Welcome to the coverage of RMAF high-end audio show at ASR Forum. As some of you may have heard, there was fair amount of negative vibe regarding this year's show. Reason was the delayed finishing of a major remodel at the Marriott Hotel in Denver where the show is held. A few companies pulled out of exhibiting and gloom and doom was predicted.
I had a lot of fun last year covering RMAF and meeting a lot of people face to face so took a gamble and I came. Boy, were the curmudgeons wrong! The first day was wonderful. The suites are much more modern and outside of some exceptions, the rooms were just fine. Temperature control was excellent and there were no loud window air conditioners destroying the sonics.
Attendance was a bit lighter than normal which was great for me! Best news is that there was not one single stinking male waking around. Last year the rooms were hot, everyone was sweating, and many were stinking to high heaven. So bad it was that you had to hold you breath the entire time in the elevator. I kid you not! This year there was none of that. Rooms were comfortable temp wise and everyone had taken showers and smelled just fine!
Denver weather is gorgeous this time of year with sunny and moderate temps.
On the down side, they lost my badge for the second year in a row! After waiting 15 minutes in line, they told me they could not find my badge. So I had to get a temporary one again. Scotty was there and his badge was lost too. Folks were very nice though and searched and searched after which gave me a blank badge. So all was well at the end.
Here is a shot of the hotel lobby as I was walking there with cars chasing me
As you see, it is super nice and ultra modern now.
Here are the tents ("pods") as they call it that was the parts of the hotel that was not yet finished.
Have not yet gone into them so will report on that later.
I have neary 230 pictures to post. I will get started on them and hopefully finish before going to bed.
I had a lot of fun last year covering RMAF and meeting a lot of people face to face so took a gamble and I came. Boy, were the curmudgeons wrong! The first day was wonderful. The suites are much more modern and outside of some exceptions, the rooms were just fine. Temperature control was excellent and there were no loud window air conditioners destroying the sonics.
Attendance was a bit lighter than normal which was great for me! Best news is that there was not one single stinking male waking around. Last year the rooms were hot, everyone was sweating, and many were stinking to high heaven. So bad it was that you had to hold you breath the entire time in the elevator. I kid you not! This year there was none of that. Rooms were comfortable temp wise and everyone had taken showers and smelled just fine!
Denver weather is gorgeous this time of year with sunny and moderate temps.
On the down side, they lost my badge for the second year in a row! After waiting 15 minutes in line, they told me they could not find my badge. So I had to get a temporary one again. Scotty was there and his badge was lost too. Folks were very nice though and searched and searched after which gave me a blank badge. So all was well at the end.
Here is a shot of the hotel lobby as I was walking there with cars chasing me
As you see, it is super nice and ultra modern now.
Here are the tents ("pods") as they call it that was the parts of the hotel that was not yet finished.
Have not yet gone into them so will report on that later.
I have neary 230 pictures to post. I will get started on them and hopefully finish before going to bed.