CES Photo Slideshow - Day 2

Fantastic Mike! Looks like yesterday was a marathon for you - holy cow over 500 pictures!!!

Thanks for keeping us informed Mike! :panic:
 
dlb2 said:
That's a lot of pics Mike. Are you enjoying the show between all the picture taking?
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For the most part, yes. I can certainly live without all the headphones and portable devices. There seems to be such a presence of headphone, headphone DAC and portable walkman type devices. I listened to several that were supposed to be the best of the best, but I just don't get it.

The rooms overall sound much better than even some of the best rooms at RMAF. The super large rooms, with high ceilings at the Venetian no doubt help matters.

The Alexia's are by far the most common speaker used for demos and they have sounded great in all of the rooms.

The MBL room was again beautifully set up and sounded superb. As mentioned earlier, the Bryston room - once again - was set up superbly and sounded great. Always love hearing those SST2 28's! :)

The things I liked or was very interested in, I stayed and listened. The people I wanted to meet, I stayed and chatted. But there were a lot of rooms I went into and just had no real interest in headphones or in ceiling speakers and moved on.

....lots more.....but that's the gist of it for now.
 
How did the Elac 407s and the Focal with the Flax fibre woofers sound. The Focal seems very popular partners with electronic manufacturers!

I have been hearing good things about the Elac.
 
Mike said:
For the most part, yes.

The things I liked or was very interested in, I stayed and listened. The people I wanted to meet, I stayed and chatted. But there were a lot of rooms I went into and just had no real interest in headphones or in ceiling speakers and moved on.

....lots more.....but that's the gist of it for now.
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Good strategy!
 
wisnon said:
How did the Elac 407s and the Focal with the Flax fibre woofers sound. The Focal seems very popular partners with electronic manufacturers!

I have been hearing good things about the Elac.
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Good. But like a lot of rooms, I stayed, listened and moved on. Sounds good, but so did a lot of other rooms. The best room so far is still the FOCAL/VAC room. But the room I never wanted to leave was the LA Audio/AZ room. After going from room to room listening to European/non-North American gear all trying to out do one another with who has the HIGHEST RESOLUTION, it was such a joy (and a relief) to find a room that was so musical in an emotional, romantic and engaging way. Oh, and yeah, the entire system - cables and all - doesn't break the bank!

Nick and I went into a room (I forget the speaker manufacturer - Swiss I think) and they were asking $48,000 for a pair of speakers that we both swore wouldn't be more than $12,000. There is a lot of new kids on the block that come in and just demand crazy numbers and they have no track record, no reviews, no nothing to draw upon. I don't get it. I won't proclaim to be an expert by any means, but it is my understanding in East Asian culture there is a strong code of honor. That's why so much of the East Asian gear to me sounds wonderful. Yes, there are some VERY VERY expensive products. But both at RMAF and CES, I heard some of the best gear you can imagine that doesn't break the bank. LA Audio, Triode Corp, etc. They have a long history and reputation world wide, yet they still don't charge exorbitant prices.

A funny story: I went into this one particular Russian amp manufacturers room. I walk in and there are three big burly Russian fellows. STRONG accents. Nice guys. So I listen. Their amps sound terrific. I jokingly said to them, "so these amps are hand made in Russian?" "YES!" the fellow proudly responds. I then say, "so, are those Chinese tubes in your Russian amps?" ..........if you could have seen the look of horror on their faces. We all then had a good laugh! :)
 
Hopefully you'll have a chance to check out the Avatar Acoustics / Rosso Fiorentino / AMR room. Since your tastes seem to align with my own, I'd love to get your feedback on that particular system!

Meanwhile, thanks for taking the time to openly share your experiences via: pics and stories. It's not an easy gig! :)
 
Thanks for all the hard work Mike! I'm exhausted just looking at the pics...I think I tweaked my neck while watching the slideshow! Haha!

Any awkward moments with Lars and Michael? Boy does the new all black baffle look nice on the Dyns. And, the new Pass amps look sweet! If the D'Ags sounds half as good as they look, I will have to try them.

Peace man.
 
Shoot mike, most of the headphones are at the convention center. :woot:

I don't know how you do it. You just keep going and going! After about 3 hours I'm worn out. Great job.
 
the professor said:
Shoot mike, most of the headphones are at the convention center. :woot:

I don't know how you do it. You just keep going and going! After about 3 hours I'm worn out. Great job.
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Mike is the Energizer Bunny of audio :)
 
Mike said:
Gthey were asking $48,000 for a pair of speakers that we both swore wouldn't be more than $12,000. There is a lot of new kids on the block that come in and just demand crazy numbers and they have no track record, no reviews, no nothing to draw upon. I don't get it. I won't proclaim to be an expert by any means, but it is my understanding in East Asian culture there is a strong code of honor. That's why so much of the East Asian gear to me sounds wonderful. Yes, there are some VERY VERY expensive products. But both at RMAF and CES, I heard some of the best gear you can imagine that doesn't break the bank. LA Audio, Triode Corp, etc. They have a long history and reputation world wide, yet they still don't charge exorbitant prices.

A funny story: I went into this one particular Russian amp manufacturers room. I walk in and there are three big burly Russian fellows. STRONG accents. Nice guys. So I listen. Their amps sound terrific. I jokingly said to them, "so these amps are hand made in Russian?" "YES!" the fellow proudly responds. I then say, "so, are those Chinese tubes in your Russian amps?" ..........if you could have seen the look of horror on their faces. We all then had a good laugh! :)
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Been there, done that with the pricing. Wouldn't go so far as to assume a code of honor and a link to perceived audio quality, though.
 
Zero said:
Hopefully you'll have a chance to check out the Avatar Acoustics / Rosso Fiorentino / AMR room. Since your tastes seem to align with my own, I'd love to get your feedback on that particular system!

Meanwhile, thanks for taking the time to openly share your experiences via: pics and stories. It's not an easy gig! :)
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They sound SUPERB! I would own them for sure!

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Pathos has some really cool gear. I love the way they use their name done up in extruded aluminum used as the heat sinks.

Thanks for all the great pics.
 
Mike,

Dayum man.... AMR, Graaf, and the Florentia's... That's just.. MMMMMmmm! :D Glad you liked the system!
 
2 questions

1- what are the whacky arced speakers in the Emotiva room?
2- How do the wireless Dynaudios sound and perform?

Thanks
 
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