RMAF vs AXPANO
@nasaman Please see the link below regarding AXPONA. I attended AXPONA last year for the first time and beforehand asked what I could expect. I got great answers that turned out to be almost exactly correct. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/axpona-2017-protocol |
I usually attend rmaf each year and have attended CES a few times years ago when I was something. Rmaf 2016 was the worst show I have ever attended. Nobody knew that they were remodeling and most of the rooms were way to small and sounded terrible. I didn’t go last year because I heard the remodeling made the rooms worse for audio. The people that I know who went indicated it wasn’t their finest. Newport was an up and coming show until the rivalry between the LA show. There might be too many shows that will make manufacturers to pick and choose which show they will attend which will make each show smaller. |
I usually attend rmaf each year and have attended CES a few times years ago when I was something. Rmaf 2016 was the worst show I have ever attended. Nobody knew that they were remodeling and most of the rooms were way to small and sounded terrible. I didn’t go last year because I heard the remodeling made the rooms worse for audio. The people that I know who went indicated it wasn’t their finest.Indeed, quite a few shows are competing for the same exhibitors and press. Yes, Rocky 2016 was a disaster due to the hotel not delivering the remodel in time. It created a cascading effect of exhibitors pulling out. The place was like a morgue. 2017 RMAF was back to "normal". I honestly don't think the new rooms at the 2017 show were responsible for the preponderance of bad sound, however. Frankly, I find 85% of the rooms at any show to have terrible sound, so in this sense, RMAF was consistent with my expectations. Some of this has to do with my taste of course, and some of this is just downright mediocrity (not in any way system price related). I heard some great sounding budget systems and atrocious sounding 6-figure systems that grace the covers of the glossy mags. Cheers, Thom @ Galibier Design |
