For Audio is the CES Show Dead?

[TitaniumTroy]

A couple of articles one from Stereophile the other from Soundstage's Ken Kessler, about the state of high end audio at the CES show.
http://www.stereophile.com/content/ces-2016-turning-point#UYq1F5bVvoIE8POF.97
See that huge line? It's a small indication of the huge, multi-national, multi-industry group of CES attendees whose numbers—170,000, if the former CEA (Consumer Electronics Association), now CTA (Consumer Technology Association) counts accurately—set new attendance records.
There's just one thing. That line was not at the Venetian Hotel, where all but a few of what CES dubs the "high-performance audio" exhibits were staged. Instead, it was at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Just about everyone you see had no idea that the High End of the audio industry was holding forth on floors 29, 30, 34, and 35 of the Venetian, because virtually all PR, including the multipage "CES 2016 Attendee Guide" that they received in the mail, failed to mention our existence.


Read more at http://www.stereophile.com/content/ces-2016-turning-point#47EyJ80qJ6m7jDDa.99

http://www.soundstagehifi.com/index...undstage-uk/933-the-funeral-that-was-ces-2016

 

[FrantzM]

Hi

Ken Kessler articles or Op-Eds in Soundstage is interesting and should be read by any audio enthusiast IMO... To me a sad state of affair of our hobby.

 

[amirm]

The number of suites had gone down. The problem is not stated in the article though. It is the huge amount of money CES charges. It is what drove a number of companies away from the show floor. And now potentially out of the hotel suites. A number of companies, magico, Harman, etc. had gone to other hotels outside of the CES coverage altogether.

Still, there was a ton to see and I was happy to be there .