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Too bad I didn't get to meet you sooner I probably would have been able to find more alcohol to blur away the craziness of the day LOL. Then again Gary, Trung and the rest of the crew in GR Research already seem to have the impression that I'm a raging alcoholic LOL (c'mon guys, 1-2 beers a night is nothing compared to what Mrs. Ninja consumed during the show )
including amps and clipping, peak power needed for music reproduction, speaker measurements and what they mean, etc. The also had the Parts Express speaker driver person there with examples. They also had a completely DSP crossover speaker IIRC.
It would seem like an Audio 101 seminar for loved ones would be a natural fit given a good presenter.
See all that is over the 101 syllabus head. More basic and more fun for the ladies. ME?
....I found my Ninja pin....finally.....
What do you know of how much or little I was drinking? Was I being followed? Has someone said something? I inferred a slight amount of consumption at the end of business each day. Mama- no 1-2 Beers (or scotches in my case) is fine while on vacation at a audio show. If I drank like that at home even less would get done than now.Mrs. Ninja
Not to mention, audiophile gear is built to appeal to a male aesthetic, which is why good systems are often banished to the basement or a "dedicated" listening room. If that one thing could be changed, so that good audio is allowed back into the living room, then the industry will be in much better shape. Same goes for speaker design - so many speakers are designed to sound good from the "sweet spot", that it prevents the general family from enjoying "great sound" from anywhere in the room/home. These 2 things together really push this to be a solo activity and not something easily shared, even with family.
hmm, was just implying that you seemed to know where the free alcohol was No insult intended.
Amend: Let attendees request what they want.
Besides, I always discover several new artists or recordings at the show because attendees selected unique audition pieces.
Even some of us toward the younger end of the audiophile spectrum enjoy classical music, for example.
And some systems that handle one genre very well may not excel with other genres to nearly the same degree, so testing what you enjoy is important. (Systems that excel with small groups or solo vocals may struggle on massive orchestral works, for example.)
Add: If you're going to talk in a room while others are auditioning the gear, please keep it down or take the conversation outside. This applies to both hosts and attendees. I left quite a few rooms simply because the conversations were so loud that I couldn't appreciate the music.
I will note that 80% of what I listen to is classical, so if classical is not "allowed" in a room, then that room has just evicted itself from my consideration for anything.
First off it “Hit the Mark” the increase in rooms this year offering free alcohol because it has been scientifically proven that listening to music sounds better with wine or scotch.
I said " 6. Classical, Opera, Country (no Johnny Cash is not country), Folk, Foreign, Religious, and New Age Instrumentals do have their place among some great made audio but it is to be peppered into the day and not the meat of the day. First off, it is not a universal crowd pleaser and too much of it can exhaust you making listening no longer enjoyable."I did not say it was not allowed in that statement. Second the list was a what needed to be played more I had explained that in my response to brj it could in no way be all inclusive and I said anyone was free to submit someting for addition to the list. No one has as of yet.Mrs. NinjaOf course Radiohead and Tool, I love Thom and Maynard.
Well I think that wraps it up for me. If anything else happened I don’t remember because I had one to many scotches at the bar before bed each night.
