It’s such a bucket list trip - congrats. My wife and I intend to return when our daughter is a teenager.
Although you should have gone to Robot Restaurant, too
It’s also a different hotel vs 2017. Generally room treatment is much more prevalent than 5-10 years ago at shows. Also, tons of vinyl vs poor Wi-Fi setups. Accuphase even used a new cdp for you Al
Agreed, this thread is so off the rails based on nothing. There are literally hundreds of videos on YT of SOTA speakers if you search. Jay's Audio Lab has dozens just of the XVX. The marketing world has changed, so get in the now folks. I'm still waiting to hear how a video submarined a...
they aren't quite as sensitive as they appear - nor have simple crossovers. 89db, with amps required that drive below 4 ohm loads, dropping into 2 ohm territory:
https://www.stereophile.com/content/gobel-high-end-divin-marquis-loudspeaker
JA also adds color with Lamm hybrids in the review at...
They should bring back RMAF and get rid of all the west coast shows. The LAOCAS has been the sole reason of the SoCal regions hifi show demise due to petty politics.