The just concluded New York Audio Show 2017 was small. It is so sad for one of the world’s greatest and most musically sophisticated cities to not be able to support an appropriately sized show.

There are many reasons why New York City has trouble with audio shows and audio stores for that matter, one being cost. It’s become too expensive for any independent store, regardless of what it sells, to survive the high rents.

That’s one reason so many chains have usurped spaces once housing unique stores. New York’s 5th Avenue retail environment now more closely resembles that of a suburban shopping mall a great metropolitan area.

Yet there were a few really interesting things to see—especially for record enthusiasts—and people to meet. You’ll find them in the video.

(Shown in "thumbnail" is VPI's new Cliffwood turntable (around $1500 with Ortofon 2M Red)

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