Well, crap.
![Slightly frowning face :slight_frown: 🙁](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png)
Okay then, SoCal it shall be!
Yup, that's a part of the intangible benefits. And auditioning in person also has a lasting benefit that goes deep into the hobby: it allows you to correlate your own experience with the posts/reviews of other, so that you know which ears to "trust" on a continuing basis.
In my hotel room the night before CanJam SoCal 2022...
Me: Oh, you wanna hear Eletech's Ode To Laura and Noble's Viking Ragnar? They're in my bag, let me get 'em.
HiFiHawaii: (yelling because he's listening to them as he's saying it) OMG, THESE ARE SO GOOD!!