Thanks guys.....well, here are my 2 cents about the show...
- rooms sucked more than other hotels around the country...terrible. Then again, everybody had to deal with it to the same extent...blaming the rooms is an easy way out for some...
- hotel was not as accommodating in getting furniture out of the way...sucked as much as $ 25 parking/day...for a freaking airport hotel, for Pete's sake....
- the buffet at the Casino 3 blocks away absolutely rocked !!!!!
- was I happy with the show ??? Well, I signed up for next year as well....business from the show was and still is FANTASTIC...enough said..
- was I happy with the sound ??? Yes and no...yes in that we kicked some serious (not all ) 6 figure system's butts. I was still able to get my 3 points across: goosebump emotions, huge and realistic sound staging, and dead-on non-fatiguing tonality....
- best time at the show ??? Meeting up with old friends, and when a few people that I trust 100 % (and there aren't that many) such as Kenny Stevens from CAT and George from Kyomi dropped their jaws when listening to the system....extremely satisfying...also, when Ira went downstairs a couple of times, and when she overheard quite a few people talking up Odyssey...that was extremely satisfying to her....
worst time at the show ??? When the freaking TT started to give me fits....didn't even play a dozen songs on the thing before the motor went haywire.....and of course, that happened just before Jon Valin and Julie came in with a stack of records to listen to.....aaaaaaargh
Aaron, nope, most people don't have a clue unless they meet me...I don't really give a damn about correctness, and just enjoy the moment and people...if somebody has a problem with my straightforwardness or my humor, they can go and buy Chinese.....
Anyway, all in all also an easy show with just 3 hours drive...was able to hook up the trailer, had some extra space, and that's why I also took the SL Kraft amp with me...as I have always said, there are 3 amps that I regard as the absolute best I have ever heard (and yes, I have heard a ton...but not necessarily in a system that i am familiar with) which are the Symphonic Line Krafts, the CAT's and the LAMM hybrids....all fantastic, and actually all quite similar.......anyway, I went back and forth to the Kraft to show just how similar the Khartagos are to the big monster......reactions were usually that of astonishment regarding the similarities, and I'd say that people were somewhat divided as to which unit sounded better...in that system at that show...
So, back in the grind, but also happily back with my 2 babies and of course some gardening which Ira makes me do (yeahhhright)
Late,
Klaus