New York Audio Show 2016
Marshall Nack | Nov 8, 2016
If you find yourself in the Big Apple, you are likely to encounter street musicians. Of course, their quality varies: some are quite good, others not quite ready, while some shouldn't be out in public. I guess it's like that for most of our endeavors.
Welcome to the New York Audio Show 2016, held at the upscale Park Lane Hotel fronting Central Park South.
Trends come and go, but I never expected to see this one return. Music servers were everywhere—check. Turntables were in maybe half the rooms—check. CD players were in a handful—check. The eye opener was the prevalence of flea-watt SET amps and high efficiency speakers. Since when did this become so popular? Last I looked, the trend was high powered solid-state amps with inefficient speakers and the buzzword heard most often was neutrality.
These are the rooms I visited in the approximate order I saw them.