Don't expect "best sound at show" awards from me. I think that's a foolish endeavor and a waste of time. Getting good sound at a show is nearly impossible. Most of those 'awards' are really for getting advertising and the cynicism reeks IMO.

The exercise is also excellent for acting out vendettas in print against companies particular reviewers don't like or wish to get back at because the manufacturer dares to not provide "long term permanent loans" of gear. When I retire I'll write a book and name names. I'm sick enough to puke over what goes on.

All CES seemed to care about was ultra-thin LCD panels, virtual reality, and that fatal accident waiting to happen: drones, which are a gift for terrorists. The latter two of these are targeted at morons with no lives to speak of, the sort of people who become online trolls. I bet child molesters are lining up to buy drones they can fly over nursery schools, while I’ve no doubt that some jihadist will fly one into a commercial aircraft. And I give it, oh, all of 12 minutes before there’s some VR porn offered online.