I agree on the selection of music. Most everything I heard was soft piano and double bass with occasional female jazz vocals.
I was interested in hearing the Avantgarde Zero TAs but the only thing playing in there was very soft acoustic jazz with no drums, etc. No way to tell what the active subwoofer was capable of. Occasionally there was some Donald Fagan/Nightfly playing. I did hear Keith Don’t Go once. And all the larger systems seemed to be playing orchestra music. As a guy who went there looking for speakers, the content playing was not very helpful.
I did like the AG Zeros, as well as the Spatial M3 Sapphire, which I thought was very good. I did not really get a good feel for the Luxman/Devore system due to the room. The Daedalus room was impressive. Not as impressed with the Acapella horns, which I expected to like. I did enjoy the Gryphon room (on Saturday - I heard that Friday was a little rough), as well as the Odyssey room.
Overall lots of Border Patrol and Linear Tube Audio, which were both impressive, particularly the Z10 integrated paired with the Spatial M3s. Also spent quite a bit of time in the McGary room - I believe it was paired with Salk speakers? Very nice sound. Another high point was the Joseph Audio Perspectives.
The star of the show for me was the Volti Rivals. Not as refined as the Vittoras in the other Volti room, but impressive enough for me to buy the demos - which look absolutely stunning (as did the Vittoras). The Rivals will be replacing the La Scala IIs in my system, and to me they were the natural progression/upgrade from the sound I was looking for. All the dynamics and scale of the LS IIs with a more refined mid and cohesive, fast, dynamic bass. Goodbye subwoofers!
