Hi all,
I do agreed that the biggest problem at the show is the room. One good or should I say bad example of sizing speaker to the room is MBL. They have a pair of floorstander of a pretty good size in a tiny room. And to make it worst with thier have 360* tweeter and mid. Also, there were blasting show goers with high SPL. I remember last year they have a somewhat larger speaker in a bigger room and the sound was great. Also, another one is the Gersham room. I was in there and hear nothing but bloated bass. Good example for speaker matching room size I would say JM Lab and Patho.
Another thing I want to complaint about is the sound level. Most room just balst people with higher SPL than what I would consider a normal level. With this I think we are missing the chance to see how the speaker and system as a whole will sound at normal listen level. You know some speaker sound lifeless and lack detail at lower level. But of cause you do need a few minutes to see how speaker handle the high SPL but not all the time. Fortunately most room that played my CD (trip-hop/electronica music of cause
)did asked if the volume was okay for me.
I guess that is why I enjoy going to NY Rave because I could see speaker and system in a real world set up.
Anyway, I had great time this year at the show eventough is smaller than last year. Well,that's all I have to say now.
Take care all,
Buddy
