SF Bay Mini-Meet, Saturday June 22

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Offline rt60

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on: June 13, 2013, 08:18:13 PM
[Following on from this thread: http://www.bottlehead.com/smf/index.php/topic,4028.0.html]

I'm having an open mini-meet at my house in Campbell, CA (South Bay) on Saturday, June 22 from approximately 2:00-5:00pm. Feel free to come and go as needed. Below is a list of my gear, and what others have offered to bring. Please post in this thread if you can make it and if you're bringing any gear (nothing is required, feel free to just come and listen). I'll PM the address a couple days before the meet.

Speakers:
Blumenstein Orcas and subs (Joel)
Frugel Horn and Sexy Spkrs (Alonzo)
Fostex FE103En (Cary)

Headphones:
Audeze LCD2 (Joel)
Denon AH-D7000 (Joel)
Sennheiser HD 600 (Alonzo)

Headphone Amps:
Crack (Alonzo)
Audio-GD ROC (Joel)
Hifiman EF5 (Eric)
Chordette (Oliver)

Pre-Amps:
Promitheus TVC (Eric)
BeePre (Joel)
Quickie (Alonzo)

Power Amps:
Paramount 300B (Joel)
SEX 2.0 (Cary)
EL84 SET (Alonzo)
45 SET (Alonzo)
2A3 SET (Alonzo, maybe)

Sources:
Rega RP6 Turntable w/Exact2 (Joel)
Eros phono pre (Joel)
Marantz CD (Cary)
Thorens Turntable (Alonzo)
Seduction phono pre (Alonzo)
Audio-GD Reference 5 DAC (Joel)

I'll also have many craft beers to sample, if anyone else is into that. Feel free to bring more!
« Last Edit: June 19, 2013, 08:03:10 AM by rt60 »

Joel


Offline Alonzo

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Reply #1 on: June 13, 2013, 09:33:01 PM
I'm close to Campbell and can bring my garage gear:
Frugel Horn and Sexy Spkrs, HD 600 headphones
Thorens Turntable
Crack, Quickie and Seduction
for amps, EL84 SET. 45 SET and if I can cure the hum a 2A3 SET.
I've also got some power strips and extra cables made up I can bring by.

Alonzo

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Gameroom:>Mainline to HD820, SR45 to Pipette
>BeePree Kaiju & SII to Altec 19 knockoffs
Office:>BH Stat amp to Koss 95x, T20 SET to JBL 4309s
Den:> MorePlay 845 SET to Altec Valencia's


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Reply #2 on: June 14, 2013, 04:04:10 PM
Alonzo, thanks for offering to bring so much gear! I'd love to hear the difference in tubes between your different SETs. The extra cables may come in handy too.

Joel


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Reply #3 on: June 14, 2013, 08:58:42 PM
Joel,

To avoid duplication on the Crack headphone amp (since Alonzo will bring his), why don't I bring my Hifiman EF5 instead?  Alonzo's Crack will be good for high impedance cans and my EF5 can be used for either high or low impedance and has enough power to drive orthos as well.

Eric



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Reply #4 on: June 15, 2013, 06:43:46 AM
Oh man. Sooo close, but no cigar. We are driving to The City on a family vacation next week, but we have to leave on Saturday morning. Maybe next time.

Congrats on getting your BeePre sorted, Joel!

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Reply #5 on: June 15, 2013, 10:01:48 AM
Wow this sounds like alot of fun!  Molly and I will be in Portland that day but I'd love to visit the next one. 

Joel - feel free to call me some time to compare notes on optimal Orca speaker placements in room.  As you are a pro audio engineer I'm keen on your impressions.

Cheers,

Clark
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Reply #6 on: June 16, 2013, 01:02:17 PM
Hello,

Brand new to this forum and this is my first post. I just ordered the SEX 2.1 last night and look forward to my first build. Used to live in South Bay, am now in Berkeley but would love come by. I can bring a nifty portable set from chord, their chordette line, a preamp, amp, dac, headphone amp all in a rack and custom engraved with "Google" (makes it sound much better, much like black makes cars faster).

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None of this gear is tube, so let me know if that's a show stopper. Or could be a fun comparison.

Oliver


« Last Edit: June 16, 2013, 01:10:23 PM by odamone »

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Reply #7 on: June 16, 2013, 02:39:17 PM
Oliver,

I think  you are confused.  Red is the fastest color.


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Reply #8 on: June 16, 2013, 05:48:00 PM
Well, it's hard to argue with that!  ;D


Oliver

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Reply #9 on: June 16, 2013, 08:57:03 PM
Hi Oliver,

Yeah bring along your Chord gear. It should make for a nice comparison.

I think I'm going to have to set up a separate headphone listening area in the garage. Not sure my living room is going to fit all this equipment!

Joel


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Reply #10 on: June 17, 2013, 07:07:44 AM
Hey Joel,

Just wanted to let you know that I'm looking forward to attending your shindig!

And it looks like you already have a full array of gear so I'm not planning on bringing anything myself.  But do let me know if that's incorrect or changes.

-Randy
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Reply #11 on: June 17, 2013, 01:08:37 PM
Randy, glad you can make it! Yeah, its looking like we'll have more than enough gear to try out.

Joel


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Reply #12 on: June 18, 2013, 11:02:07 AM
I would suggest attendees bring some music they are familiar with. 



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Reply #13 on: June 19, 2013, 05:33:03 AM
I will bring a Marantz CD player along with my well traveled SEX amp and home made chocolate chip cookies. So bring your CD's! Looking very forward to Saturday.

Cary
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Reply #14 on: June 19, 2013, 05:48:40 AM
Homemade chocolate chip cookies?!?  Oh, I'm definitely there!

-Randy