Genesis at the Toronto Audio Video Entertainment Show 2012

[carolkoh]

Hello all,

Genesis will be showing in the Burmester NA suite - 778 at the King Edward Hotel, Sept 28 - 30. Our very own Gary Leonard Koh will be attending. The Genesis 5.3 with the new tweeter will be shown and the pairing equipment are Absolute Fidelity power cables, Vertere Acoustics speaker and interconnect Cables, Primare electronics as well as a Roksan TMS turntable.

Come by and say "hello" to Gary and someone make sure he eats? I will be back home in Seattle manning the fort!

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

I'm planning to attend both Friday and Saturday, so I'll be sure to drop by and say hello. It'll be be my first time getting to hear the Genesis speaker line, so I'm super pumped for that experience!

 

[garylkoh]

It's my first time to Toronto in over 18 years so I'm super pumped too. Last time I was there was for my best friend's wedding. I'm sure Carol remembers that because that was also the first time I visited her after she moved to the States.

 

[DEV]

I will be dropping by

 

[DEV]

Hi Gary, see told you I would be dropping bye. Nice meeting you, hope you have a great show and nice stay.

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

I was unable to attend yesterday, despite my best efforts, but I will be there today. Looking forward to meeting you Gary!

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

Hi Gary! What a sincere pleasure it was to meet you this morning! I want to thank you for the time you took to audition your wonderful speakers for me. It was my first time hearing your speakers and I was most impressed. I thought that overall they were very well balanced, with highs, mids and lows not overshadowing the other, but rather working in unison to give a very strong honest presentation. This was true for both the G7p and the G5.3, although obviously the bigger boys opened things up to whole other level.

I've always known you were a music lover and I enjoyed the selections you played immensely. The orginal Dusty Springfield cut "The Look Of Love" was simply breathtaking. And $0.50 eh for that Duke Ellington Columbia 6-Eye Deep Groove was quite the find.

Again, thanks for a great time and I hope we can one day to it again!

 

[A.wayne]

What ..! No digital cameras in Canada .....?

 

[DEV]

There should be lots on their way, here is an attachement from the Canuck site with a few http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=26065&start=75

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

I intended on taking pics with my cellphone, but forgot to completely charge it the night before. Taking pics would have depleted the battery, which I didn't want to do as I was texting back and forth with friends at the show.

You can also find coverage at SoundstageGlobal.

 

[garylkoh]

Hi Gary, see told you I would be dropping bye. Nice meeting you, hope you have a great show and nice stay.

DEV, it was great to meet you. Thanks for dropping by.

I also met Mr Acoustat in the elevators, and quite a number of WBF lurkers in Toronto.

 

[garylkoh]

I intended on taking pics with my cellphone, but forgot to completely charge it the night before. Taking pics would have depleted the battery, which I didn't want to do as I was texting back and forth with friends at the show.

You can also find coverage at SoundstageGlobal.

Thanks for dropping by, John. And especially for staying long enough to properly listen. I don't know how anyone attending a show would be able to form an informed opinion listening to a single song. Or even a fragment of a song. And usually outside the sweetspot.

Unfortunately, since we played music at quiet to reasonable levels most of the time, and had the connecting door between the two rooms closed much of the time, a lot of show-goers missed our room. Even the folks at Soundstage Global missed out although they covered the Elac/Primare system in the main room. Next year, we'll be sure to put a sign on the door that says "Bathroom" and be sure that no one will come in

 

[Odyno]

No pic's of your room set-up Gary?

 

[garylkoh]

I had completely forgotten..... I posted a rather grainy cellphone picture via Facebook.

 

[Odyno]

What, no analog!
Curious from you Gary...

 

[garylkoh]

What, no analog!
Curious from you Gary...

I was supposed to get one of these - but the freight company screwed up.....



The original plan was to have the Burmester Ph100 in my system, and the Elac/Primare system outside would have the Primare phono stage. However, without a turntable, we put the Ph100 outside (even though the phono stage cost almost as much as the whole system).

 

[Odyno]

That is sexy Gary....What's her name

 

[garylkoh]

She's the EAT Forte......

 

[microstrip]

She's the EAT Forte......

Gary,
Do you have experience with it?

 

[garylkoh]

Gary,
Do you have experience with it?

No. I heard it once and was impressed, but have not had any substantial time with one. I'm still waiting to get my hands on it as it got lost, so we had to re-direct and it hasn't arrived yet. It's a massive turntable. In the picture above, that's a 12-inch Ikeda arm.