Emma's adventures: more audio gear

Joey_V
Joey_V Posts: 8,552
edited August 2015 in 2 Channel Audio
I'm going to post a few pics on this thread - my daughter has been exposed to quite a few gear.

I'll start with a visit to my brother's place -

A short trip to my brother's place was in store, I had to pick up a couple pairs of Klipsch speakers that I had just sold to one of my friends.

So, we stopped by and listened to his system.

It consists of 804 Diamonds and a full Musical Fidelity array of electronics.

Sounded good... he really likes it. Balanced system top to bottom. Sub might add to the realism of the system if he can pull the trigger on a Rel G2.

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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Another time Emma and I went to listen to a local audiophiles crazy system.

    Raidho D5
    TAD Ref 1
    Pass Labs XS300 monoblock based system

    It was such a large system that I didn't want Emma near the front stage... She ended up peeing sometime during the session.

    I ended up changing her diaper on the ottoman.

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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    A shot of her when I was still demoing the BW 802 Diamonds.

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    Also was in the room with some Rockports and BW 800 Diamonds

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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    Cute pics! Emma looks like she's really growing, seems like some of the last pics you had of her , she was in the stroller? Lots of nice gear there Joey, REL makes some very nice subs. :)
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,670
    Awesome stuff Joey!

    It's always a blast getting your kids into music with you.

    One of my favorite pics is when my daughter came downstairs after she was supposed to sleeping for the last 45 minutes and I was breaking in my new headphones...

    I felt a tap on my forehead and she asked me if she could listen, what father could say "no"?

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    We had a blast listening to Muddy Waters!

    Till mom came in and busted us...
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    upstate - oh yeah man.

    I just recall that when I was a kid, I never was really exposed to music or audio. It's a little thing I want to ensure my kid has some exposure and perhaps some appreciation for.

    Cute kid upstate!

    Looks like you got some AKGs there. If you look closely at my brother's place, you will see a pir of AKG K701.

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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,670
    Joey_V wrote: »
    Looks like you got some AKGs there. If you look closely at my brother's place, you will see a pir of AKG K701.

    They are my AKG Q701's. I throughly enjoy them! Actually, I'm enjoying them as I type this...

    IIRC, the K701 and Q701 cans are nearly identical.

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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,670
    edited August 2015
    I think the moment that made me realize I was an excellent father was about a week ago...

    We were in a store and someone was behind my daughter and me. They were discussing some shows coming to SPAC (Saratoga Performing Arts Center). The lady said; "I can't believe they are charging like $150 to see this Joe Bonamassa guy, nobody even knows who he is"...

    My four year old turned around and said; "uhh he is like a really cool guitarist, like really, really good. Sometimes he sings with Beth Hart, she is really cool too"...

    Then she turned around to me looking at me like, what the hell is up with this lady?

    Lol.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    Those Raidho speakers look like TADs. Form follows function, as they say.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,285
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Those Raidho speakers look like TADs. Form follows function, as they say.

    The Raido's are the tall narrow ones in the corner behind the TADs

    Great outings
    Funny in your face story Upstate

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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Those Raidho speakers look like TADs. Form follows function, as they say.

    The Raido's are the tall narrow ones in the corner behind the TADs

    Ahhh. Scrolled right past the 3rd picture. :)


    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
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    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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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Holy crap that's awesome man!
    Upstatemax wrote: »
    I think the moment that made me realize I was an excellent father was about a week ago...

    We were in a store and someone was behind my daughter and me. They were discussing some shows coming to SPAC (Saratoga Performing Arts Center). The lady said; "I can't believe they are charging like $150 to see this Joe Bonamassa guy, nobody even knows who he is"...

    My four year old turned around and said; "uhh he is like a really cool guitarist, like really, really good. Sometimes he sings with Beth Hart, she is really cool too"...

    Then she turned around to me looking at me like, what the hell is up with this lady?

    Lol.

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  • leftwinger57
    leftwinger57 Posts: 2,917
    Local audiophile crazy system, hell yeah. What I want to know is what does that dude do for a living to have a set-up like that ? Drooling would be an understatement. I dig the butcher block type plinths too.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    leftwinger57 wrote: »
    Local audiophile crazy system, hell yeah. What I want to know is what does that dude do for a living to have a set-up like that ? Drooling would be an understatement. I dig the butcher block type plinths too.

    He's an audio dealer and so that's probably how he accumulated all that gear. Probably for cheap. There's no way that unless you're just insanely wealthy you would be able to get that kind of gear in a room....

    Hell, if I was able to tax deduct my audio system, I'd be in freaking lala land right now.

    But despite that, he was also well heeled from the looks of it.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Today we suited up and went to visit another dealer.

    Friend, me, and Emma went. Our ranking was as follows:

    1. BW 802 Diamonds
    2. SF Olympica 3
    3. BW 803 Diamonds
    4. Martin Logan Montis

    Rationale for Montis being low was poor off axis, otherwise a very good (fantastic) speaker in the sweet spot.

    But yes... I think Emma actually liked the Sonus Faber the best... She was always near it.t8gh6b3zstlb.jpg
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