California Audio Show ths wknd bttr than expected

would someone attending this show please let me know if the Levinson #53 monoblocks are playing in one of the rooms? IF SO, can i get some CANDID
impressions on their sound? i am very interested in what M.Levinson has accomplished beyond the performance of the 33/33h amplifiers. there is little that has been published so far about them, other than "how expensive they are" or "how they sound on billy joel records", etc. Thanks!

It was my first audio show and lots of fun. Congrats to Constantine Soo.

Good sound at reasonable price at the Sonist-Glow-Wireworld room.

Tonian Labs speakers were very impressive but I now wonder if the recordings played, made by owner Tony Minasian didn't account for some of that.

Also like the Audio Note room, Tone of Music with the Quads, and Grant Fidelity - good sounding budget gear.

This also was my first audio show, and it was a lot of fun.

Best sound for me:

-YG Accoustics with DCS

-Evolution Acoustics with Dartzeel and Playback Designs.

- The room with the Quads I thought had the most reach out and touch it experience, but whoever set it up spent a lot of effort on treatments.

- I brought my own music which sounded great in the above rooms but the bass was booming in the Magico room

I'll go next year.

Excellent blog posts and photos by Jason Serinus up on Stereophile.

great show. saw some stereophile writers there too. people were nice and the vibe was good. think it was because it was a smaller show. really enjoyed the evolution acoustics room...wow, it was great - especially when they where using the reel to reel tape. Legacy room suprised me how good it sounded. I always thought having all of those drivers would make an incoherent mess, but it sounded big, detailed, and balanced...of course the room was really big. Most of the rooms sounded good to really good. Only a couple provided a sound that drove me out. Felt the Genesis with Parasound room was too bright. Fun time!