Vinyl and digital replay was equally enjoyable on the big-ticket system.
None of the attendees I spoke to, identified themselves as a hifi forum member and only one came to specifically audition the Exposure 3510 CD player, as a potential upgrade from his existing Exposure XM model.
Its always beneficial to "benchmark" by listening to different systems, in alternative settings, to get an idea of what others are listening to and indeed, what dealers and distributors consider to be representative of a system capable of delivering a musically satisfying performance within different budget ranges.
I always enjoy a get-together with other enthusiasts and these events are a good alternative to attending shows, if the equipment being demonstrated is of interest to you.
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Steve.
My System:- dCS Vivaldi Transport + dCS Vivaldi Apex DAC + dCS Vivaldi Master Word Clock + dCS Vivaldi Upsampler Plus, Aurender N20 Music Server/Streamer, TW Raven One tt/Graham Phantom II/Transfiguration Orpheus L & Audio Technica ART20 mc's, Whest Titan Pro, D'Agostino Momentum HD pre/S250 MxV power amp, TAD CR-1 MKII loudspeakers, REL Gibraltar G2 subs, Coherent Systems BD Mains, interconnects & speaker cables, Sablon Audo EVO USB cable, Tellurium Q Ultra Silver power cords, Ziro Disclosure & Vertex Roraima Hi-Rez power cords + Furutech FI connectors, Stillpoints ESS racks/component stands, Vertex Aletheia PSU2 balanced power supply, Coherent Systems RTZ3 ground box + CR/BD cables, Acoustica Applicata DaaD room treatment, Mutec Ref10 SE-120.