I think AXPONA is the larger show in terms of number of attendees. AXPONA gained prestige in the last few years, but RMAF made a real statement moving to the beautiful and spacious Gaylord, both are worthy.
I don't think you should make such absolute statements about a veneer cracking without having records of Salk's speakers cracking over a 10 year period.
So the thousands of Nord owners are wrong and prefer one discrete Op Amp over another because of peer pressure? The rolling of OpAmps gives owners a way to tune the amp to their likes, I think we'll see more of this practice. The real world success of Colin's Nord and a few others offering...