Hahaha, that reminds me of a recent Audio show. I was touring the halls, dipping in my head and often being gone after a minute. I hear one female vocal track rendered in hyperrealistic show room manner and I am out. But one room struck me with a system that was really transparent and natural sounding. So towards the end of the show I went back to give my favourite system of the day some more listening.
There were only few people left so I asked the presenter if we could play a little different than the usual show fare. He looked around like we started a conspiracy and said, "Yeah, no people left and late enough, the coast is clear." And then we both had actual fun with 30k worth of equipment.
Turns out he himself was terribly sick of all that show fare, especially after that many years. But especially in the past, one whiff of rock, one whiff of electronic and people would seriously avoid your room because that only be a low end system not showing of "real music". It's really terribly snobby. Only in the more recent years it got a bit better.
And like he said, are people who buy these systems really only listening to that show fare stuff at home? No, but you have to act a serious audio connoisseur at a show lest people think you have low taste.
And yeah, the Audio Vector Trapeze Ri is definitely worth a listen if you have the chance.
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