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New York HiFi Show: Tubes and Turntables

I was at the New York HiFi Show today.  It was hard to find many CD players, despite one with a price tag $40,000.  Virtually every room featured turntables and tubes. Sonically, it was a definite improvement over shows in the past.  Not too much sizzle and boom, although a lot of systems demonstrated big bass. Natural sounding components were the rule.
There were hardly any systems affordable by the average audiophile.  $100,000 rigs were not unusual. It seems demonstrators were prone to showing their best.
 With all the myriad of exotic stuff, I’m sorry I can’t remember too many names, but the re-introduction of sophisticated treble and bass controls and room-conditioning processors were impressive.
Of course, streaming was featured in many displays.
It wasn’t a large show, so it was comfortably do-able in one day.
rvpiano
trelja
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@mgolpoor, "One of the worst and most boring shows I have ever been to."

You're absolutely right.  Second worst show I've attended.  Eclipsed only by the first show this group put on when they returned to NYC in the early part of this decade.

Both quantity and quality of the rooms were about as low as things get.  All but a few rooms didn't have it together, at all, sonically
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mountainsong
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I have a different opinion.  I think the Luxman / triangle room was excellent.  The Harbeth/AVM very good sound. 
The triangle art stunning. 
It's true that no much low end was represented but did not make the show the worst for affordability matters. 
I still can appreciate good audio and no neccesarily need to own it. 
Kind regards 
ebm
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This show was a big joke 27 rooms most good shows have 27 rooms on 1 floor.It was a cheap show by an even cheaper company they should have stayed home a real turkey!!!!!!
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noromance
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+ mgolpoor. Like SOTA fast cars, and luxury hotels, all the hi-fi manufacturers' energy seems to be aimed at the richest buyers. 

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rvpiano OP
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I agree, noromance. 
It would have been nice to see some equipment we could actually afford and add to our systems.

mgolpoor,
Your right.  Why not set realistic prices and sell more product?
What’s the point of appealing to a small percentage of attendees?
$20,000 speakers need components of similar price to match
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