NY Show Friday April 12

BruceLet

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Just a few photos from the show. I didn't take notes, just some photos.

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Thanks for the pics Bruce.....kind of partial to monitors for some reason. ;)

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I heard them in this Raidho room and another room with Sanders speakers. I really didn't get a good seat in the Raidho room so can't speak to much other than tone. Tonally, the system (can't say amp, source, speakers, only system) was a little leaner than when I heard the Raidhos C1.1s with the Dartz Integrated amp. Slightly different speaker, different upstream, tough to compare.

In the Sanders room, I had center seat and they played a piece I was familiar with. Here, the Veritas show speed and control over what I generally consider difficult speakers to drive over a difficult movement. Soundstage depth seemed good as well. Because of the electrostats being used, the sound again is on the lean side to my ears but that's the nature of 'stats I think and they are generally not my cuppa (though I do love their speed!).

I actually sort of know Merrill. We had a transaction on Agon. He's based out here in NJ. I can ask him if he'd entertain an in home demo if you're interested, Joe.

Merrill was telling me either the distributor or the retailer was so wow'ed by the Veritas, he wanted to use them to drive the Raidho's at the show, so they did. I only wish I had a good listening spot to hear what the system could offer.
 
I was thinking about a home demo on the Veritas but I am so amp'd up, I'd be wasting both of our time. Some of the new N-core Class D offerings are supposed to be amazing.
 
Jeff, weren't you planning to go to the show today?

Allen... Planned yes. We had a bad week financially; we had to replace brakes (+ rotors) on the car. Also oil tank was filled at the house. And with Record Store Day next Saturday no extra cash in the budget for the show. :mad:
 
^^^^ Yes. They played crappy music when I was there.

I thought it was pretty lame that the company rep kept saying "there's 1.7 carats of pure diamond in the speaker." WHO THE HELL CARES! Play me something that I might actually listen to at home.

They were using almost $200k in equipment. It didn't sound so good and the demo left me totally cold and uninterested.
 
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