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CES is, in a word, huge.  This year, during a four-day period over 2,000 manufacturers exhibited myriad products, services and strains of influenza to more than 125,000 attendees from all over the world.  The exhibits and conferences commandeered over 1 million square feet of floor space spread throughout Las Vegas.
With these ever-expanding space requirements and multiple locations, CES suffers from acute multiple personality disorder-the character of the show changes dramatically with the particular venue. At one end of the ambient spectrum are the traditional convention halls, such as the Sands Exhibition Center.
CES occupies four full sized-convention facilities, including both wings of the Las Vegas Convention Center (shown here), the adjoining Hilton Convention Center, and the Sands Expo and Auditorium.
The familiar conventional hall ambience includes floorshow displays, narrow, often over-crowded aisles, and of course shockingly overpriced food.  Although some A/V vendors (such as Meridian) went to the trouble to install soundproofed demonstration booths, the majority of convention hall exhibitors settled for display-only open booths.
Denon were one of many manufacturers who took advantage of an open-plan design, exhibiting products from their home theatre, audiophile and integrated system ranges. [SMR] Photo - Perry L. Sun.

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