The Public at CES
CES wouldn't be a good venue to attend as a member of the public - it's the one show a year where all of our dealers and distributors gather and we have a chance to discuss business for the past and coming years face to face. We visit all of our dealers at least once a year, but there are some distributors we wouldn't see otherwise.
Because of this, demos are limited (or none), sound is a secondary concern, there are conversations taking place, people would be walking in front of you, hotels sound awful, every hotel room is different and room treatment is different or missing, etc., so your comparative listening experience would be more than a little compromised.
There are alternatives to CES, however: The Rocky Mountain AudioFest in October of every year and (if it manages to get off the ground) the AXPONA expo in Florida. The hotel sound will still be awful, but at least at consumer events the demo-ing is respected.
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