Is anyone going to the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest?

My wife and I are going on Friday.   We are on vacation and will be arriving in Boulder,CO tomorrow afternoon.  We started last week from our home in New England and drove to Rapid City where we are now.  Looking forward to meeting some people that share my passion.  We are leaving for home on Saturday which is a 4 day drive.  I miss my 2 sound systems!!!

My wife and I were there today.  I felt the rooms were too spread out and after being there 5 hours, my sciatica was killing me and we left. I got to meet quite a few of the industry professionals.  Bob Carver was extremely gracious as was Sandy Gross.  I thought most of the rooms sounded very good but the choice of music was terrible (IMHO).  

We we went into the Lampizator room and when the person demoing saw I was wearing a Pink Floyd T shirt, he put on Welcome To The Machine.  It sounded good but he played it so low that I couldn’t really enjoy it.  We went into the Raidho room and heard the D5.1 speakers. No offense to anyone but they were playing Opera quite loud and my wife and I quickly left.   John DeVore was extremely gracious and his room sounded fantastic.  

I liked the show quite a bit and I wi she my legs weren’t killing me so we could have seen more.  One disappointment was The Marketplace.  There wasn’t a whole lot for sale there and all the vinyl was at full list. I thought they would be giving even a 10% discount.  I had a wad of cash burning a hole in my pocket but all I bought was some stylus tip cleaner for 35.00. I was looking for the new David Gilmore “Live At Pompei” but it was already sold out.  That was at 12:05 and the Show opened at 12.  They must have sold them to the industry insiders.

Tomorrow, we start the 4 day trek for home. I can’t wait as after 2 weeks on the road I miss my bed, pillow and audio systems. 

@soundsrealaudio
although I only spent a few minutes in your room, I found it to be one of the better sounding rooms at the show. My favorite was the Nagra room although I could never afford that equipment. The reason I only spent a few minutes in each room was because they were all very warm and my wife and I were dripping with sweat

@soundsrealaudio 
i honestly can’t remember but I know it wasn’t Opera (thank God). My wife remarked the sound was “real nice” and believe me for someone who has no interest in Audio it means something.