Montreal Day One
Got to hear and take pictures of most of the rooms today. I think we missed about two rooms per floor – mostly because they were too crowded to get into right then. Quite heavy traffic for the first day, seems to me.
The day started at 10:00 am and finished at 9:00pm, but we were pooped at 7:00pm and decided to go eat. Tonight we walked over (no huffing this time, it was only 3 blocks) to Cuisine Indienne. If you like Indian food, this is an excellent restaurant – we have had Indian food at literally 100s of places across the country. Not spicey, unfortunately, but very good.
The sound today was pretty good, but most systems were still just warming up. My expectation now is that there will be a number of ‘good’ sounding systems, but nothing ground breaking or magical.
Key points from the first day’s ‘dailies’: It sounds like the Fidelio people really know how to set up a great show system. The Berning amps can really drive difficult speakers. Little Cabasse speakers seem to be quite good. The Vivid Audio speakers are yet another speaker to join (well, join is not the right word, but it is late) the ranks of speakers that have very, very little box coloration that I can hear.
Sleep. Uh… After the city police and fireengine sirens calm down yet again….Sleep
i hope you will give us some of your usual tag team commentary on whats hot and whats not..
I have been thru your Montreal show coverage and would like to congratulate you excellent job.
One of the things we tried to demonstrate in the Audioshop room was the optimisation of a system was just as important as the gear itself.
By using a proper equipment stand, support and acoustic treatment system we managed to get a humble system to be outstanding.
It would be nice that you mention the name of my company in your show coverage.
http://www.inovaudio.com/
The English link should be working soon!
Marc Philip
Hey Ben!
You bet we will talk about the good, the bad, the….
Thanks,
Mike.
Hi Marc,
The show coverage hasn’t been posted yet – but your point is a good one.
Please, everyone, show goers as well as exhibitors, submit your room equipment details and whatever other comments along with the Photo ID number. Either post it to the blog or email us directly.
To determine a photo ID number right click on the picture(s) of the room’s picture in Internet Explorer and select Properties from the menu. The photo ID number is the “IMG_xxxx” number at the end of the Adress (URL).
Our show reports focus on sound and pictures. The names of equipment and their prices is of lessor priority to us (we consider it to be more or less brochureware) – but many of our guests do enjoy that stuff too.
Thanks,
Mike.