Met my first Polkie last week Ken (Nbrowser)

polk500
polk500 Posts: 1,171
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I was down in Vancouver last week picking up my oldest girl from university as she is done for the year. And met up with Ken at one of his vintage audio stores (Innovative Audio) that's where he pick up his Parasound at a sick price.
Lot's of nice gear to look at couple of power amps a Bryston and a McCormack DNA 1 that I drooled over and almost pulled the trigger on a homemade tube amp..
But it looked pretty rough and the price wasn't quite right.
We chatted for a while and when for a beer and lunch. Real nice guy and he is certainly more audio savy them me. It was nice meeting you Ken.

Cheers
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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
    Ken is a great guy, he drove 10 hours to buy my oppo! We text on the frequent about audio, And I'm sure we will meet again sometime. Hopefully have more time to talk audio and maybe listen to some tunes next time.
    2 channel:
    Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
    Theater:
    Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables.

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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,057
    It is always nice to meet other polkies. I have met more American polkies than Canadian. One day would be nice to meet more.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,004
    Roger, did you happen to check if the science lab at the University has a de-contamination room ? Might come in handy next time you meet up with Ken. :p

    He's a good egg, just like to bust his nuts every so often. ;)
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    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

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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