FlexibleAudio
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My first major audio show...drove up from St. Louis.
Great time. It was good to be able to hear a lot of the equipment I've only read about. I agree with Mike's notations on the favorite rooms (Tidal, Scaena, Il Cremona, Gamut, Avantgarde Uno's topped my list from his mentions)...a couple of others:
- Von Schweikert V55 Active's with VAC amplification
- Spatial Audio M3's...I was blown away when I learned the price
- Joseph Audio
- AudioKinesis powered by Atma-Sphere...great transparency
- Gershman Acoustics' new entry level model
- Bricasti into Bricasti into Tidal (Bricasti room)
The other thing I enjoyed was meeting the manufacturers and manufacturer reps...particularly Brian Zollner from Bricasti (I'm an M1 owner), Lars from Raidho/Aavik/Ansuz (I have the Sparkz TC), Kerry St James from YG Acoustics (I'm a Carmel owner) and Clayton Shaw from Spatial Audio (I'm a former Emerald Physics owner). Benno from GamuT gave a speaker setup discussion in their room...he definitely knows from whence he speaks as there was nary a piece of acoustic treatment, he'd removed the heavy curtains in the room, and the sound was crisp and fantastic.
All told, a great experience and I look forward to next year.
PT, What did you think of the Sonjas with the MSB Select. I thought it was phenomenal. The YG's realism, imagining and balance really impressed me.