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The Sony SRX-R110 projector. Almost 3 feet long and almost 200
lbs, a monster compared to the VW200 sitting next to it [not in
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Vista. Looked to be a reasonable quality and did not bog down the
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To my eyes, high pixel counts (resolution) and refresh rates are
what count, all these other technologies don't deliver the realism
and pure pleasure that the real world offers. which is all just to
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Back over to high-end audio at the Venetian. Its a madhouse. My
impression of the LVCC was that there were a LOT more people than
last year. Reports were 150000 compared to 140000 last year... but
I wonder if there are even more. It was hard to move around in
that place.
While the Sands / Venetian is better, it seems to be about 10%+
busier as well.
As far as room traffic, the Venetian meeting rooms seemed to
have a little less, and the hotel rooms about the same. Over at
the Alexis Park, at the very very back where we are, the traffic
seems to be about the same as last year - though after dark it
seems to be a little better to me. Funny, Hard Rock across the
street is BLASTING tunes after about 6pm. I know people thought it
was us, but no, it wasn't us.:-) |
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fronted a well-balanced system and a Gallo Acoustics speaker
[29-336] that seemed to be pretty popular although I wish they
would play something a little more complex than upper mid
frequency music. |
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The Hansen center channel [Hansen Audio 29-330]. static display.
But the live display sounded good as always. |
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| Manley puts on a nice display, as always [Manely
29-319] |
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far. They handle the mids and upper mids quite well in terms of
delivering massive amounts of detail and harmonic information. And
they have a unique look as well, just so's ya know.. [May Audio
29-309] |
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The EMM Labs* new DAC2 [IsoMike, EMM Labs, Sound Lab 34-207]. New
product with a new look that handles USB in and decodes everything
from MP3 to SACD. More photos of, like, the rear with all the
connectors, in the full report. |
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The EMM Labs* new DAC2 with companion transport (the transport
expected in the March time frame). |
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The Copperhead arm mounted on the table from Immedia (I forgot the
name... again... that Neli keep telling me. She is asleep right
now just like my brain]. [Immedia 29-336] |
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Von Schweikert room [29-324] with AudioSpace electronics and APL-modded
Esoteric sounded fun. What rooms was I liking so far [I've seen
all the meeting room areas and 2 out of 6 wings at the Venetian -
and the Rockport demo at the St. Tropez was too crowded to get a
seat (of which here were effectively two) and the YG Acoustics was
stifled by the press while I was there... and excluding our
rooms]? Kind of the same old thing - Hansen, Immedia, Audio
Machina over at the St. Tropez, The Emm Labs* / Soundlab* room for
its etherealness, Argento, and to top them all off the Lamm* /
Wilson room on 34.
And there was lots of 'good sounding' systems all over the
place [do your OWN due diligence :-), or wait for the full report]
But I have a lot more rooms to see. At all locations. Because
the LVCC is not offering up too many innovations this year,
to my eye - I am thinking on just focusing on the high-end audio
tomorrow. Regarding this impression - is seems like Sony, Samsung
and branching out horizontally into personalization , convergence
with the PC and home environment in general - offering many many
products in these areas. Makes sens I guess, panels being a
commodity product and how much booth space would you need just to
show off how good your screens look playing Blu-ray movies?
And here is something - they play mostly canned goods, too good
for reality, or they play space shuttle landings from broadcast TV
with heat and dust distortions. Hello? It seems to me that more
people are playing Pirates of the Caribbean and Harry Potter and
that horribly cheap but apparently popular new Bond movie. |
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