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RMAF--some thoughts

A lot of nice equipment on display here. A few thoughts:

1) These events are not ideal for listening to equipment; the rooms are seldom optimal.

2) It would be better if each vendor had two rooms: one for people to listen, and one for them to talk about the equipment in the room--too many times you wanted to listen and someone was talking instead, or you were trying to listen but several people in the room were talking.

3) Whether something sounded good depended on several factors: the room, the setup, the volume, the choice and quality of the music. One vendor was playing a record that was so scratch that it was actually embarrassing. Impossible to equate all of these factors across rooms to really come to any firm conclusions. At best, one can find a piece of equipment that warrants additional attention.

4) I do wish there had been more vendors that had their equipment on display apart from the listening rooms (as they did for records and CDs). It would be nice to be able to interact with representatives in this way.

5) One of the best aspects of the show was all the hands-on opportunities there were for listening to headphones. This certainly seems to be a booming market right now.

Despite these issues, attending is enjoyable and a nice way to spend the day.



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Topic - RMAF--some thoughts - slapshot 20:54:01 10/9/16 (6)

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