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RMAF 2008 - Your impressions,...

I know there's still few hours to go but I was wondering what my fellow Audiogoners think of RMAF 2008. What equipment left great impression, even what was a bit of a let down...As for me, it was my first year and my time was very limited, but I have to point out Emerald Physics for their CS1 and CS2, which are great speakers, selling for much less (esp. CS2) than you would think. They sound a bit different than what most of us are used to due to their unique design. Unfortunately their need for two amps make it little difficult to integrate them in my system, otherwise they'd be on top of my list. I also have to mention AV123 and GR-Research whose X-static speakers must be one of the best bargains on the market (I know, we all have heard it before...), anybody looking for a $1000 dollar speakers (and even much more) need to give these a listen.
branislav

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sarcher30
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Pubul57. The gentelman I spoke to in the Apogee room said they can make new pairs also.
sarcher30
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I thought the Kaiser speakers had great potential, but the room they were in was an echo chamber. I could hear my own voice echo even at normal speech levels.

Rooms I liked in no particular order.

Oswald Mills
Soundlab
Classic Audio Reproductions in the large room
Lansche
YG Acoustics large room
Scaena
Von Schweikert VR9 and Unifield 3
Wilson Bensch
Vienna Acoustics The Voice
Merlin-Joule

I liked the Acapella Trios but they were a little shouty.
sarcher30
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All these auditions were only about 15 mins long. So its hard to come to any meaningful conclusion.

I had a 3 day pass and still missed some stuff I wanted to hear.

Also its near impossible to get the best sound out of a system in such a short period of time.

It can take me months of fiddling around to get a new addition (speakers mostly) to sound its best.

Alot of systems were not done justice because of the rooms they were in.

Tbg, I did go to YGs small room on the first or second day and could not listen because they were not happy with the sound and trying to work on it. Yes it is funny to read other peoples posts about rooms I didn't care for. That's why it so important to hear for yourself.
sarcher30
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Dave, Yes I meant The Music.
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