SoCal 2025

I attended The Show SoCal 2025 last weekend. I am glad I did. It was fun and educational. There was a lot of great sounding equipment there. My biggest surprise is how loud (very) most audiophiles like to listen to music. It also confirmed for me that the size and shape of a room has a big effect of the sound.The bigger rooms offered much better acoustics.

Approximately half the vendors used turn tables. I was a little surprised at how little surface noice the records produced. I did not notice a difference between the rooms with turn tables and those using digital that I could associate with the source. I think the speakers made a bigger difference.

If you have not gone to a Show I would recommend it.