I’ve only been on the floor for 30 minutes and I’ve already seen something I thought I’d never see at NAMM. $12,500 studio monitors! The company is AAD by Phil Jones and the speakers are the 7001′s. Mix reviewer David Rideau heard them at CES in Las Vegas and loved them so we ventured down to the E Hall to check them out. Phil promises me Mix will get a pair for review so keep your eyes on the mag. NAMM is showing more signs of being a high-end show than past years. Alan Sides and GCPro are bowing a $60k studio system in a press event Friday night. I’ll let you know more about those as the show develops.

Hello, pro audio colleagues, and welcome to the 2007 Winter NAMM conference. The marching band has passed through the lobby and struck the fanfare. And the crowds have surged in for the 10 a.m. start. We’ll be back throughout the next three days, with audio podcasts, video reports from the booths, and more words than you can read in a day. So bookmark this site and keep coming back to see what’s new in the world of pro audio and musical instruments.