The idea of dismantling all my stuff and carting it to a remote hotel bedroom to be dissected by a bunch of bearded blokes fills me with abject fear and horror. Props to those that do this.
It’s very rare that people are negative, if they don’t like/get something, they generally keep that view to themselves. More likely, you’ll get people who take a real interest and genuinely like what you have to show.
I’d love to exhibit, I have a full Linn system, one of the brands that, although highly successful and popular, can and do get a good bashing on forums... but I know it sounds great, other people will hear it and think so too, some won’t like it, and that’s fine, we don’t all like the same things.
I do appreciate the effort that goes into this, it’s a big enough task taking my turntable, it’s power supply and a preamp to the pub every other week for a vinyl night. I’ll do it at some point but stripping and packing the entire system, all ten boxes of electronics plus the turntable, speakers, cables, furniture to house it and a selection of music to play and then transporting and setting it all up again, and then doing it all again on the Sunday night, that would be a task and a half... and then on top of that paying for the room for the two days plus booking another room to stay in, when you think about it and add it all up, you realise the effort and expense that the exhibitors go to.