NY audio show 2022

Here is just one example that occurred in the Bronx.

VIDEO: Crook robs 69-year-old man using walker at knifepoint in the Bronx (msn.com)

Too expensive & the whole NYC crime and PIA, I'm waiting for Capital Audiofest even with the 3hr drive.

I travel to NYC on average twice a month and go all around the city. NYC is safe like any big city of course there is some crime be aware of your surroundings at all times. That said all this fearmongering is total BS.

I will agree with someone that said he was disappointed in getting a two day pass. It was a small show, but getting to see/hear different equipment was great. 
I liked the Audio Note room- they were playing real music. 
The GT Audio room sounded phenomenal, but I wish they played something real; I’ve got a pet peeve about audiophile music… Same goes for Spatial Audio- and I own them… But what was I hearing?

I could have walked in at the wrong moment, and I understand they need to control the listening environment. Oh well…

It seemed most rooms had a CD player- I didn’t bring any this time, since the last few shows I’ve been to were leaning toward streaming. My fault.

Overall, I’m glad I went, I had a great time, and I hope these shows continue.

@jond I can present statistics til I’m blue in the face, but those who believe what they see on the news as representative of what actually is happening perpetuate their misinformed opinions — it’s called the availability hypothesis. Just because the news loves reporting on blood and crimes doesn’t mean the crime RATE is up much, which is why you and I don’t see or experience crimes when we’re in NYC — the crime RATE factually is still relatively low and is all that matters in the end. It’s like when many people think there are more murders than suicides every year because murders get much more airplay on the news, but the fact is that suicides typically outnumber homicides more than 2 to 1. So if you can’t think for yourself and just take what the news gives you at face value you can be easily misled and then spread your crap info online that further exacerbates something that’s really just false. Of course that so many paranoid folks maybe stayed hunkered down at home out of irrational fear meant I got to enjoy relatively uncrowded demo rooms and completely unfettered access to any manufacturer or distributor I cared to speak and I learned a ton of great info and found a lot of great new music as a result. Hell, I even got to park on the street for free, and yes my car was perfectly fine later that night when I went home.  So I guess paranoia does have its benefits to those of us who can actually think rationally for ourselves rather than being told what to believe. To each his own I guess.