Pure BS

uWent for the International Sight and Sound exhibition at Meridien Hotel yesterday. Never been to an hi-fi convention before and it was quite an eye-opener. For starters, SACDs were going for 30 bucks for two! Damn, I would gladly pay 30 bucks for ONE. Those china CDs, by that i meant CDs made in China by Chinese artistes, not Chinese versions of international releases for the Chinese market(those suck btw),were going for 13 bucks a pop, and at close to closing time(7pm), people were looking at placards proclaiming "buy 3 get 1 free!" and there were signs that were like $19.90, $18, $16 bucks! Even DSD-mastered CDs were going for 16 bucks apiece.0_o

Now I feel like such a moron, buying CDs the way i do; when I should have just waited for this sort of event and just splurge. More returns for the same expenditure. The proverbial bang for the buck. Its a good thing I got a free LPCD for the entrance fee, so I didn't exactly come back empty-handed. It was a good thing too that the LPCDs and XRCDs weren't going for a song(pun intended), else it would be a really head-banging experience for me.

As for the exhibition itself, it was a field day for the hifi addict. It was auditons galore, everyone was clamouring to give auditions, hear auditions, explain about auditions,etc. I was really lapping up the atmosphere. There were the 100inch plasmas, 5digit turntables,5 feet high speakers, loads of tube-amplified goodness, and did i mention the cheap CDs? I was really impressed by the Pioneer "pure malt" bookshelves. These babies sound really good for the size(can't say the same for its price). Supposed to be made from century-old whiskey barrels. I'm sure the Pioneer marketing people have reached a new epitome, when they can somehow sell a speaker made from oak barrels and call it "smooth and rich, aged to perfection".

And they're not describing the whiskey.