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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 140968" data-attributes="member: 30">Re: Infocomm???We have been approached by &quot;somebody&quot; to have our products entered into the &quot;best of show&quot;.The problem is that it cost money to enter.&nbsp; And if you don&#039;t pay, there is no way your product could be chosen-no matter how good or &quot;best&quot; it is.We were not going to &quot;pay to play&quot;.It is just a money making racket if you ask me.But there are probably several different &quot;organizations&quot; that have a &quot;best in show&quot;.If you want a INSULTING story-here is on.A couple of years back, our booth was right across the isle from a &quot;lounge area&quot;.&nbsp; Towards the end of the show they had a gathering to give out the &quot;best in show&quot; audio awards.The &quot;PA&quot; was facing me and was probably about 30&#039; away.&nbsp; Yet I could not understand a single word that was being said.WHY?&nbsp; Because the sound system was a &quot;popular&quot;&nbsp; line source column that was intended to be sat on the ground (which it was) and there were a lot of people standing in front of it.YEAH-let&#039;s give away a &quot;best in show&quot; audio award, yet no one has enough SENSE to get the speakers up in the air where they could be heard past the first row!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!It makes you question the whole &quot;who judges these things and is in charge&quot; aspect.It&#039;s no wonder the sound quality today sucks.&nbsp; People at &quot;the highest levels&quot; just don&#039;t seem to care.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 140968, member: 30"] Re: Infocomm??? We have been approached by "somebody" to have our products entered into the "best of show". The problem is that it cost money to enter. And if you don't pay, there is no way your product could be chosen-no matter how good or "best" it is. We were not going to "pay to play". It is just a money making racket if you ask me. But there are probably several different "organizations" that have a "best in show". If you want a INSULTING story-here is on. A couple of years back, our booth was right across the isle from a "lounge area". Towards the end of the show they had a gathering to give out the "best in show" audio awards. The "PA" was facing me and was probably about 30' away. Yet I could not understand a single word that was being said. WHY? Because the sound system was a "popular" line source column that was intended to be sat on the ground (which it was) and there were a lot of people standing in front of it. YEAH-let's give away a "best in show" audio award, yet no one has enough SENSE to get the speakers up in the air where they could be heard past the first row!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It makes you question the whole "who judges these things and is in charge" aspect. It's no wonder the sound quality today sucks. People at "the highest levels" just don't seem to care. [/QUOTE]

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