By Richard H. Mak At 5 pm on Sunday, I stayed behind to help DVL Audio as well as Audio by Mark Jones with packing up their equipment, and it was at that moment I realized just how much work and effort exhibitors have to put into a short 3 day show. Unlike a major show such as the CES or Munich High End which are paid for by the manufacturers, a number of exhibitors at TAVES are brick and mortar stores who not only have to pay out of pocket, they also sacrifice family time and store hours in hopes that the public will appreciate them enough so that it will lead to business transactions down the road, hopefully enough to cover the cost of the show. There are a number of good sounding rooms at the show and I wish I can cover them all, but the truth of the matter is there were some bad photos didn’t turn out usable, or not enough information had been written down to provide proper coverage. Very often writing the show report takes much longer than show itself. I regret not being able to provide coverage for exhibitors such Audio Alchemy [...]![]()
