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January 4, 2010 by Michael

The Case Against Show Reports

This is a post on Stereophile from 1985 that I found while I was at the High End Audio Channel on Mattters (being amazed that my lowly lazy self generates more content in my spare time than the other magazines – making us look like we are hogging all the attention over there)

Oh, links:

High End Audio on Mattters

Needless to say I agree with J. Gordon Holt’s Rebuttal [first time I ever agreed with that guy, I think].

A show is a beauty contest, and it is about presentation, customer relations, sound, aesthetics, reliability, … EVERYTHING. And from this a person can get a good feel for the quality of a manufacturer and about what they value.

CES 2010 is coming right up, so this is a great (re)post on their part.

January 3, 2010 by Michael

CES 2010: Another Show, Another Workout for Mike & Neli

We were originally scheduled to drive out to Las Vegas tomorrow, Monday [it is about a 12 hour drive], setup on Tuesday, and fix any problems and let things warm up on Wednesday.

But the shipment from Audio Note did not clear customs until late New Years Eve. So Monday we spend at the shippers, forwarding things on to Las Vegas and several dealers. Now Tuesday we drive. Wednesday we rent a truck and go pick up things at the shipper and get them up to the two rooms. We figure that by 6pm, we will start unpacking and setting up the system.

Audio Note Gaku-Ons at night

For some reason, I think a lot of people are like this – and wait to the last minute for everything [ALTHOUGH 90% of the exhibitors get it together early enough to have time to ship their stuff so that it automagically appears in their exhibit rooms without them having to lift a finger]

The thing is, we are not like this.

One of the [many] reasons our rooms at shows sound so good is that we allow ourselves time to let things warm up, to tweak things this way and that, to actually listen to the system to see if and where it needs a little love.

We’ll do our best, of course, but this sure ain’t helping my gray hair problem any! 🙂

Audio Note Gaku-Ons at night