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In Reply to: RE: CAS 0214: final thoughts posted by TWB2 on August 25, 2014 at 07:38:02:
I heard the Sound Labs on Friday and Sunday mornings. The sound was similar: dull, bloated with no touch or impact. Perhaps it was the room, the time of day or the source (were they playing compressed digital?). Whatever, I hated this room. But remember, my second least favorite room at the 2013 CAS was based on an Audio Note E speaker. This year my Favorite room was based on the AN E! The sound in these two rooms could not have been more different. In the 2013 Audio Note room the sound was very similar to what I heard in this year's Sound Lab room. In this year's Music First room, with an AN E speaker, the sound was similar to the Teresonic room at the 2010 CAS (my favorite room at that show). Jack Roberts has said that the Music First people actually reenforced the walls of the room to improve the sound! It goes back to my list of potential problems at audio shows: poor rooms, less than ideal matching of components, and hearing music at widely different SPLs. Add to that less than ideal source material, especially crapy digital. I suspect that the Sound Labs would sound much better given a much bigger room (with better walls) and a good analogue source.
As for what some audio critic says, think about the tiny number of times you read a review that slams a piece of equipment.
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