RMAF 2009 Analog Report + Meet and Greet

RMAF 2009 is over and I'm still in Denver for a few more hours this Monday morning.

I'll say a few things now but will say more later.

First off the winner for friendliest analog representation and conversation goes to Thom Mackris of Galibier Design and Jeff Catalono of High Water Sound. Both guys are class acts and enjoy music immensely.

The meet and greet was a blast as well. Thanks to Larry Howkins (cello) for setting this up. My time was short because I couldn't pass up a live clarinet performance that started about 2 hours after the meet and greet. If I start naming names of all the guys I spoke with, I'll surely miss someone. Therefore I'll say it was a pleasure to put voices and faces to names.

Room wise I'll have very limited comments later but did see some interesting analog related items as well as a few well setup rooms.

Waking up this morning and thinking back on the past few days, has let me know that the annual event is a must do for music lovers and gear aficionados alike.

If you went to RMAF, what analog related items did you enjoy?

Dre

Best analog I saw at RMAF 2009 was in the two Tw-Acustic rooms. The Raven AC, the Raven One, and the new Black Knight were all pretty impressive.

Overall though I was a little disappointed in the gear presented at the show. Did like the new Wilson speaker, the Sasha and the new Vandersteen Model 7 (very pricey)...

was going, but could not do to other commitments. i must say, i reviewed the suppliers list, not that impressive. infact, now i am glad i did not go. it is a long and expensive treck from the east coast, better spending the money and time on new gear. maybe i am wrong, anyone out there impressed with the gear?

Were any of the following turntables or brands of turntables on display or on demo?:
Saskia, Spiral Groove, EAR, Transrotor, Caliburn, Grand Prix Monaco, direct-drive Teres, Thorens Reference, or any other true exotics. Any vintage tts in modified or upgraded form? Thanks.

Transrotor had the Dark Star and the Tourbillon (sp?)

Teres had the Certus 440 with a Soundsmith Sussuro cart in the Soundsmith room.

Bergmann had their 20k airbearing table/arm making nice music in the Ypsilon/Tidal room

A venerable Linn Sondek/Lyra Titan i combo played through an ARC front end and amp were making magic with the new Vandersteen 7s

for pure funky visuals, there was the Montegiro TT, which to me looked like a stack of zebra striped conga drums