Opening day

With apologies, I am writing this post a day before you actually get to read it. It's not always easy to juggle all the balls I have in the air and sometimes it's the best I can manage. Opening day at a trade show is mixed with both excitement and nerves. Excited because it's new, fresh and shiny. Nervous because you never know how your efforts and those of your team are going to be accepted. And I can lovingly say our team just knocked it out of the park. My wife Terri's in charge of our shows and she directs every aspect of the design and how the room finally looks. And thank goodness for that. If it were left up to me there'd be a stereo system plunked down at one end of the room, a gaggle of folding chairs, and a stack of media in an otherwise empty room. Terri makes our place beautiful. I'll have more for you as the show progresses and we get things sorted out, but for today I am sharing a couple of photos and offering an assessment of the sound. Wow! The AN3s are just kicking ass. Dynamics and imaging like we've never had at a show in our 45-year history. Wowsers! And vinyl? With our new Stellar Phono connected to a Lyra cartridge on VPI's amazing 40th table, and Darren and my friend Jim McCullough's hand picked vinyl, I gotta say it's impressive. I think this is the first time we've spun vinyl in a quarter of a century. Amazing. Hope you can stop by if you're in the area.