2026 Shenzhen International Audio Show SIAS

[amirm]

This is not something to be celebrated.
That is, assuming cash is no longer accepted.

By law they must accept cash.

 

[Soundproof]

By law they must accept cash.

Same goes here, but the banks really want people to only use digital structures, and some venture capital owned businesses have had a go at it refusing cash payments, followed by clear statements to the contrary from the judicial system. Further, some services charges more when have to deal with cash. By wording and practice, it is not an discount for paying digitally, they actually state they charge extra for cash.

Modern warfare is about hurting supply chains and all kinds of infrastructure, it is being done by all big players, and if the access to own money is cut, it has an extremely serious effect on all societies, none being immune. Everyone with common sense should keep and use cash to caretake own contigency and further to ensure that banks and businesses keeps the infrastructure for handling cash intact. When a cat 5 hurricane hits Florida or the states bordering Gulf of Mexico, cash is king.

 

[Salt]

Same goes here, but the banks really want people to only use digital structures, and some venture capital owned businesses have had a go at it refusing cash payments, followed by clear statements to the contrary from the judicial system. Further, some services charges more when have to deal with cash. By wording and practice, it is not an discount for paying digitally, they actually state they charge extra for cash.

Modern warfare is about hurting supply chains and all kinds of infrastructure, it is being done by all big players, and if the access to own money is cut, it has an extremely serious effect on all societies, none being immune. Everyone with common sense should keep and use cash to caretake own contigency and further to ensure that banks and businesses keeps the infrastructure for handling cash intact. When a cat 5 hurricane hits Florida or the states bordering Gulf of Mexico, cash is king.

Sweden recently made a statement about that: Keep cash to be aware of crisis. Before they proclaimed to cease cash completely, though.

 

[xanalog]

By law they must accept cash.

Define "law"?
The CA State parks will not accept cash (or AX) for parking fees.
This aligns with broader trends in California, where in-state national/state/regional parks have expanded cashless operations in 2026.

There should not even be any kinds of fees (of any sorts) for enjoying our Country's "parks" system.

During Reagan's presidency, a survey had indicated that one of the most enjoyed outings for all sorts of Americans (no class boundaries) was our "parks" system.
This new money-tree the government had discovered has neither served the government or Americans well (via cutting funding and charging for enjoying our great outdoor treasures).

 

[Soundproof]

Sweden recently made a statement about that: Keep cash to be aware of crisis. Before they proclaimed to cease cash completely, though.

Sleepwalkers. 3 countries are fairly awake these days, Poland, Germany and Finland. A typical advise from governments would be to keep cash/food and so on for a 1 week (or two tops) of trouble. That's meagre for the scenarios they play with in other settings. Trouble is, the ones having meaningful access and influence with politicians are the influencers (because that'a what lobbyists are), and that's who they are listening to for the long term stuff. Beyond that, they are only making short term decisions if at all, based upon what happened yesterday, it's a short term popularity contest, and not 1-2 years or more ahead.

Guess the bankers or Investor AB got to them. Yet, cash is what counts when things goes bad. And Diesel

 

[amirm]

Define "law"?

Chinese law.

There are youtubers who paid with cash. While this surprised the vendor, and they had to scramble to find change, the rule worked.

 

[YSC]

Chinese law.

There are youtubers who paid with cash. While this surprised the vendor, and they had to scramble to find change, the rule worked.

Back a while ago that wasn’t the case though, they promoted cash as very ancient thing and everything only using app payment is very advanced so there was a period where literally you can buy anything with cash

 

[amirm]

That is indeed the case but doesn't change the fact that cash must be accepted.

 

[MonkeyKing]

In real world should last longer but it’s just in theory, and much like sudden cut of power of HDD in the old days, with music files you won’t want bit corruption and IME it’s like CDs, one might put it in the rack for years and suddenly wanted to dig it out to enjoy. The thing I wanted to say was just SSD as much as they seems solid, the data retention is kind of worse than HDD and physical discs. And more importantly the size of music files won’t remotely need the SSD’s main strength of transfer speed, so personally I will always put them in a NAS with spinning discs

In the same boat. But that is still just the best of the available affordable options. Maybe we need a data/music storage thread...

 

[xanalog]

Welcome back, @amirm,
I hope your trip was productive, but also as much fun as a day-trip to Disneyland.

 

[Soundproof]

Welcome back, hopefully you enjoyed your stay and experience.

One thing I am curious about regarding new products at the venue:
Any signs of a shift towards HDMI eArc and and USB C for desktop dacs or dac/preamps?

Searching for (budget) units for a living room setup, for everything else there are a plethoria of options, but most dacs or dac/preamps otherwise interesting have i2s/AES and not eArc.

Would assume quite a few would benefit from HDMI eArch and for instance USB C rear, (and front for portable sources)... For my purposes these devices don't make sense if I can't take advantage of hooking up the TV by eArc too.

 

[jbattman1016]

Welcome back! I just got here yesterday and man the entertainment optiona on my plane this time was not too great or is it just that nothing good comes out anymore... I was almost temped to watch the harry Potter series... Almost....

Anyway, can't wait to read about your trip when you post.

 

[Jeromeof]

I see a nice interview with Amir in this video from ATechReviews:

 

[yo!]

It’s true—the Chinese government has banned all forms of shaving

 

[amirm]

Welcome back! I just got here yesterday and man the entertainment optiona on my plane this time was not too great or is it just that nothing good comes out anymore... I was almost temped to watch the harry Potter series... Almost....

Mine was hell. The audio would hang every 10 minutes, forcing it to reboot, taking 5 minutes to do that. I think it took 3 hours to watch a 90 minute movie! On the way back, the system worked better so I watched another movie there. Otherwise, I had pre-downloaded my own videos which I watched. And slept the rest of the way.

 

[YSC]

Mine was hell. The audio would hang every 10 minutes, forcing it to reboot, taking 5 minutes to do that. I think it took 3 hours to watch a 90 minute movie! On the way back, the system worked better so I watched another movie there. Otherwise, I had pre-downloaded my own videos which I watched. And slept the rest of the way.

Good that you are safe and sound! Just saying that drop out thing sounded like an episode of air disaster where the entertainment system was on fire

 

[AlmaAtaKZ]

Here are my photos from Vienna of these new Fosi Audio Mono Blocks V4 and V5:

View attachment 549035

 

[Audionaut]

nice interview with Amir in this video from ATechReviews

Yes, thank you

And - what did we learn: Amir is a Basshead

 

[Nicoff]

Planning to visit China next year. Thanks to all who shared tips!
Maybe Amir decides to write about his impressions since he last visit.

 

[Audionaut]

Hi @amirm,
What kind of tea did you drink?
Which restaurants did you visit?
What did you eat?
Which companies did you interact with?
What trends did you notice at the trade show?
Was there anything that surprised you?
Are there any devices you've decided to test?