T.H.E. Show 2019

T.H.E. Show Preparations at the Hilton Long Beach

Jason Victor Serinus  |  Jun 7, 2019

It's Thursday afternoon at the Hilton Long Beach in Long Beach, California, and signs of T.H.E. Show, which opens on Friday, June 7, at noon, are everywhere in evidence.

Prior to the official opening, I wandered into a couple of rooms, including the one sponsored by Audiogen Distributors, above. There I found intriguing speakers from the Greek company Tune, electronics from Japan's WAVAC—and a few items that will surely have disappeared by the time the room opens for business. In another room, sponsored by Alaia Audio, speaker designer Richard Vandersteen listened intently as Brad O'Toole carefully tugged his speakers to various locations. Vandersteen sure has a lot on his plate this weekend: In T.H.E. Show's schedule of seminars, mostly filled with hour-long presentations by a single speaker, he's front and center on Sunday at 11am.

T.H.E. Show runs through 5pm on Sunday; please stay tuned throughout the weekend and beyond for our complete coverage.

COMMENTS
Anton's picture
Submitted by Anton on June 7, 2019 - 11:28am

Have a great show! Looking forward to your coverage.

JennMartin's picture
Submitted by JennMartin on June 8, 2019 - 1:39am

I enjoyed it, but the this show isn't what it once was, for sure. I hope that it can regain its former glory. I wish the promoters well, and will pull for you.

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Submitted by Mike Rubin on June 12, 2019 - 4:31pm

But wasn't there a single system on display that costs less than a new Maserati?

You guys get defensive when people challenge your definition of "affordable," but, perhaps due to no fault of your own, this show coverage isn't helping your case.

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