I also attended the NY AV show last weekend. Bought a 3 day ticket, booked a hotel and drove up from South Jersey. Probably the biggest waste of time and money I can remember. I took me about three hours to hit every room. The sound was generally mediocre (except for the Legacy and the Martin Logan rooms) and the number of exhibitors was small. I always hope tp purchase a little something (LPs or budget equipment) at a “show marketplace” but even that was limited to two or three exhibitors. Even the Westchester, NY show from several year ago was better.
I don’t think I’ll be returning to the NY show as long as this group is running it. How can you have a high-end audio show in Manhattan that is smaller and less interesting than other shows in smaller venues?
I always felt that it was cost prohibitive for me to travel to Denver or Chicago to attend the better shows, but I may have to re-think that after this.
BTW, I like Whart’s idea of a NY Audio Day, which would be great for consumers and increase traffic into the stores. A nice spring weekend would be great! (NY was freezing last weekend!!!!)
I don’t think I’ll be returning to the NY show as long as this group is running it. How can you have a high-end audio show in Manhattan that is smaller and less interesting than other shows in smaller venues?
I always felt that it was cost prohibitive for me to travel to Denver or Chicago to attend the better shows, but I may have to re-think that after this.
BTW, I like Whart’s idea of a NY Audio Day, which would be great for consumers and increase traffic into the stores. A nice spring weekend would be great! (NY was freezing last weekend!!!!)