I agree with Frank. The room at AKFest was BIG. As I sat in front of the AVA/Salk system I was taken buy the fact that the whole room was full of music, like a live concert, not just a pinpoint or a smaller directional presentation. I heard a lifesize stage full of musicians playing their hearts out. It was the scale of the presentation. When I moved to the back of the room I still heard the same large scale concert, just not a loud. The size of the room had a lot to do with it. That combination of equipment did not get lost in such a large room.
I bet that if Frank had used his famous "Rope" speaker cable on that system it might have been even better.

Dave