What is the one piece of advice you would give about attending AXPONA?

And please...
Take a shower and brush your teeth. 
Don’t undervalue the power of breath mints. 

1.  Don’t go to audio rooms where the main representative gave you a BS promise about a forthcoming product, unless it’s Schitt. 

2. Don’t ask to use the bathroom in any audio room to take a dump, unless it’s Schitt. 

It’s been sometime since I attended. Therapy sessions only concluded in late-2000. Could have been the Palmer House. 

I dressed casual this Friday morning. For me, it’s sweatpants, a t-shirt with an University of Iowa pullover and ball cap. And typically, from my experience at CES shows and Stereophile shows at the Parker House in downtown Chicago, it’s best for me to limit my exposure to not more than 2 hours of insanity with hitting listening rooms.

Besides, does anyone have familiarity with all of the gear in the room that includes the particular item of interest to them? I don’t.

A better strategy is to buttonhole the principles of the gear in which you’re most interested and try to gather a better understanding of that gear.

It is like hitting tasting rooms in Napa Valley: 4 tasting rooms is the max for me if I’m driving in wine country.

At least the public bathroom arrangements were well thought out on the upper floors.

And consider ditching your jacket in the car or at the coat check before going to the upper floors. The room A/C won’t be on in any listening room. And those rooms will have a lot of warm bodies present and very warm audio gear operating. 

OP: good luck attending and fighting the masses on the weekend days!