[Wayne1]

The system we are going to use at RMAF is SLOWLY coming together.

The new Eastern Electric tube mono-blocks just arrived in Chicago.

Bill sent me these photos of the M156.







They use the EL156 output tubes to deliver 160 watts 

Brian shipped the V60s and VSS yesterday. They should arrive on Monday. He put 150 hours on them before shipping. The crossovers are built with Sonicaps.

All the room treatments are here courtesy of Ethan at RealTraps.

John Chapman of Bent Audio is sending down TWO new "pre-amps"

They have a central switching unit and separate level control units. They are connected with fiber optic cables. The level controls units are placed next to the amps. The switch can be placed next to the source components. One of the source units has a zero gain Burson Buffer built in. A pair of the control units are resistor based. The other pair use autoformers. These are both prototypes. The "production" units won't be available for some time, but these should give a good idea of what he is up to.

I will have a prototype of the "BOLDER" Buffer. There will be a Statement level SB3 playing all the music we have. Speaker cables and interconnects with be BOLDER. Mike Garner from TweakGeek will be loaning us some Bybee power cables and speaker purifiers. Tube dampers and isolation tweaks will be from Herbie's Audio Lab. Main rack is from Adona. Amp racks from Timbernation.

All music will be coming from a pair of 500 gig hard drives. If you have a certain piece you want to listen to, please bring us a CD and we will rip it.

Hopefully we can get everything to fit in the room and sounding decent by Friday at noon 

[TomS]

Should be a killer room again this year Wayne.  Look forward to seeing you again and hearing the new goodies!  Tom

[mgalusha]

mmmmmm, purdy. 

[Wayne1]

mmmmmm, purdy. 

I think Bill said those meters should glow blue 

That ought to look pretty neat along with the SB3 analog meter screensaver.

[Wayne1]

I guess I was wrong about the blue meters 

Bill just sent me this photo of the Mono-Blocks in his rack.

[Wayne1]

I just received a small delivery from UPS 



A pair of VMPS V-60s, a VerySolidSub, external sub amp and and V-60 bases.

George,

Are you ready to help move ?

[zybar]

I just received a small delivery from UPS 



A pair of VMPS V-60s, a VerySolidSub, external sub amp and and V-60 bases.

George,

Are you ready to help move ?

Sure, I am excellent at giving directions and supervising.   aa aa aa

Looks like I better pack my weight belt.   

See you Thursday morning Wayne.

George

[TomS]

I knew I should have gone out early.  That looks like it's going to be big fun!!  Makes my back hurt just looking at it.  See you there in a couple days.

[lonewolfny42]

Great packing job !!! 

Looking forward to hearing everything Wayne....

[Wayne1]

Here is just one speaker crate after the pallet load has been broken down.

[bpape]

I'll be there early Waye.  If you need help 'schlepping' those things through the kitchen into the freight elevator, just give a shout - will be glad to give you a hand.

Bryan

[Wayne1]

Thanks for the offer, Bryan.

Bill O'Connell and his weightlifter buddy should be getting into town Wednesday night. They have offered to help move the coffins and other heavy objects.

George will be there to give advice and critique our style. Even though he is probably the youngest of us, he has a bad back and can't lift anything big, at least so he says 

[Bill O'Connell]

If George could just bring his megaphone and clear a path for us. COMING THRU HERE,COMING THRU !!

[zybar]

If George could just bring his megaphone and clear a path for us. COMING THRU HERE,COMING THRU !!

Bill,

If you had met me in person you would know that I don't need a megaphone.   aa

It will be great to meet you in person.

George