RMAF vs AXPANO

You are welcome @nasaman. Do carry a USB pen-drive with your favorite music. Majority of the demonstrations now use Tidal or some streaming service, so finding music should not be an issue.
Have fun!

If you read the letters in Stereophile, then there is one in Jan-2018 where a gentleman shares his experience at RMAF. Basically he says how snobbish that show was and people looked down upon him (that is the feeling, he says he got) when he requested certain type of music to be played. I have not been to RMAF, so cannot confirm. Don't shoot the messenger, just read the letter in Stereophile. It is a sad situation if that case is true. As such our hobby is dying and snobbishness is not going to get us anywhere. In fact it will diminish this hobby even at a faster rate.

But I have been to AXPONA twice and it has been nothing but wonderful. I did not detect any snobbishness and they played any music that I requested. I highly recommend AXPONA. The only thing I would say is plan on spending AT LEAST 2 FULL days. And even then you would still want more.

@jolly...2,
Read these threads:

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/axpona-2017-protocol

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/axpona-anyone?highlight=AXPONA

Go with an open mind and enjoy the show.