In Reply to: RE: NY Audio Show 2014 posted by saxman73 on October 12, 2014 at 14:57:51:
Frankly, I don't understand how anyone can come away from these shows and those cardboard listening booths with a credible idea of how good or bad any of the gear might sound in a real life situation. As if it wasn't hard enough to evaluate speaker gear in a real brick n' mortar store with it's own dedicated listening room...
Headphone systems might be evaluated honestly in an audio show setting, but I wouldn't buy or recommend anything else based upon an audition at one of these circus shows. I would feel as good about buying gear sight unseen (sound unheard?) as I would buying gear based upon an audio show audition. For all we know, the gear that sounded the worst at an audio show might sound the best if listened to back at home.
Edits: 10/12/14
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