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“I’m pleasantly surprised at the quality of the attendees,” said David Scheirman, vice president, tour sound, JBL Professional (Booth 408). “I also see a lot of new student-level people coming in, which is always great for an audio engineering society event. It shows that there’s a really good mix of content in the programs, of the new products that people want to see, and the right people that everyone wants to hang out with.” Noting that JBL is debuting its new VRX compact powered line-array series with companion subwoofers, Scheirman added, “For us, the show has been a very good blend of recording industry people, key customers in the tour and rental industry and, of course, the high-end performance, installation and design specification customers, so we get to see a lot of our most valued customers through this convention.” Brad Lunde, president of TransAudio Group (Booth 851), is at the show representing a variety of companies. “The show’s going amazing,” he enthused. “Traffic’s great, quality’s high. The first day was good—we had people in here, looking to make additions to their systems and changes in their workflow and their systems, looking at the newest product which is the DAD high-speed converter, as well as the others, such as Tonelux and Heil with its new Bock mics. It’s been very busy around here.” API dramatically unveiled its new 1608 console on Friday, and Larry Droppa was pleased with the response: “The initial reception of the 1608 has been fabulous—all things API have been very strong, I’d say. It seems to be that people are heading this way to see that console, because the advance buzz has been good. Folks have been curious to see what API has done.” Jeff Alexander of Sennheiser (Booth 418) remarked, “When I started with Sennheiser 17 years ago, the two big shows for us were AES and NAB, and it continues to be a big part of our business—we didn’t even know how to spell MI, much less play in that world.” While expressing some reservations about the effort to stage a major booth at the convention, he added, “I love these things—we’ve been doing this a while, and on one hand, you say ‘Uh, another trade show?’ But I love seeing my friends. It’s like a big homecoming when you’re here, so I like that a lot.” A comparative newcomer to AES would be computer chip manufacturer AMD, which, along with Guitar Center, is co-sponsoring the Dell Computer Lounge on the fourth floor. Charlie Boswell, Digital Media & Entertainment Division, Microprocessor Business Unit for AMD, remarked, “AES 2007 has been an absolute, blowout success for us. It’s very significant because it was in 2001 that we first began to come out to AES and since then, we’ve worked with Frank Filipetti, Phil Ramone, Elliot Schiener, Ed Cherney and all the guys that we respect in the audio industry. Now this year, we were able to work with Dell computer and Guitar Center and make that knowledge base and technology base available that to the masses. It’s a very significant and very pleasant show for us because of the level of professionals out here and the overall family atmosphere. We’re having a lot of great meetings, a lot of excitement in the air—and it’s New York City, man; you can’t get any better than this!” Top of Page |
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