Harmony Central's Winter NAMM 2001 Hot Picks
It usually starts within a few hours of any tradeshow's opening day. Sometimes it might be the crowd forming around a particular booth. It might be those consistent answers to the "Seen anything cool?" question. Or maybe you're the lucky one to stumble upon it first. It's a buzz. It's a talk of the show, or at least something that deserves to be. We call it a Hot Pick.
Harmony Central Hot Picks are those new pieces of gear or software that seem destined to make their mark -- by breaking new ground, shattering price barriers, or simply doing something a better way.
Only a few products get to become Harmony Central Hot Picks. Our criteria are simple: We choose those few products that rise above the rest; that we might want for ourselves. They don't need to be shipping now (though we'll pass on products that smell too much of vaporware). And in some cases, we'll choose a Hot Pick that might have been announced at an earlier show, but has now evolved into a production-ready (or near-ready) form.
Our Hot Picks aren't product reviews; the noisy, jostling chaos of a tradeshow floor makes that impossible. Nor are they endorsements of the shipping product: Features could change, and bugs or other flaws might lurk beneath the surface. What they do represent, however, is the essence of what makes each tradeshow exciting -- what drives each and every manufacturer to create great new gear to fuel our passions.
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