I thought the M demo was the best I'd heard since the launch of the DSP6000's way back! It was nice to have them place a more equal focus on the music side of things for a change and the Dire Straits piece was amazing - such a shame the format has not took off in the mainstream.... The demo also seemed longer than those in previous years with more time listening & less talking - Good on M.

I agree that the rest of the show was rather dissapointing - there just didn't seem to be as much effort put into the presentations. Sky might aswell of not been there at all and Naim were especially poor given their recent introductions to the market.

I would have also liked a demo from the Velodyne chaps of the DD subs but alas..

Anyways it didn't put me off placing an order for a pair of DSP3100's - whoopy!! After months of trying to find the right combination of amps and analogue speakers the DSPs finally got me in a demo a couple of weeks ago and I couldn't resist the urge to take the plunge. Will post my thoughts under the DSP3100 review thread when I've run them in....

Cheers

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