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T.H.E. Show Newport 2016, Part Four

06-17-2016 | By Dave Clark | Issue 86

T.H.E. Show coverage continues... with more.

From Part One...

Second year at the same location, the Hotel Irvine, room 441, and with us arriving late Wednesday afternoon after a full day of teaching. Tired, exhausted... and bittersweet as this was the next to last week before we retired as educators. Daunting task. Set up a room—a hospitality room with an audio system hitting well over a $100K—make the room a place to sit and chill. Adult beverages, 8 different bourbons and scotches, best coffee around (burr ground on demand, filtered water, special blend of beans courtesy of Ristretto Roasters in Portland... all brewed via the Moccamaster), soft lighting, comfy chairs... yeah, we pulled it off... of course to really pull it off, we also have to visit the exhibitor rooms. Meaning we need to report on the show, get around to people we know and people we are glad to get to know, all the while hosting the PF Hospitality suite.

What this really means is that spending any serious time in any room, other than our own, becomes hopeless. The best we can do is drop in, take a few images, grab some literature, give a cursory listen where if it sounds okay, it is probably way better than okay... and then onto the next. For sure it gets old, and we are old, and so each day becomes a seemingly longer and steeper hill to climb. Stop for lunch, say hello to friends new and old in the hallway... by Sunday we are physically and emotionally gone. But on Monday we were back at school for our last five days...ever...with kids.

So what you got here is a hundred plus images, a list of what was shown in the rooms, some people we ran into... and a few comments about this and that. Enjoy. Part four of five...

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PBN Audio, Liberty Audio, Quintessence Acoustics.

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Audionote.

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Uh... damn, forgot to take the sign! Kubotek?

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Angela Cardas Meredith, and Josh Meredith of Cardas Cable, a delightful duo!

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Ocean Way Audio, Viola Audio Laboratories, SoulOtM.

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Ocean Way Audio, Viola Audio Laboratories, SoulOtM.

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GamuT Audio, Pear Audio Blue. Always good solid sound here too.

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GamuT Audio, Pear Audio Blue.

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Larsen.

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More. Larsen.

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Audio Skies, Larsen, Pear Audio Blue, Audio Distinction.

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Audio Skies, Larsen, Pear Audio Blue, Audio Distinction.

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Michael Vamos of Audio Skies. A real teaser...

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The Source AV Design Group and Questyle.

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The Source AV Design Group, Enigmacoustics.

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Michael Mercer, Tim Di Paravicini, and Wes Bender talk Questyle.

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Purist Audio Design, Allnic Audio USA, PBN Audio.

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Purist Audio Design, Allnic Audio USA, PBN Audio.

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Allnic Audio USA, PBN Audio.

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Purist Audio Design and PBN Audio.

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More of Purist Audio Design, Allnic Audio USA, PBN Audio.

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Alma Audio, Audiopax, D'Agostino, Avant Garde, Bergmann, Kubala-Sosna, MSB Tech, PS Audio.

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Alma Audio, Audiopax, D'Agostino, Avant Garde, Bergmann, Kubala-Sosna, MSB Tech, PS Audio.

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Kent English of Pass Labs.

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Katli Audio, Pass Labs, Usher Audio, Triangle Arts, Accuphase.

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Peachtree Audio, Wilson Audio, ELAC.

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Damon Von Schweikert and friend from Von Schweikert.

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Constellation Audio, Von Schweikert Audio, Critical Mass Systems. Wowa...

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The Lotus Group, Axiss Audio. Joe is so consistent is always getting a very musical sound in his rooms.

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The Lotus Group, Axiss Audio.

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DEQX, Digital Active Crossovers and preamplifiers.

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DEQX, Digital Active Crossovers and preamplifiers.

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The new Altair. 

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The Auralic Vega. 

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ELAC North America. Best sound for the money. Well for that money and perhaps twice or three times that money.

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Riva Audio.