The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest is less than a month away now. This will be the second year of the event. I attended for a few hours last year and only saw a portion of the show. There were dozens of rooms setup for listening by manufacturers and retailers. Most of the systems were high-end two channel setups, although there were a couple of multichannel setups. Systems included both digital and analog sources (including a couple of reel-to-reel setups) and ranged in cost from ~$1,500 to ~$150,000. For an excellent collection of pictures of last year’s event, see AudioGon’s gallery by company.
For information about this year’s show, visit the RMAF website.
I’ll start the ball rolling on product updates from direct-sales audio companies with the new RA8 from RAW Acoustics and GR Research. I’m looking forward to hearing this one at the RMAF in a month since Danny Ritchie seems pretty excited with it.
It’s an array using the GR Research M-130 woofers and a ribbon tweeter, but the middle two woofers are in a separate enclosure D’Appolito style. $2k completed, $800 for a kit (intro price).
Here’s the thread in the GR Research circle and the thread in the RAW Acoustics circle. The official product page.
