I attended all three days of RMAF, the venue is beautiful, as in very well appointed. I did not
stay at the hotel so I can't comment on pricing. I had no trouble eating lunch at the Mountain
Pass sports bar on premises, but I tend to eat early.
Have to agree with the OP of rooms to check out. The one that stood out to me was the
Bryston Room. Not exactly inexpensive, but sounded really good. The Goebel room was
the best as far as I'm concerned. At $225K those speakers should sound that good.
I also thought the Audio Research/Sonus Faber sounded excellent, they had no digital it
was all vinyl. Again $200K plus speakers.
The biggest disappointment was the Wilson room, seemed like a half-hearted attempt to
me. I'm not a Wilson fan, but this was really poor.
The PS Audio reveal of their next iteration of the AN3 speaker (still pre-production) was a
game changer for me. For a "paltry" ~$15K those speakers imaged so well I couldn't make
them stop imaging. Sounds a little crazy, but most speakers I listen to develop an image
that's gets better as I listen. These powered speakers (700w each) instantly create an
image and if I stare at one of them attempting to disrupt the image it just won't collapse.
No, I'm not a shill for PS Audio. They just hit a very sweet spot. Granted they had $50K of their gear running them. Too bad they are going with a direct sales approach, so the final design won't be available at a dealer for a demo.
Interesting to me is that both the PS Audio and the Bryston rooms were the only two that
were using all of their own equipment and both of them sounded excellent. I didn't go in the
Sony room, but I suspect they were using all Sony gear. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
stay at the hotel so I can't comment on pricing. I had no trouble eating lunch at the Mountain
Pass sports bar on premises, but I tend to eat early.
Have to agree with the OP of rooms to check out. The one that stood out to me was the
Bryston Room. Not exactly inexpensive, but sounded really good. The Goebel room was
the best as far as I'm concerned. At $225K those speakers should sound that good.
I also thought the Audio Research/Sonus Faber sounded excellent, they had no digital it
was all vinyl. Again $200K plus speakers.
The biggest disappointment was the Wilson room, seemed like a half-hearted attempt to
me. I'm not a Wilson fan, but this was really poor.
The PS Audio reveal of their next iteration of the AN3 speaker (still pre-production) was a
game changer for me. For a "paltry" ~$15K those speakers imaged so well I couldn't make
them stop imaging. Sounds a little crazy, but most speakers I listen to develop an image
that's gets better as I listen. These powered speakers (700w each) instantly create an
image and if I stare at one of them attempting to disrupt the image it just won't collapse.
No, I'm not a shill for PS Audio. They just hit a very sweet spot. Granted they had $50K of their gear running them. Too bad they are going with a direct sales approach, so the final design won't be available at a dealer for a demo.
Interesting to me is that both the PS Audio and the Bryston rooms were the only two that
were using all of their own equipment and both of them sounded excellent. I didn't go in the
Sony room, but I suspect they were using all Sony gear. Please correct me if I'm wrong.