RE: CES Retailer vs Absolute Sound

Posted by RGA (R) on January 17, 2016 at 16:05:14

In Reply to: CES Retailer vs Absolute Sound posted by Jimmy2615 on January 16, 2016 at 20:35:22:

CES is pretty massive - it's very hard to cover every single room and certainly even more difficult to cover every single room with enough time to be truly credible in one's coverage of the room (which requires around 30 minutes to be able to listen to enough different music - as well as getting the previous room out of your head).

Further, I would not put too much stock in flyby assessments at an audio show - some of the rooms I didn't much care for at shows have been rather excellent in different situations. Indeed, some gear at one show I would have ranked bottom 5 - at a different show I scored top 5.

I understand manufacturer complaints - they pay rather big money for these rooms so they probably want some sort of return on the investment. But the idea of these shows is to attract "dealers" to want to carry your wares. If you want a review - ring up the magazines and ask to have your stuff reviewed.

There are lots of us reviewers out there at lots of magazines and I should think that sort of thing will be more lasting than a show report where gee the reviewer seems to like everything anyway.

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Topic - CES Retailer vs Absolute Sound - Jimmy2615 20:35:22 01/16/16 (23)

Stereophile coverage of the same system - trav 10:59:33 01/18/16 (11)

RE: Stereophile coverage of the same system - bjh 09:23:31 01/19/16 (0)

RE: Stereophile coverage of the same system - 4everyoung 06:02:23 01/19/16 (7)

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I don't think we really see things so differently - 4everyoung 08:26:22 01/20/16 (5)

Ayre, with which speakers? (+Interesting Photo) - John Marks 12:56:29 01/20/16 (4)

Speakers? - 4everyoung 23:29:32 01/20/16 (3)

Ya never can tel... - Ivan303 07:19:21 01/21/16 (2)

RE: Ya never can tel... - 4everyoung 08:42:14 01/21/16 (1)

RE:. "Nice people, but the ugliest speakers I've even seen." - Ivan303 09:34:24 01/21/16 (0)

I'm thinking maybe, just maybe... - musetap 15:03:44 01/18/16 (0)

From the linked Stereophile piece: - Ivan303 14:40:10 01/18/16 (0)

RE: CES Retailer vs Absolute Sound - RGA 16:05:14 01/17/16 (0)

"Deliberately avoiding?" - E-Stat 08:17:55 01/17/16 (0)

RE: CES Retailer vs Absolute Sound - fstein 22:06:31 01/16/16 (8)

Exact opposite for me - E-Stat 08:13:51 01/17/16 (7)

Suggestion - vinyl survivor 18:09:55 01/17/16 (1)

Interesting - E-Stat 05:44:40 01/18/16 (0)

RE: Exact opposite for me - fstein 14:12:16 01/17/16 (1)

Live music is great, but - E-Stat 14:24:21 01/17/16 (0)

RE: "8" GRS full rangers from Parts Express driven by an Emotiva mini-X a-100 amp!" - Ivan303 08:43:20 01/17/16 (2)

RE: "8" GRS full rangers from Parts Express driven by an Emotiva mini-X a-100 amp!" - E-Stat 09:15:35 01/17/16 (1)

My home 'reference' system for many years... - Ivan303 11:31:42 01/17/16 (0)

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