Capital Audiofest Coming Up!

@grislybutter one thing I will give Donald Trump credit for: he has always been very successful in selling whatever it is he wants people to buy. HE is very good at marketing himself.

Warning: marketing works but is often merely  a bunch of BS.      Take that for what it is worth.

@mapman I appreciate not being alone and being able to discuss this. Desperately looking for little lights in the dark

@grislybutter rest assured you I and many are on the same page with what you cite.

"Living a lie" is the big problem in my mind. YOu can’t fix real problems when you rely on lies to keep you going.

Doesn’t change the fact that this does not register apparently with more voters than not.

Living a lie is easy. Dealing with real problems is much harder no matter what!

Best to not succumb to dark side. Keep fighting for what is right! Otherwise the oligarchs win and many will continue to struggle just to survive, regardless of politics. Hopefully it is not in-evitable but history says it may be. The dark side is a powerful force of nature.

Sorry to draw on Star Wars analogies but it applies perfectly.

@tkrtrb125 thanks. You too.   I know deer hunting season is coming up soon.  I've noticed the deer normally around my house eating all my plants have that nervous look in their eyes.

Have fun. 

@tkrtrb125 for sure!.

I go mainly to soak in all the sounds for reference. It has helped me achieve better sound incrementally over the years.

Occasionally I may even end up buying based on what I hear, but for me changing gear is not the first thing I resort to for better sound. No sense doing that if whatever it is you are doing currently can be made better more cost effectively first. Some call that "tweaking".

I also tend to look for any new technical innovations of consequence that might tempt me to change from older gear. This year I am looking to see if a change from my current splendid but older BEl Canto c5i is in order. I can’t fault the BCs performance really but it is older and I know the technology integrated into it maybe a dozen or so years back has advanced. If I find something worth the change, teh BC will either get honorably demoted for use as a spare or I mightuse it to set up yet another system at home that I can just play around with just because in my techno-nerdy mind things like that are fun.

I am going hunting, I avoid most of these events, it's like sending the fat kid into the candy store. To many temptations 

So having said all that...I am maybe getting my mojo back to look forward to the upcoming hifi show and lots of elite yet very cool good sounding  new stuff, most of it out of reach financially for most. Irony!

Yup. The only things that matter is what happens next.  Fact is most people all want pretty much the same things regardless of political ideology.  Unfortunately the extremists are the ones often working hardest to get their way.

@mapman +1 What is done is done. Time get on with our lives. 

@grislybutter that’s not really the answer. A lot of people are hurting financially and don’t like the way things have been going. The pandemic triggered most of it. It hurt Donald Trump initially but now the aftermath is helping him. There are many things not to like. A lot of people are mad and want change which is understandable to anyone who goes to a grocery store these days or has looked at their insurance bills. Ideals, ethics principles and morality are nice but to really understnad what is going on, always follow the money! That’s just how things work.

Have we made a deal with the devil to solve our problems for us? We will see. The evidence is all out there. LEt me go ask AI and I’ll let you know what it has to say.

BTW, the data analysis of teh election results seem to indicate that statistically education level was the primary factor that determined who voted for who.

LEarning and the skills that result are always the key to success for all IMHO.

May the force be with you! Not to mention good sound and music to help make it through.

hell no....

after so many of your declaration of loving the tragic election results, i will do my best to avoid you

@welcher - Many thanks for that.

You can walk from the hotel to the twinbrook metro station on the red line.

Any suggestions for getting from the Best Western Rockville to the show?

Can I walk, should I drive or is the metro the way to go.

Thanks.

I’m looking forward to attending Saturday. I’ve had several sublime audio experiences there the last few years.  Hoping for a few more on Saturday. 

I was going to head to DC but unable due to last minute issues,  Was looking forward to the show overall and hearing the new Volti Lucera's. 

I will be deer hunting in SW Texas. DC is not for me. 

I’ll be there all weekend representing Afton Mountain Audio and volunteering in the DC HiFi Group room. Please stop by Booth 13 in the Atrium to say hello, learn more about Afton Mountain Audio, and enter the raffle to win some cool prizes. I am right next to Vinyl Asylum, one of the Charlottesville area’s best record stores. 

Will probably spend most of the day on Saturday, maybe Friday. 

Planning on going Fri and Sat, my first audio show.

Back in the day all my friends had great stereos and I got to listen to lots of different setups.

Seems I'm the only one left standing so the show is my new window on stuff.

I’ll be soaking it in for all three days.

The show is now far too big for anyone to take in all of the rooms, except by taking a quick listen.  But, whether you plan to hear only a few select rooms or components, or you go just to see the entire array of what is being displayed, it is a LOT of fun.  

I'll be there on Sunday.