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
@willemj ,

can you please send me the text via PM of your response concerning business economics theory? I am interested in reading other views of business theory. Thank you.

Audioquest4life
@willemj, as you can see, folks would appreciate you reposting.  Of course, who saves these things?  And you may feel it more trouble than anything else.

I can reiterate, he said NOTHING warranting moderation or removal of the post.  Mostly talked from a common sensical approach to audio, closer to the objectivist camp than a lot of folks here.  There were things I didn't agree with, mostly regarding tube amplification's inferiority, as well as things I don't get into dogmatic / philosophical disagreements with others over like "snake oil" audio components / products / tweaks.  But overall, I felt it interesting, insightful, intelligent, and most definitely, welcome.

Color and conversation make the world go 'round, and we all benefit from the perspectives of many, not few.  And I can't believe I'm the only person who feels that way
trelja,

One last thing I can say with confidence regarding the OHMs is that they are most responsive to what is fed them and will sound radically different case by case.   So there is a chance that if you ever get to hear them again, the sound would be much different, hopefully for the better.

Cheers!