The Clarisys Auditorium's with 6(!) VAC 300's tri-amped playing Peter Frampton's "Do You Feel Like We Do", followed by Queen Live, on vinyl, was absolutely spectacular, stunning really, even after hearing it hundreds of times over the years. I thought I was at the concert again. I wasn't back in the room for analog tape, but can't imagine what that was like.
Normally, I don't pay much attention to the megabuck displays, but this one was special for sure. Really great job setting this up and dialing it in, especially considering I don't know that anyone(?) at Suncoast actually heard it beforehand.
The MBL room sounded much better to me than in past shows. I went to one of the late night tape sessions and they had a cool music selection, Tom Petty, among others. Tape sounded terrific, but I measured peaks of 109db (yikes!) in the second row seat, and didn't want to sustain that for long. The MBL's hung tough.
My other favorite was AJ's Soundfield Titans. 12x12" OB woofers on each speaker, 8 planars, 1 horn firing up, 1 horn back. All active and very tuneable - active XO's, DSP EQ, amps included at $22k all in. These had zero time on them beforehand and he had them sounding great. Very impressive.
I helped out all weekend with demos of the Dutch & Dutch 8c's and the Theoretica Applied Physics BACCH SP ADIO processor. We were booked solid for private individual sessions before and after hours, with numerous "Wow!" reactions even from analog purists. Great stuff.
Another fun Florida Audio Expo in the books. Thanks to the SAS team for all the hard work.
it would be nice to read about SQ experiences and attendees favorite rooms/gear. 
