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You can recognize a Porn Star ? Hmmm
Tony in Michigan
Now you know, they only call it a Consumer Electronics Show so as to not embarrass the "adults" and the audiophiles (like me) by calling it the "International Toy & Game Show". But if I were smart, I would have conned this little girl into assisting me in finding all the cool audio toys in the under $2k classwhich is my assigned Stereophile beat.
I am staying in the Mirage Hotel in what I appears to be called "The Dean Martin Suite"at least when I woke up at 5:00am I couldn't find a coffee pot but I did find five kinds of vodka in the minibar. At the Venetian, however, I found a very awake and extremely ready-to-rock group of audio professionals. I started my four-day pilgrimage with a heady talk by Garth Powell explaining the Niagara 7000 A/C line conditioner in the AudioQuest suite. I've heard more than a few of these power conditioner pony shows but what impressed me about Garth Powell's version is how Garth was able to go beyond the typical hype and PR one-liners and answer some difficult questions about why the world needs another power line conditioner, what a consumer should realistically expect from a product like this and, what is actually inside the chassis of the unit he created. Sixty-seven degrees and a bit of PR realismlooks like an auspicious start to what promises to be an outstanding CES.
You can recognize a Porn Star ? Hmmm
Tony in Michigan
Woo Hoo!
The Dean Martin Suite!
I've stayed in that very same room.
Sorry about the comforter.
A three year old should not be using headphones. You should have called child protective services.