This was my 4th SSI show and also the worst. I liked the show more at the Sheraton. The one thing that annoyed me most was people constantly talking while auditioning. I thought everone went there to listen to music.
The large CDF audio room(Wilson Alexandria) was a bit dissappointing but I wouldn't say therwe was too much bass . The small CDF audio room sounded good to me (Leben and DeVore) even though I would have liked to hear the speakers with some Shindo gear. MBL always sucks because they don't know how tho set up the room for their own equipment and it is always too loud.
I liked the YG and Jones audio combo, didn't care for the set up with the Eggleston speakers and was only able to listen briefly to the small Nola monitors. Not bad but a bit rough around the edges and who uses a $1500 pair of speakers with a $7000.00 amp?
I thought the Audio Note room was one of the best sounding rooms but I was at the show on Sunday, so things may have improved over the weekend. I know that many of the exhibitors complaint about the rooms and in particular the Audio Note guys. Their speakers are designed to fit in the corner but one of the corners had a Window behind it.
Other rooms I liked are Triangle speakers with Unison Research amp. Too much mid bass but very engaging. I also liked the Audio Physic speakers driven by a trigon solid state amp and the Vivid Audio speakers driven by a Luxman tube integrated.
The large CDF audio room(Wilson Alexandria) was a bit dissappointing but I wouldn't say therwe was too much bass . The small CDF audio room sounded good to me (Leben and DeVore) even though I would have liked to hear the speakers with some Shindo gear. MBL always sucks because they don't know how tho set up the room for their own equipment and it is always too loud.
I liked the YG and Jones audio combo, didn't care for the set up with the Eggleston speakers and was only able to listen briefly to the small Nola monitors. Not bad but a bit rough around the edges and who uses a $1500 pair of speakers with a $7000.00 amp?
I thought the Audio Note room was one of the best sounding rooms but I was at the show on Sunday, so things may have improved over the weekend. I know that many of the exhibitors complaint about the rooms and in particular the Audio Note guys. Their speakers are designed to fit in the corner but one of the corners had a Window behind it.
Other rooms I liked are Triangle speakers with Unison Research amp. Too much mid bass but very engaging. I also liked the Audio Physic speakers driven by a trigon solid state amp and the Vivid Audio speakers driven by a Luxman tube integrated.
