Over at head-fi there is a sub-forum for "Meetings, Parties, Get togethers" (see http://www.head-fi.org/). Of course it's quite easy to lug along your own headphones and headphone amps. With home audio systems, the execution may be a little tricky - other than an Audiogon party at the CES Show as others have suggested.
Audiogon Annual Convention
It was refreshing reading albertporter's post re: Cryo'd outlets. It seems to me that this forum has taken a step towards what could be, a very effective group effort. Tok2000 also commented on establishing a "group effort" buyers cooperative. Both excellent ideas.
Let me throw my 2 cents in. Have any of us ever considered an annual Audiogon convention to facilitate an audio "meeting of the minds"? I cannot imagine it being that difficult considering some of the brain power of the individuals that comprise this website. If anything, it could provide us with a resource for group travel pricing models.
If properly executed, we could invite manufacturers representatives, room acoustics engineers and/or whatever other creative means for the advancement of our hobby in one centralized location. Of course, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. So, we would have to establish a potential convention location that would be conducive to information in a relaxed, informal setting.
Think of the possibilities. For example, Audiogon/Cancun 2003, Audiogon/NYC 2004, Audiogon/San Diego 2005, Audiogon/Las Vegas 2006, etc.
I'm ready to call my travel agent right now. Is this feasible? Would we finally be able to match the faces behind the computers or would we come off as a bunch of pencil neck geeks? Some of us allocate the funds and the time to attend CES, what would make this so different?
Any additional opinions? Please respond. Thanks.
Let me throw my 2 cents in. Have any of us ever considered an annual Audiogon convention to facilitate an audio "meeting of the minds"? I cannot imagine it being that difficult considering some of the brain power of the individuals that comprise this website. If anything, it could provide us with a resource for group travel pricing models.
If properly executed, we could invite manufacturers representatives, room acoustics engineers and/or whatever other creative means for the advancement of our hobby in one centralized location. Of course, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. So, we would have to establish a potential convention location that would be conducive to information in a relaxed, informal setting.
Think of the possibilities. For example, Audiogon/Cancun 2003, Audiogon/NYC 2004, Audiogon/San Diego 2005, Audiogon/Las Vegas 2006, etc.
I'm ready to call my travel agent right now. Is this feasible? Would we finally be able to match the faces behind the computers or would we come off as a bunch of pencil neck geeks? Some of us allocate the funds and the time to attend CES, what would make this so different?
Any additional opinions? Please respond. Thanks.