anybody hear them and get any impressions?