Meet the Press

The audiophile press seemed a surprisingly patient bunch. After following the incredibly well indicated signs placed by the Chester Group to the Fourth Floor of the New York Palace, old men with blotchy skin and myself, a future old man with blotchy skin, waited subserviently in a four-person line to receive our press badges. At the counter, Art Dudley, columnist and Editor-at-Large for Stereophile and Jeff Dorgay, publisher at Tone Audio chummed it up.

Art and I convened in the pressroom after receiving our programs and badges. While Art strategized his game plan, I checked out the list of seminars, the majority of which were hosted by a dude named Brent Butterworth.

Seconds later, a third member of the press entered what was currently the Stereophile only HQ. He introduced himself, “Hi, I’m Brent Butterworth.”

“Art Dudley.”

“Wow, you are quite different from what I expected!” Butterworth remarked.

“What did you expect?”

“Not someone in suit.”

I wanted to tell Brent I expected him draped in pancakes. Instead, I introduced myself meekly, to which he responded, “Ah yes. I’ve seen your name everywhere.” I got scared.

By 10:06, Art and I could no longer wait for Stereophile human being number three Stephen Mejias and decided to hit the rooms.

Source : stereophile[dot]com