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This one's for Stephen Mejias. GuangZhou Hi-Fi 2006 is seriously into booth babes. I could almost do a series on that subject alone. You may talk among yourselves.
McIntosh was showing a "true 1080p high-def" projector. I said, "I didn't see this at CEDIA."
"That's because we're debuting it and then they'll show it at CES in January," Winky Tse explained.
The MDLP-1 will cost about $30,000 (USD), $10,000 extra for that optical anamorphic lens from ISCO.
I didn't rate a private showing, so I'll be back for the 2pm demo.
Over 10,000 products; seven floors of audio; "every manufacturer who matters from the US, Canada, Europe, China, Korea, Japan, and Kowloon;" and more than 30,000 people over four days.
Kowloon? I've got to find that one.
Antony Yim, marketing & product manager for B&W Group Asia Limited, used the 40th anniversary of B&W to give a history lesson that includes classic B&W products and a memorial wall.
For the 40th anniversary, B&W is introducing the limited edition Signature Diamond, a $20,000 floorstanding two-way featuring the Diamond tweeter and B&W's kevlar 7" mid/bass driver. The flared port is tucked into that wedge-shaped cut-away on the bottom. Only 500 pairs will be made.
Cayin was showing the stunningly retro SP 105i table radio, which had me drooling. Nobody here knew what US importer Sze Leung was going to sell them for, but having seen the show sample, it's not what I thought I remembered, obviously. Importer VAS is still trying to determine a price, I've now been told.
The first US samples are "in a container ship on their way."
Oh, I forgot to mention that it's a tube table radio. Drooling yet?
What do you expect from me after 20 hours of travel and only four of sleep? I'm going to bed before dinner and promise I'll actually blog about hi-fi tomorrow.
When I checked in late last night, I noticed the cribs lined up along the halls of my corridor, but all I thought was, "What a child friendly country." Nor did I think much about all the Caucasian couples I saw carrying Asian infants amidst all the audiophiles thronging the halls.
However, when I was just downstairs attempting to photograph said throngs, a red-faced man tried to grab my camera out of my hands, while screaming (I swear), "Have you no decency, sir?"
It seems GuangZhou is a destination for American families adopting Chinese babies and a just-minted grandpapa thought…