I am new to LSAF, I've been in the audiophile hobby for I would guess 30 years now and the Audio business for almost half of that time building loudspeaker systems first and moved on to gear after that, and I've lived in and near the Dallas area for several years as well, and darkened the doors of the 2 channel stores quite often when they where still around, but there are not many left, and the ones that are don't cater to the average joe like me, and I think it will be to their downfall as well. Not many younger novices coming into the hobby, the mainstream I think should start paying more attention, and get as much exposure as they can or else they won't be Around any more!
Anyway looking forward to the event and meeting new people. I hope I'm not painting with a too broad of a brush here. But that's my 2 cents.