Music, After All

Music, After All

Oct 15, 2008

Audio shows are tough. As a member of the press and, more specifically, as a representative of <i>Stereophile</i> magazine, I feel an extreme amount of pressure to do as thorough a job as physically and mentally possible. (I should emphasize that I put this pressure on myself.) It would be outstanding if a single person could cover an entire show, spending quality time with manufacturers, dealers, and readers, while also actually having the opportunity to <i>listen</i> to the gear being presented. But no audio show is ideal&#151not even this year's <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/rmaf2008/">Rocky Mountain Audio Fest</a>, which was, by all accounts gleaned so far, a great, great success.

Yamaha S1000 series

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Amplification
Submitted by 59mga on

I read a brief overview of the A-S1000 int amp and CD-S1000 cdp, at Whafhifi. After doing a quick web search it seems there are no USA dealers, for this product.

An interesting '70's look, minus all the buttons & knobs.
Is anyone familiar with the model?

Looks good on paper. The disc player is a SACD/CD combo...I'm not sure about the pros.cons of such a device.

Any thoughts? Thanks.

Mike

RMAF 2008 Show Report

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Announcements
Submitted by JasonVSerinus on

Hello all. With our RMAF coverage now complete, I have now gone through all the blog comments, and responded where I felt it appropriate to do so.
Scattered about are some insights into how I approach blogging at a show, where there are so many variables at play.

I'm hoping that the man who posted one of the comments on my mbl blog entry has the opportunity to go back and read my replies. If you know him, please encourage him to check them out.

Muchas gracias,
jason victor serinus

Frivolity: Pimp My Room, or maybe a "Trading Spaces" kind of project.

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Room Tuning & Acoustics
Submitted by Buddha on

Aloha,

I wonder if there's room on TV for an audiphile show like "Pimp My Room," where an audiophile has a team of 'experts' descend on his room and system and pimp it.

Or, how about an audiophile version of "Trading Spaces," where two audiophiles trade listening rooms for the weekend and try to make each others' rooms sound better...asthetics included!

Which leads to my theme for this post:

I am exiled to the hometown of HCM Audio for half of each week, and all I have here is a rental with my cast off gear.

A Willie album that keeps growing on me...

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The Universal Pulse
Submitted by Buddha on

Hola,

Tempus Fugit.

Sitting here listening to a disc I can't get enough of this week.

Willie Nelson's "Across the Bordeline."

I consider it a 'new' Willie disc, but, dang, it's from 1993!

You should go buy this disc.

It has a vesrion of "American Tune" that I like better than the original.

Good duet with Bonnie Raitt on another cut. Great version of Peter Gabriel's "Don't Give Up," too.

The sonics are really clean, and Willie does most of the disc with minimal accompaniment.

RMAF'S Present Success and Future Plans

RMAF'S Present Success and Future Plans

Oct 14, 2008

As John Atkinson (right) and I were saying our goodbyes until the 2009 CES in Las Vegas, RMAF co-directors Al Stiefel and Marjorie Baumert were compiling attendance stats for this year's show. Although the fact that there were far more rooms this year, with exhibits spread over two hotels, left some exhibitors thinking that attendance was down, attendance was actually up just over 7%. Almost 3500 people attended this year's RMAF. The Sunday walk-ins were 407&#151;almost 150 over last year.

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