triokenwood wrote:Fist time to attend, too. Awesome!
You said it =)
A lovely, indescribable experience it was for a first-time attendee like myself. Thank you to everyone.
I hope you don't mind me posting a portion of my blog about the event:
The board at wiredstate.com was busy with posts, comments and reviews about the November HiFi Show as soon as Day 1 ended on Saturday, November 10, 2012.
I finally did make it on Day 2, Sunday afternoon, after Pres. Aquino, a known audiophile, had left. No media accompanied him, I was told, by my good friend the journalist who I finally had the favor of being in company with and was there ahead of me.
The November HiFi Show occupied rooms of the 2nd and 4th floors of the Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati City. I like this Event because unlike popular "trade shows," it gives one the moment to be up close and very personal with music and the owners who set up the equipment themselves in their respective listening rooms.
It was my first time at such a gathering and, unlike the veteran attendees, organizers and members posting comments at the forum, I was at a loss for words. When I found it all I can say is, what a profound and overwhelming experience it is.
To be face-to-face with exquisite craftsmanship, breathtaking music, and meeting the people who made this Event possible; main man Tony Boy de Leon ever so kindly led the tour and proudly showed off the room for the collection of the late businessman and acknowledged audiophile Johnny Cruz, affectionately called Mang Johnny of Balikbayan Handicrafts – what an honor it was to just be there and hold some of Mang Johnny's well-preserved vacuum tubes and audio ephemera…
Maybe what I have to say further may be too long for this post, may I invite you to read the rest of it and view some photos I took (or those I reminded myself of to take when I wasn't too subsumed by the presentation in the rooms I managed to visit),
here.
Congratulations again to you, Tony Boy, and to everyone without whom true success of the 2012 Event wouldn't have been achieved. Looking forward to 2013's show.
