This was my first show. "Newbie". I have modest system (oppo 205 / Odyssey / Tekton). I made it to maybe 25-35 rooms. Only a handful of rooms "Blew Me away". M.B.L. In room 206 "wow" , GamuT in room 409 "what a nice medium size blow you away system (stand mount speakers) , My Favorite room of the show Room 346 . (Volti/Perla/TriodeWireLab/Fidelis). My first thoughts was " I could stay in this room for the rest of the day !!! ". But with only 6-8 chairs in the room I only spent about 20 minutes in the room.
I sat in the chair all the way to left for a few minutes , when the guy in middle got up and said " take the sweet spot Duude". That's when the "spin doctor" put on the DOORS... That did it for me. I could easily live with this system, oh yeah !! Above my price rang ? "Yes" But not out of reach of dreaming about. I would guess this room was around the $ 25,000-$ 30,000 mark. I LOVED IT....