I've already written plenty about this year's RMAF, and the challenges the show faced and overcame. Time now to just leave you with a few images from the show, and to note that it was a helluva good time.
![Marriott](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0672/2283/1394/files/Marriott.jpg)
Why wasn't the Atrium end of the Marriott ready? Well---here's what the old restaurant and bar area looked like in August.
![RMAF above](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0672/2283/1394/files/RMAF-above.jpg)
The view from up top on a gloomy set-up day. The weather cleared and was glorious.
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Cookie Marenco (Blue Coast Records) and Michael Lavorgna (AudioStream).
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Inside the Big Top that housed CanJam.
![IMG_0011](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0672/2283/1394/files/IMG_0011.jpg)
In the CanJam Big Top: Ethan Opolion (CanJam), Marjorie Baumert (RMAF), Jude Mansilla (Head-Fi), Ramsay Thurber (RMAF).
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NBA legend/headphone enthusiast David Robinson greets a 'Jammer.
![6889](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0672/2283/1394/files/6889-scaled.jpeg)
The marketplace, always a focal point.
![6845](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0672/2283/1394/files/6845-scaled.jpeg)
A cool (but badly backlit!) display of reel-to-reels in the J-Corder/Technics room.
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Walter Swanbon (Fidelis), Herb Reichert (Stereophile), Lionel Goodfield (Simaudio).
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Mastering legend Gus Skinas with the Sonoma Acoustics 'stat headphones.
![6877](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0672/2283/1394/files/6877-scaled.jpeg)
Raidho, with Lars Kristensen.
![6851](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0672/2283/1394/files/6851-scaled.jpeg)
The lovely "Mother of Burl" speakers by Burwell & Sons.
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Blue Coast "Flash Jam" @ PS Audio:Larry Mitchell, Marco Ferraro, Valerie Joyce, Meghan Andrews, impresaria Cookie Marenco.
Here's a video of that same group performing the Stones' "Wild Horses".
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOtTXuwEOmU