Help an audiophile out and possibly catch a crook or two in the process.....

treitz3
treitz3 Posts: 19,015
edited August 2013 in The Clubhouse
Very disturbing news, please pass this to everyone you know

From Brian Ackerman of Aaudio Imports:

On Friday my truck was broken into in the state of Nevada at the hotel I was staying at on my way to the California Audio Show.

All the Ypsilon gear was stolen, Aelius amps, PST100 MKII, DAC100 & CDT100. Along with several Stage III cables, several HB Power Distributors, Acapella platforms and tools. Damage to my truck and a broken back window.

I filed a police report and they have a detective on the case.

The retail value was around $250,000 USD.

I drove to a customer’s home in California on Sunday to borrow his Ypsilon gear, HB Strip and Stage III Cables so I’m still able to do the show.

I can’t even begin to tell you the day I had on Friday……..

Also the thieves didn’t get the remote controls for the PST100 preamp or CDT100 CD Player, so whomever tries to purchase these units will probably be looking to purchase the remotes at some point because the units won’t work without them. Then we can turn them over to the police department immediately after getting their information.

I suggest that we spread the word around and we all check the various websites which they might try to sell them.

They didn’t get these items:

- CD Puck for the CDT100

- Remote control for CDT100

- Owner’s manual for CDT100

- Remote control for PST100 MKII

- Owner’s manual for PST100 MKII

The gear was stolen in the city of Sparks Nevada, USA on Friday August 2nd, early morning.

Any information on this matter can be set directly to detective Jason Edmonson (see below).

Detective Jason Edmonson

Sparks Police Department

Crime Supression Unit

Cell 775-287-9295

Fax 775-353-1614

jedmonson@cityofsparks.us

Here is a complete list of the gear stolen:

1. Ypsilon Aelius Amps, http://www.aaudioimports.com/ShowPro...p?hProduct=164

2. Ypsilon PST100 MKII, http://www.aaudioimports.com/ShowPro...p?hProduct=135

3. Ypsilon DAC100 D/A Converter, http://www.aaudioimports.com/ShowPro...p?hProduct=131

4. Ypsilon CDT100 CD Player, http://www.aaudioimports.com/ShowPro...p?hProduct=132

5. HB Cable Design PowerSlave Marble (x3), http://www.aaudioimports.com/ShowPro...p?hProduct=225

6. HB Cable Design PowerSlave Acrylic, http://www.aaudioimports.com/ShowPro...p?hProduct=224

7. HB Cable Design PowerStar Horizon (x2), http://www.aaudioimports.com/ShowPro...p?hProduct=223

8. Stage III Concepts Kraken Pwr. Cord (x5), http://www.aaudioimports.com/ShowPro...p?hProduct=215

9. HB Cable Design Proton Pwr. Cord, http://hb-cable-design.com/1_english/proton.html

10. Acapella Fondato Silenzio Isolation Platform (x5), http://www.aaudioimports.com/ShowPro...sp?hProduct=24

11. Specialty Tools

I would suspect the gear may show up on ebay, craigs list or similar type websites.

Thanks for your support in this matter.

Best regards,
Brian Ackerman


Aaudio imports
4871 Raintree Drive
Parker CO. 80134



(tel) 720-851-2525
(fax) 720-851-7575
(cel) 303-264-8831



(email) brian@aaudioimports.com
(website) www.aaudioimports.com
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  • stretchl
    stretchl Posts: 1,334
    edited August 2013
    Sparks, Nevada: America's Armpit.

    Hope they catch the ****, Brian.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,958
    edited August 2013
    Thanks for the heads up Tom. Guys, just keep an eye out on your local craigslist. If your in the surrounding states, pawn shops will be the likely spot to dump this stuff for quick cash. Hope they catch these dudes.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited August 2013
    stretchl wrote: »
    Sparks, Nevada: America's Armpit.

    Isn't that where the Mustang Ranch was located?
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited August 2013
    It's already been sold at least once for meth money. What a shame!
    Carl

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited August 2013
    It's a shame and I feel for the guy, but who in their right mind parks a work van in a hotel parking lot with $250,000 worth of gear in it? I mean really, that's pretty stupid!!!!

    I hope things work out for him and he learned a lesson.

    Hell, I don't even leave my golf clubs in my car anymore.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,525
    edited August 2013
    Brock, the guy was on his way to do a show, spent the night in the hotel on the way. What's he suppose to do, take it all with him into the room?
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited August 2013
    I dunno, I just can't see leaving that much $$$ unattended in a hotel parking lot. Maybe a locked/secure lot somewhere. There has to be an alternative place to park the van so it's safe when you are talking about that kind of cost of goods. I'm sure people transport high dollar items all the time across country (not just truckers) there has to be a service or some sort of alternative. Otherwise thieves would have easy pickings all over at hotel parking lots.

    It stinks, no doubt and no one thinks it will happen to them.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • oldmodman
    oldmodman Posts: 740
    edited August 2013
    F1nut wrote: »
    Brock, the guy was on his way to do a show, spent the night in the hotel on the way. What's he suppose to do, take it all with him into the room?

    Yes.

    I used to do shows for Hasselblad. When I had to make a stop everything went into the room with me and my Benelli 12ga.
    All my meals were from drive-thru windows until the gear had been delivered to the show and locked in the display cabinet. At that point I was no longer responsible for it's safety.

    But i will be keeping an eye out for any ads for the stuff. Hope it gets recovered.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,525
    edited August 2013
    Yes, people do it all the time as there is no other choice and yes, thieves know this same as they know when someone is not home and break into the house.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,525
    edited August 2013
    oldmodman, that is not the usual.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,958
    edited August 2013
    Funny when you think about it. Hotels have camera's everywhere protecting their stuff but when it comes to the customers stuff, one has to ask about security and where the heck was it.
    Maybe a GPS tracking device built into higher ticket items would be next.

    Brock, when traveling there is no such service, no guarantee your stuff will be 100% safe. Heck, you can't get that guarantee in your own home these days.
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    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

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    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,664
    edited August 2013
    $250,000 in gear in the back of a van...

    I would be sleeping in that van with a gun.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited August 2013
    Or maybe go with a friend and drive it non-stop. When I first drove across country I stopped at Denver, then to Salt Lake City, then to Reno, and then to Mountain View CA. Maybe staying in Reno would have been a bit more secure than Sparks. Of course, its all academic now.
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    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited August 2013
    tonyb wrote: »

    Brock, when traveling there is no such service, no guarantee your stuff will be 100% safe.

    Sounds like a business opportunity to me. Granted I've never been in that situation, but if I was even if I stopped for sleep, I wouldn't sleep knowing all that gear was left unattended. $250G's retail? That's a lot of scratch even if his cost is $150G's.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,630
    edited August 2013
    What a scumbag i hope they catch whoever stole them and lock them up. Thats BS. Cant buy it-so they steal it. How can people sleep knowing they just screwed someone over?
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,720
    edited August 2013
    Lasareath wrote: »
    I would have slept in the Van. Hopefully he has good insurance.

    I'd agree, Sal.
    While no one should have to suffer a loss like this, a number of questions do come to mind.

    -He parked his van (?) in a motel parking lot in Sparks, Nv ? with a quarter of a million dollars worth of gear in the back ?
    Just a bit down the road is Reno, Nevada with a bit higher quality lodging available: Hyatt Place, Atlantis Casino Resort, etc.
    Places that would have a lot more security than a hotel just off of I-80 in Sparks, Nv.

    -Perhaps he had reached his driving limit and had a bad case of "white-line fever".
    In cases like that, you have to do what you have to do. Getting lodging in Sparks, Nv may have been his only choice.
    From 4871 Raintree Drive, Parker, CO 80134 to Sparks, Nv is, according to mapquest, a 15 1/2 hour drive at a little over 1000 miles. It would have been preferable, IMO, to grunt out another 30 minutes to Reno, but I wasn't behind the wheel.

    -From Sparks, Nv to San Francisco is, according to mapquest, about a 4 1/2 hour, 220 mile drive.
    Again, I wasn't behind the wheel so I don't know how much "gas" he had left in his personal tank.
    But in another 4 1/2 hours, he could have been at the Westin in San Francisco where the 4th Annual California Audio Show was being held.
    Being held the following Friday, August 9th.

    -While it is unfortunate that his gear was stolen on the morning of Friday, August 3, it is fortunate that he (apparently) left on his trip on Thursday, August 2. This allowed him to drive to a customer's home in California on Sunday, August 5 and borrow some more Ypsilon gear, cables etc. Enough gear to attend the show on Fri, August 9. That is very fortunate.

    A reasonable person could say, "You don't know this guy ! Are you casting aspersions ?!?!".
    That is reasonable.
    However, if these questions come to MY mind, what's his insurance company going to think and say ?
    By all accounts it would be, IMO, a case of white-line fever resulting in poor judgement and a major loss.
    I hope he gets his gear back. I don't think there's a chance in Hades it'll show up on Ebay or Audioigon; too big ticket, too obvious. Pawn shops would look at this level of gear and turn away at the glow coming from this kind of "hot" gear.
    Craigslist would be the outlet to keep an eye on, IMO. Unless the thief already had a customer lined up for a quick sale.
    I wish him luck
    Sal Palooza
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,720
    edited August 2013
    BTW, hiis website has some pretty cool "slobber and drool" class stuff.

    http://www.aaudioimports.com/
    Sal Palooza
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  • Habanero Monk
    Habanero Monk Posts: 715
    edited August 2013
    It's being a bit harsh to ping him for leaving a truck parked with gear in it. Theft happens all the time to trucks filled with gear whether pickup, van, semi.

    Hopefully business and/or car insurance will take care of it. Do they make lo jack for electronics at all?
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited August 2013
    Habanero Monk wrote: »
    It's being a bit harsh to ping him for leaving a truck parked with gear in it. Theft happens all the time to trucks filled with gear whether pickup, van, semi.

    Hopefully business and/or car insurance will take care of it. Do they make lo jack for electronics at all?

    As someone in the know, normally the contents of an insured car are NOT covered. The damage to the van will be covered, but no coverage for whats in it (thats not a part of actual car gear, like a stereo). There may be policies that cover the contents, but they are not the standard ones.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • Habanero Monk
    Habanero Monk Posts: 715
    edited August 2013
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    As someone in the know, normally the contents of an insured car are NOT covered. The damage to the van will be covered, but no coverage for whats in it (thats not a part of actual car gear, like a stereo). There may be policies that cover the contents, but they are not the standard ones.

    Then hoping the business insurance will cover. I can certainly understand car insurance just covering car and occupants.
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