Should I go to Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) 2017???

[amirm]

If you want to go, go have some fun. I'd like to see you take a Mark Waldrep approach and as stealthy as possible go to the demos of the more notorious snake-oil peddling companies and see what bullshit you can dig up and expose.

I actually do this but have yet to find any schemes to expose. They entirely rely on their voice commands to suggest an improvement is about to be heard.

 

[Jinjuku]

Meridian just pulled out of the MQA discussion and RMAF has deboarded the panel. I wanted to sit in on that one.

 

[amirm]

Very strange. Wonder if the other panelists were going to be hostile.

 

[Jinjuku]

Very strange. Wonder if the other panelists were going to be hostile.

Doubtful. If MQA does what it says it does afa SQ (hasn't been my experience) then the truth will set you free.

 

[c1ferrari]

I will ask Bob Stuart if I see him. And of course I will report on popularity of MQA at the show.

Thanks, Amir.

 

[c1ferrari]

Peruse this thread...
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/mastering-forum/1171365-mqa-discussion-denver-rmaf.html

 

[Mivera]

I can just picture Amir rolling around on a Segway with his APx machine strapped to the front. "Measurement police!!" "Measurement police!!" You're busted for having 0.0001% more THD than the Benchmark room!!

 

[Sal1950]

Meridian just pulled out of the MQA discussion and RMAF has deboarded the panel. I wanted to sit in on that one.

According to MarkWaldrep the whole panel has now been been canceled?
MQA wrote “that they wouldn’t have any presence at RMAF this year according to Spencer Chrislu, an MQA representative.”
"Avoiding Confrontation" seems to be the whole positon of MQA supporters.

Run like hell you cowards.

http://www.realhd-audio.com/?p=6046

 

[DonH56]

I will not be there after all, family commitment... Seems like something comes up every year. Probably just as well.

 

[TitaniumTroy]

Amir, is the food better than the food we had in Chicago?

 

[amirm]

Amir, is the food better than the food we had in Chicago?

I seem to recall it was even in the hotel!

 

[RayDunzl]

What's new at RMAF this year?

 

[amirm]

What's new at RMAF this year?

Fair bit listed here: https://www.audiofest.net/news/

 

[TitaniumTroy]

Amir, I always appreciate your reviews because you just say it. Like you see it no editor at a magazine/website to corrupt what you report.

 

[amirm]

Thanks Troy.

 

[TitaniumTroy]

If you go Amir, could you check out the AudioKinesis room and Legacy Valor speakers, thanks. Sounds like some interesting speaker and room acoustic tech going on in both rooms.

 

[amirm]

I am definitely going as I have plane tickets and hotel. And will do.

 

[Sal1950]

Do the members and audiophiles in general a solid and focus on the known snake-oil peddlers.
You know better than most the ways that can be used to fool the laymen.
Catch em with their pants down if you can, history has shown them to be not too slick.

 

[TitaniumTroy]

I think Amir is too well known, to fly under the radar. When he starts down a hallway, They probably have an Amber Alert or a Code Red sent to the cell phones of all vendors, with a pic of Amir the Heretic!

 

[amirm]

And here is a very long but excellent preview of headphones and amps at RMAF 2017.