Looking forward to this, tickets purchased. Hope to meet many of you.
CanJam SoCal 2021 (September 25-26, 2021)
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branislav
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Any shuttles or convenient transport to and from LAX? How long can one realistically expect the drive to take?
^ Will wait to hear from third_eye on the current and expected situation. However in 2019 there was a shuttle to and from the airport that ran on a schedule. Might be a good idea to call the hotel and ask.
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From LAX, depending on time of day, it can be at best 40 min, and if your in rush commuter traffic up to 2 hours to go the 42 miles from LAX to the Irvine Marriott on the 405 "Parking lot" freeway. On average expect 1hr +.
Welcome to LA Traffic!
IF you can fly into John Wayne Airport the Irvine Marriott has a shuttle and it would be maybe 7-10 min and 2 miles, but your airfare will be approx 20-40% more expensive and the number of flights in/out is much less.
So the balance will be convenience vs. costs on all aspects.
This is what is is right now as I post this and traffic is Sat AM light. Give it another hour and it will be around 1.5 hours
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FYI, for those in SoCal, T.H.E. Show is taking place this weekend in Long Beach. https://thehomeentertainmentshow.com/
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Thank you for the heads up!
Not a lot of lead up locally in So Cal for the show!
Yes, I heading over there tomorrow. It looks to be a pretty small show, but after more than a year without any shows (and without pretty much anything except working from home, really) I'm excited just to be able to attend.
Really? I feel like I've been getting emails from them nearly daily for the past month... :-/
jambaj0e
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I went to it, and it was ok. Certainly every other room there's some fool who insisted sitting right next to others without a mask on. And most places do not have access to internet streaming and have a fairly limited selection of songs and/or genre.
The real highlights are 3 rooms:
Alsyvox full-range planar Speakers+ CAD: Just stunning and lifelike. Really made the room much larger, especially the ceiling
MC Audiotech Forty-10
And Graham LS5/8 + Voss Audio
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I went to it, and it was ok. Certainly every other room there's some fool who insisted sitting right next to others without a mask on. And most places do not have access to internet streaming and have a fairly limited selection of songs and/or genre.
The real highlights are 3 rooms:
Alsyvox full-range planar Speakers+ CAD: Just stunning and lifelike. Really made the room much larger, especially the ceiling
MC Audiotech Forty-10
And Graham LS5/8 + Voss Audio
I went on Sunday and I counted a total of 20 rooms, so it was a pretty small show. Many brands were missing, like Elac and Zu Audio. The staff asked for proof of vaccination (or recent negative Covid test) at check-in and masks were required throughout (although not everybody complied).
Sound-wise I was pretty disappointed. Most rooms sounded too bright for my taste, although probably in line with the current 'audiophile' sound ideal. The music played was basically audiophile jazz plus some strange modern symphonic music. Sound-wise I didn't really like any of the rooms, although the MC Audiotech Forty-10 certainly is an interesting-looking speaker.
Another room had a power cable that was basically as thick as my arm. Why this matters for the last 6 feet when the power company uses far thinner cables to supply your house is a bit beyond me, and my evil side would like to see Amir over at ASR do a video review of it.
Anyway, the most important thing is this: We finally had an in-person audio show, which was significant in and by itself. I look forward to CanJam in September - it will be great to see everyone again!
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Yes! We're certainly looking forward to September!
jambaj0e
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In regards to power cable, same reason why water filter matters at the end of the city's main water pipe. Of course for me, I go Audioquest Thunder power cable to a PS Audio Power Plant 3 AC regenerator, then Morrow Audio MAP3 power cable to my Cayin HA-300, so there's a lot more power purity within my system.
Even with the end of Covid restrictions today, I still saw the majority of people wearing a mask while shopping. I even saw people in their cars alone wearing a mask. 
Even with the end of Covid restrictions today, I still saw the majority of people wearing a mask while shopping. I even saw people in their cars alone wearing a mask.
The Delta variant is worrying for some since it is predicted that it will become the new dominant virus in the US.
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