Pictures From the 04/18/09 RAS Meetup

blakeh
blakeh Posts: 491
edited April 2009 in The Clubhouse
The thread starts here:

RAS Photos

A good time was had by all! :D
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,460
    edited April 2009
    Geeks having fun with audio. Hell yeah, life is good!!!
    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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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited April 2009
    Looks like a hell of a good time!
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited April 2009
    Thanks for posting the pics. What a great listening room.
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,163
    edited April 2009
    Yeah, we really had a great time. We have been having these get togethers about every month it seems at different people's places. We all have been on a gear binge lately. All of Rob's equipment; Monarchy amps, pre/dac, Denon cdp, Mirage speakers, Panamax power conditioner are formerly my brother's (Blakeh) so he could buy all his new stuff which incldued Ted's former BAT VK-60's.

    He moves into a new house next weekend with a dedicated room so the next RAS (Rockford Audio Society) gathering will be there to hear ALL his new gear!!!

    We really sucked Rob in to this hobby fast!!! He had a nice setup before with Vandersteen 2CE's, Onkyo reciver, Onkyo cdp along with his Project One/Blue Point table.

    Within a month he was hooked!!!! The guy has a great appreciation for all types of music as well as a vast knowledge about many, many artists. We enjoy the gear as much as discovering new music and discussing all things music.

    I highly encourage people to find some passionate local's to get together with as it's a great way to spend a day!
    "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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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited April 2009
    Looks like a great time with some great gear!
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited April 2009
    Thats my kind of Party,,Awesome system:D
    Linn AV5140 fronts
    Linn AV5120 Center
    Linn AV5140 Rears
    M&K MX-70 Sub for Music
    Odyssey Mono-Blocs
    SVS Ultra-13 Gloss Black:D
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited April 2009
    Kick **** way to kill some time....great pics :D
    The first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,482
    edited April 2009
    heiney9 wrote: »

    I highly encourage people to find some passionate local's to get together with as it's a great way to spend a day!

    + 1 to that! Great fun, great listening. Rob has an awesome room and wonderful sounding system! I got lost looking at albums and Rob had to step in and pick something to play. Nice pics Blake. Looking forward to our next get together.
    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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  • Norm Apter
    Norm Apter Posts: 1,036
    edited April 2009
    Great pics. Looks like a lot of fun.

    Don't mean to be an intruder to the RAS, but I couldn't help but notice the discussion on the Bada and the lack of difference you guys heard between the tube and the SS outputs, (and since I can post there) I thought I would raise it here.

    Dave, technically you had them replace the stock Chinese tube with the GE 5670, right? So, wouldn't the answer to their second question also be yes. Do you plan to reply to them / bring it up again or are you just going to let it go?

    Anyway, please keep us updated if you do and hear anything else from Pacific Valve.
    2 Ch.
    Parasound Halo A23 Amp
    Parasound Halo P3 Preamp
    Parasound Halo T3 Tuner
    Bada HD22SE tube CD Player
    Magnum Dynalab Signal Sleuth
    Magnum Dynalab ST-2 antenna
    polkaudio Lsi9s (upgraded cross-overs)
    MIT Shotgun S-3 Bi-wire Interface Speaker Cables
    MIT Shotgun S-3 Interconnects (3)
    IegO L70530 Power cords (3)

    HT
    Denon 2808ci AVR
    polkaudio RTi A5s (fronts)
    polkaudio RTi A1s (rears)
    polkaudio Csi A6 (center)
    Signal Cable Ultra Speaker Cables
    Signal Cable Analog II Interconnects
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited April 2009
    Nothing like a good get together. Friends, food, tunes and fun...
    Lots of great gear in there.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited April 2009
    Nice, looks as everyone had a good time.

    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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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited April 2009
    Nice pics and its always great to read comments on gear that you havent heard personally and come from "real people" in real world conditions instead of magazine reviewers. Thanks for sharing with the rest of us. :)



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited April 2009
    dang I see in one pic H9 could not wait on the chow and banged a boogie down.

    you can do more things with those gloves than change tubes.

    Excellent, totally excellent, btw.......nice tube amp......

    RT1
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,163
    edited April 2009
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    dang I see in one pic H9 could not wait on the chow and banged a boogie down.

    RT1

    Yeah, it sure looks that way :eek:, but I can assure you it wasn't. Just one of those unposed, caught at the wrong moment poses. :p

    Those BAT's are very nice sounding and it was cool when one of the power tubes blew. Just like being in front of the paparazzi !!!.
    "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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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited April 2009
    It was replaced without incident I assume?????

    RT1
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,163
    edited April 2009
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    It was replaced without incident I assume?????

    RT1

    Nah, we were winding things down at that point. Blake will move into the new house this weekend and he has stereo gear stored all over the city. Those amps are still at Rob's and the other Aaron has some stuff, I have his newly aquired BAT pre-amp, etc.

    So once we get everything together and set up in his new house we'll replace the tube. He just bought a total of 24 replacements 6 of each type for the future.

    You are correct, as far as we could tell it didn't damage anything, but we shut her down when it really started to glow orange.
    "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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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,163
    edited April 2009
    BUMP.............

    Rob, the host for the day has posted some more pics here at Flicker. Enjoy!!!

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/33202853@N06/sets/72157617202424404/
    "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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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited April 2009
    Nice gear and looked like fun.

    Good job guys


    Pauly
    Life without music would♭
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited April 2009
    Thanks for the photos.
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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