Good old Walkmans! I used to repair those in my spare time for folk back in the day when i was an audio visual engineer for Bang & Olufsen.

Thanks for your honesty Neil. I too am not keen on large crowded spaces especially although I do feel that one day I'd have to visit one of these conferences to get the experience and meet folk that maybe I follow or follow myself here. The term I use is "This place is too peopley". A totally made up word but I think it'd be one you use too?