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Audio Shows do not happen because of customers...

Posted by John Marks (M) on September 28, 2015 at 10:37:53

In Reply to: South Florida High End Audio Shows? posted by MannyE on September 28, 2015 at 08:58:55:

Audio Shows happen because a promoter decides that they can make money running a show in a given locale. Or, in the case of nonprofit promoters relying upon volunteer labor, not lose money.

The key, at least in historical terms, is for the locale to have a sufficiently large number of profitable audio dealers who will rent the ballrooms and large suites that "anchor" a show. Once the mega-spaces are rented, the risks are lowered and the pump has been primed.

There was a Home Entertainment Show in Miami I am guessing nearly 20 years ago--1997? I think it fair to say it was not a success, and AFAIK it was never attempted again.

I also think that the framing of your question indicates that you don't know a huge amount about the ultra-rich. Not that I do, either, but... ultra-rich people who are also household names and or faces usually do not go kicking tires in public. Let's say a super-rich guy wants a stereo system for his new beach cottage. He is not likely to go to an audio dealer and ask for a demo.

He is likely to have had dealing with someone in the past, whether an architect, a lifestyle consultant, or an interior decorator, and the rich person will tell that person to network and research. That person may very well find out that one of their professional contacts had dealings with a CEDIA member who has worked here there and everywhere, and that person gets the job, and he trades off with dealer friends to get a specific brand, if the client must have (CMH) it.

So, paradoxically, the more exclusive an area, the less likely an audio show is to happen. IMHO.

Nobody has even tried a real audio show in Boston, and I can see why.

Hotels are about as expensive as NYC, no really big audio dealers (at least measured on a national scale), many people are too busy with other things, and the ultra-rich stay in the western suburbs and don't come back in on weekends, except for the Symphony.

jm

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