Pictures From the 04/18/09 RAS Meetup
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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."
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Looks like a hell of a good time!
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Thanks for posting the pics. What a great listening room.engtaz
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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! -
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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Thats my kind of Party,,Awesome system:DLinn AV5140 fronts
Linn AV5120 Center
Linn AV5140 Rears
M&K MX-70 Sub for Music
Odyssey Mono-Blocs
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Kick **** way to kill some time....great picsThe first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club
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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 * -
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)
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Denon 2808ci AVR
polkaudio RTi A5s (fronts)
polkaudio RTi A1s (rears)
polkaudio Csi A6 (center)
Signal Cable Ultra Speaker Cables
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Nothing like a good get together. Friends, food, tunes and fun...
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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
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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 SNOWWell, 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 -
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......
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reeltrouble1 wrote: »dang I see in one pic H9 could not wait on the chow and banged a boogie down.
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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.
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! -
It was replaced without incident I assume?????
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reeltrouble1 wrote: »It was replaced without incident I assume?????
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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! -
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! -
Nice gear and looked like fun.
Good job guys
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Thanks for the photos.engtaz
I love how music can brighten up a bad day.