“I hope you’re decompressing from AXPONA,” I recently wrote to a frazzled-looking friend I’d met at this greatest of North American hi-fi shows. Google’s spellcheck offered to change decompressing to decomposing. I declined, though it’s true that such expos can be grueling—just not grueling enough to stay away.
In these observations about high-end audio shows, fondness is foremost, but a few dark side notes will slip in.
1. EVERYBODY THERE IS CRAZY—IN A GOOD WAY.
In the real world, do people slap you on the back when they learn that you’re about instead, trying to bring you back to your senses.
