Have you seen this? Short film on audiophiles

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited December 2006 in The Clubhouse
At youtube.com....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs1aUws0Lrs
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited December 2006
    Kewl!!!!
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited December 2006
    That was good. Some of those turntables were out of this world. I could only wish...
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited December 2006
    That's insane
    Sharp Elite 70
    Anthem D2V 3D
    Parasound 5250
    Parasound HCA 1000 A
    Parasound HCA 1000
    Oppo BDP 95
    Von Schweikert VR4 Jr R/L Fronts
    Von Schweikert LCR 4 Center
    Totem Mask Surrounds X4
    Hsu ULS-15 Quad Drive Subwoofers
    Sony PS3
    Squeezebox Touch

    Polk Atrium 7s on the patio just to keep my foot in the door.
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited December 2006
    You got alot of balls... Oh, wait a minute....
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited December 2006
    amulford wrote:
    You got alot of balls... Oh, wait a minute....


    Ha!:D

    I thought I was crazy with how I obsess over my set up. I feel better now.
    Sharp Elite 70
    Anthem D2V 3D
    Parasound 5250
    Parasound HCA 1000 A
    Parasound HCA 1000
    Oppo BDP 95
    Von Schweikert VR4 Jr R/L Fronts
    Von Schweikert LCR 4 Center
    Totem Mask Surrounds X4
    Hsu ULS-15 Quad Drive Subwoofers
    Sony PS3
    Squeezebox Touch

    Polk Atrium 7s on the patio just to keep my foot in the door.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2006
    Love the look the spouses gave when a dollar amount was given... Just Beautiful. :)

    Speakers
    Carver Amazing Fronts
    CS400i Center
    RT800i's Rears
    Sub Paradigm Servo 15

    Electronics
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
    Parasound Halo A23
    Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
    Pioneer 79Avi DVD
    Sony CX400 CD changer
    Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
    WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR


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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited December 2006
    Yeah, that was they couldn't go out and spend...:cool:
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited December 2006
    Am I the only one who thinks those guys are too old to really enjoy all of that gear? Just can't imagine them maxin' the volume and rockin' out on those systems. Classical is OK, but sometimes ya gotta rock, dude!
    HT/2-channel Rig: Sony 50” LCD TV; Toshiba HD-A2 DVD player; Emotiva LMC-1 pre/pro; Rogue Audio M-120 monoblocks (modded); Placette RVC; Emotiva LPA-1 amp; Bada HD-22 tube CDP (modded); VMPS Tower II SE (fronts); DIY Clearwave Dynamic 4CC (center); Wharfedale Opus Tri-Surrounds (rear); and VMPS 215 sub

    "God grooves with tubes."
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited December 2006
    For real. At the end they were kicking to some Who...
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited December 2006
    Early B. wrote:
    Am I the only one who thinks those guys are too old to really enjoy all of that gear? Just can't imagine them maxin' the volume and rockin' out on those systems. Classical is OK, but sometimes ya gotta rock, dude!

    Classical don't rock?? Au contraire mon frere.

    Pick up Mahler's 5th and tell me THAT doesn't rock.

    Then, pick up the 1812 Overature on Telarc....

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited December 2006
    I'm askeered of that Telarc "1812 Overture". Don't forget Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyrie"...
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited December 2006
    Thanks Danny. I fully respect the passion these guys have for the music.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited December 2006
    TroyD wrote:
    Classical don't rock?? Au contraire mon frere.

    Pick up Mahler's 5th and tell me THAT doesn't rock.

    Then, pick up the 1812 Overature on Telarc....

    BDT

    Oh yeah, I can see you grooving along with your air guitar and bobbing your head like Van Halen when Mahler's playin'.:cool:
    HT/2-channel Rig: Sony 50” LCD TV; Toshiba HD-A2 DVD player; Emotiva LMC-1 pre/pro; Rogue Audio M-120 monoblocks (modded); Placette RVC; Emotiva LPA-1 amp; Bada HD-22 tube CDP (modded); VMPS Tower II SE (fronts); DIY Clearwave Dynamic 4CC (center); Wharfedale Opus Tri-Surrounds (rear); and VMPS 215 sub

    "God grooves with tubes."
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited December 2006
    Before there was ever air guitar, there was air conductor.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited December 2006
    Classical ROCKS....and Rock is classic.

    It's all good!

    Cool film and cool gear.
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited December 2006
    TroyD wrote:
    Classical don't rock??
    Then, pick up the 1812 Overature on Telarc....

    BTW -- I took your advice and ordered it. Now I gotta get me one of those little sticks so I can play air conductor...
    HT/2-channel Rig: Sony 50” LCD TV; Toshiba HD-A2 DVD player; Emotiva LMC-1 pre/pro; Rogue Audio M-120 monoblocks (modded); Placette RVC; Emotiva LPA-1 amp; Bada HD-22 tube CDP (modded); VMPS Tower II SE (fronts); DIY Clearwave Dynamic 4CC (center); Wharfedale Opus Tri-Surrounds (rear); and VMPS 215 sub

    "God grooves with tubes."
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  • Midnite Mick
    Midnite Mick Posts: 1,591
    edited December 2006
    Your never too old to rock!

    They do what they do for the same reason that we do/would if we had the means. Because you don't hear....you feel.

    Were those a pair of Usher D2 horns in there?

    Great vid....thanks for posting.

    Mike
    Modwright SWL 9.0 SE (6Sons Audio Thunderbird PC with Oyaide 004 terminations)
    Consonance cd120T
    Consonance Cyber 800 tube monoblocks (6Sons Audio Thunderbird PC's with Oyaide 004 terminations)
    Usher CP 6311

    Phillips Pronto TS1000 Universal Remote
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2006
    TroyD wrote:
    Classical don't rock?? Au contraire mon frere.

    Pick up Mahler's 5th and tell me THAT doesn't rock.

    Then, pick up the 1812 Overature on Telarc....

    BDT

    Right on Troy,

    Night on Bald Mountain,

    The Firebird,

    Beethoven’s Ninth, Ode de joy

    Handel's Messiah

    Faust

    Ride of the Valkyre

    Bolero


    the list goes on and on and on. . . and it is endless compared to rock! and I love rock. ROLL OVER BEETHOVAN!!!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2006
    I got chills from that video, if I hadn't eff up in the early 90s I wouldn't be far off from those lucky bastages.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited December 2006
    I've linked Jean-Yves Kerbrat's system before on here, but it has been quite awhile ago. His system is the pinnacle the ACA boys...........although the whole club has a large number of nice systems with just a few $$$ invested.

    http://www.aca.gr/pop_jyk.htm
    HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable

    2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited December 2006
    Just watched the film myself (I posted the link when I was at work).

    Wow!! Lots of horn-loaded speakers....JBL (the black refrigerator-sized ones), Tannoy, etc.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited December 2006
    EarlyB,

    Eh, whatever man. A real symphony doesn't need amplification to blow you away.

    Listen with an open mind.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • skaloumbakas
    skaloumbakas Posts: 2
    edited December 2006
    Hi all,

    Thanks very much for your comments about the documentary. :p

    Here is another link @ http://aca.gr/event06-3.htm to a page that explains everything about the film's genesis, links to the systems presented in the film etc, etc...

    The film itself is also embedded at the bottom of the web-page! :)

    Enjoy
    Christos Skaloumbakas
    President of A.C.A. http://aca.gr
    My system: http://aca.gr/pop_skal.htm
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,667
    edited December 2006
    Let us not forget, "Fantasia".
    Sal Palooza
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited December 2006
    Hello skaloumbakas. Are you one in the first row of thumbnails? Who made your turntable? What is some of the other equipment in your system? Amplifiers? Speakers?
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited December 2006
    skaloumbakas wrote:
    Hi all,

    Thanks very much for your comments about the documentary. :p
    Hello Christos, and welcome to the forum.

    Enjoy the music!
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited December 2006
    amulford wrote:
    I'm askeered of that Telarc "1812 Overture". Don't forget Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyrie"...



    + 1 on both,especially the Valkyrie, however I prefer the version with Robert Duvall :D
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited December 2006
    skaloumbakas wrote:
    Hi all,

    Thanks very much for your comments about the documentary. :p

    Here is another link @ http://aca.gr/event06-3.htm to a page that explains everything about the film's genesis, links to the systems presented in the film etc, etc...

    The film itself is also embedded at the bottom of the web-page! :)

    Enjoy


    Hello fellow freak!!!:p I enjoyed the whole film. It was well produced. Some of you fellows are about the same age as several of us at Club Polk and we understand a little more of where you are coming from....that is saying that the newer, whether younger or just starting out, are more into home theatre than 2-channel. Let's just say that there are several, here, that are on that same wavelength as you guys.:)

    Have a Merry Christmas, Hanukah, or holidays,

    Noel
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,480
    edited December 2006
    skaloumbakas wrote:
    Hi all,

    Thanks very much for your comments about the documentary. :p

    Here is another link @ http://aca.gr/event06-3.htm to a page that explains everything about the film's genesis, links to the systems presented in the film etc, etc...

    The film itself is also embedded at the bottom of the web-page! :)

    Enjoy

    Awesome video! I had a Jarhead buddy that was stationed in Greece in the early '80s. He introduced me to Uzo when he returned. Thanks for stopping by!

    Thanks for sharing Danny.
    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited December 2006
    WOW! I just spent an hour reviewing a small part of the A.C.A web site. It's absolutely world class. The monthly newsletter alone rivals about any audio site I've visited. Marvelous work, Christos!
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