Always a great time, but man are we getting old. Hard to do the shows like we used to in the past... just not able to make all the rooms nor sit and spend any amount of time. When we did, we found ourselves too beat to get up and continue. Even so, we did hear some really good sound in various rooms. Of course we did hear some sounds that were not to our liking, but even so... it means little. Our preferences... nothing more. What really gets to me is how we are asked to share our experiences (aural) with certain gear. Gee, it is being used in a system, in a room, with music... so how did 'x' sound? No idea. But the room sounded good... or not. Anyhow, kudos to Marjorie for a wonderful time.
So here is our RMAF 2015 Part 1 report...
JWM Acoustics, Balanced Audio Technology, Ortofon, Nordost.
Dynamic Sounds Associates, VIP Industries, Joseph Audio, Audiohouse, Tweek Geek, Kanso Audio Furniture, Luminous Audio.
Joseph Audio Pearl 3 loudspeakers $31,500, VPI Industries Avenger turntable $30,000 includes 3-3D tonearms, Dynamic Sounds Associates Pre 1 $13,500, Halo by Parasound JC-1 monoblocks $9000/pair, Kanso Audio stands, Tweek Geek Bybee Stealth Power Purifier $6000.
Mojo Audio Atomic Audio Labs, microZotl.
Mojo Audio CAT Server HTPC computer $3999.95, Mojo Audio Mystique v2.0 DAC $2499.95, Linear Tube Audio microZOTL2 preamplifier $1100, Linear Tube Audio ZOTL40 EL34 amplifier $4500, Atomic Audio Labs custom audio racks, cables and interconnects by Mojo Audio.
Zesto Audio, Kharma International, WyWires, Merrill Williams.
Zesto Audio Andros $4700, Merrill Williams REAL turntable $7200, Kharma Elegance Double Nine Signature loudspeakers $37,500, MOTU UltraLite mk3 DAC $600, WyWires cables.
PS Audio.
Tortuga Audio, Volti Audio, Border Patrol Audio Electronics, Triode Wire Labs.
Exemplar Audio, Stillpoints.
SST, Wyred 4 Sound, KEF.
Luxman, Mola Mola, Vivd, Sunyata Research, Merging Technologies'
Usher Audio, Pass Labs, TriangleART, Katli Audio.
Usher Audio X Tower loudspeakers $12,950, Pass Labs INT-250 integrated amplifier $12,000, Pass Labs XP-25 phonostage $10,600, Accuphase DP-550 SACD/CD player $17,500, Cocktail Audio X-30 music server $1590, Triangle Art turntable, tonearms, cartridges.
Saskia Turntables, EMIA, Tel Wire, The Electric Recording Company.
AudioMachina Inc, Graham Engineering Inc., Einstein Audio.
Benchmark Media Systems, Inc.
DeVore Fidelity, Spec Corp, Tone Imports.
Aurender
Aurender N10 Caching Network Music Player with 4TB storage, Larsen Model 8 Ortho-Acoustic loudspeakers, Aesthetix Pandora DAC and Atlas Signature amplifier.
Audio Alternative Ltd, AudioQuest, Audio Research, Vandersteen Audio.
Magnetic Innovations LLC High Fidelity Cables.