July 2, 200916 yr Head-Fi/Can Jam @ Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2009 (CJ@RMAF 2009): It's Official! - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio Awesome news! As if I weren't already excited enough about this year's RMAF, a huge Head-Fi meet to go with it at the same time!!! Hey jp, if there's anything I can do to help out, let me know. And for the uninitiated: http://www.audiofest.net (Oct 2-4 @ Marriott Denver Tech Center & Hilton Garden Inn)
July 2, 200916 yr Might be fun. But I'd be scared Mikhail will roll up and gat me or vice versa. If Spectral will be there I'm in! ;p
July 2, 200916 yr Might be fun. But I'd be scared Mikhail will roll up and gat me or vice versa. If Spectral will be there I'm in! ;p What about surprise you with a new timebomb?
July 2, 200916 yr I do disagree with using the moniker CanJam for this event but otherwise a great development.
July 2, 200916 yr I do disagree with using the moniker CanJam for this event but otherwise a great development.
July 2, 200916 yr Because canjam is the annual national event, and this is just a headphone section in another meet
July 2, 200916 yr Plus, it would probably make more sense to promote the core Head-Fi brand to a completely new audience rather than the ancillary CanJam one. "Head-Fi at RMAF". Done.
July 2, 200916 yr Here's the issue: both in terms of size and attendance this could dwarf "CanJam". Is it a headphone specific event, no, but I think there are ways around weakening the branding of the name.
July 2, 200916 yr That's great if what you want canjam to become is a small part of a big trade show. It's not so great if you want canjam to be the place where headphone enthusiasts gather and gab. I'm glad there's a giant headphone section at RMAF. As someone who actively supports the community building aspects of the meets, tho, I'm not as happy about the canjam at RMAF monicker. Things like this could potentially kill canjam as a big deal all together.
July 2, 200916 yr Things like this could potentially kill canjam as a big deal all together. I think that's a touch alarmist. Nothing is going to kill the idea of CanJam, 99% of the attendees could care less what it's called. The first national meet didn't even have a name and was a complete success. Headfest was fine too.
July 2, 200916 yr ...The first national meet didn't even have a name and was a complete success. Headfest was fine too. Except for the people expecting blowjobs.
July 2, 200916 yr I just don't see where the value to anyone is in calling a room at another festival canjam. Take that however you want to take it
July 2, 200916 yr My reason for not liking CanJam at RMAF is mainly to differentiate the two events. It's not a big problem AFAIC but I think it helps both events to have unique names. Head-Fi ties both together so the important aspect is to differentiate the event in the minds of potential attendees. While I agree that Head-Fi at RMAF has the potential to dwarf CanJam in terms of numbers, Mathematically (and from headphone/headphone paraphernalia vendors perspective) an RMAF attendee and a CanJam attendee is not a one-to-one relationship.
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