I'm probably not going to bring the Hafler 300's unless I know there's at least a few people that really want to hear them. What I do want to bring is my office/desktop setup that consists of all modern stuff, including KEF LS50's, a Bluesound Powernode 2, and a KEF Kube 10b subwoofer. While they're used on my desk, I'll bring a pair of Paradigm S-26 stands to put them on for a demo.
Now my question: Having never been to an event like this before, do all who are demonstrating a system play the same music so one can compare response? Is that a bad idea and if so, why? For me to play music with the Bluesound Powernode 2, I can use my wi-fi hotspot to access Tidal HiFi, though between now and then I'm going to also test connecting it to a W-D MyCloud 2TB drive with a lot of music on it (over 500 CD's.) I'm not sure if it'll access the music via the Ethernet port or USB port without a good, fast internet connection. The Powernode 2 does have one of those combo optical/3.5mm ports that I use as optical from my PC to it for computer sounds (YouTube videos, etc.), but no Toslink output, only the USB or Ethernet. I'll get that worked out ahead of time.