Any AC'ers in the SLC area?

Red Dragon Audio · « **Reply #40 on:** 9 Jun 2008, 08:03 pm »

I live and work down in Provo.

We have an audiophile group of folks with 20-30 members:

http://www.utahaudiophilesociety.com/

There was a yahoo groups page that was far more complete than the above website. We have not met for many months so a little spark to get things going again would be nice.

cryoparts · « **Reply #41 on:** 9 Jun 2008, 11:56 pm »

Ha! Dave's is a purpose built listening room, not really a concert hall, per se.

The whole time I lived there I never attended a concert at USU. I will put that on my agenda.

I'm sure, eventually, we will move back there, probably to Park City. Not only do I love the mountains, but all of my wifes family, a few of our children and my grandkids are all firmly ensconced there. Got to get the two remaining kids still at home through high school here first as the Texas schools are, ahem, quite a step ahead of the Utah schools, to put it nicely.

Good folks, for the most part in Utah. My closest (next to my wife) friend is LDS, and I have a great number of others there whom I am still very close with.

Peace,

lee

Quote from: ro7939 on 8 Jun 2008, 02:59 am

LEE, SORRY BUT THEM'S FIGHTEN WORDS....HAVE YOU BEEN HERE AT LOGAN USU'S PERFORMANCE HALL? http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=42752.0
Just kidding...I imagine Dave didn't skimp on anything!

USU's Caine Performanc Hall does have the best I've heard till you drag me over to re-aquaint myself w/ Dave (haven't seen much of him since he moved from Novato).

Sorry the image isn't larger:

Michael....um, let's not carried away & get the entire population of several other states moving in here....ditto everything you said....these Mormons are always interested in saving me money & it just is so hard to fit into a CA paradigm.....

jon_010101 · « **Reply #42 on:** 10 Jun 2008, 01:47 am »

Regarding the possibility of a meet-up, I would be available after 6/21 until mid-July, and then for most of August. My house is sadly not suitable for a group, being ~350sq/ft

. But, I am happy to contribute beverages, and I do have some easily-portable (and deceptively-capable) vintage tube amps that I recently restored

James Romeyn · « **Reply #43 on:** 10 Jun 2008, 01:59 am »

I can't start my sub enclosures till 6/23. Hopefully they'll be running around 6/30, meaning my vote is for July 5 or later.

My guess everyone would love to hear rebuilt vintage tubes. I'll petition Duke to bring his Atma-Sphere S30 Mk3. When the S30 drives my speakers (w/ Duke's impedance matching gizmo) it sounds like they were separated at birth.

Canyoneagle · « **Reply #44 on:** 10 Jun 2008, 12:53 pm »

Thanks so much for the link and the info!
Summer is looking very promising!

Quote from: Red Dragon Audio on 9 Jun 2008, 08:03 pm

I live and work down in Provo.

We have an audiophile group of folks with 20-30 members:

http://www.utahaudiophilesociety.com/

There was a yahoo groups page that was far more complete than the above website. We have not met for many months so a little spark to get things going again would be nice.

jgb0194 · « **Reply #45 on:** 10 Jun 2008, 02:07 pm »

Keep us informed as to a date. I'm in North Logan and would be best able to attend in August. If anyone has interest in hearing a Promethius TVC, I recently acquired the 2 box, dual mono c-core version, which are small and travel well.

Canyoneagle · « **Reply #46 on:** 10 Jun 2008, 02:09 pm »

...and I'll add my RWA Sig 30.2 and iMod to the mix of road-worthy items!

Duke · « **Reply #47 on:** 10 Jun 2008, 06:48 pm »

I will be making a speaker-delivery trip to Indiana in early July, but I'm not sure of the dates yet. If I find out there's a conflict I'll let ro7939 know as soon as possible, but worst-case scenario I can bring a pair of speakers to him ahead of time so he has them for the meeting.

Duke

jon_010101 · « **Reply #48 on:** 10 Jun 2008, 11:23 pm »

Quote from: ro7939 on 10 Jun 2008, 01:59 am

My guess everyone would love to hear rebuilt vintage tubes. I'll petition Duke to bring his Atma-Sphere S30 Mk3. When the S30 drives my speakers (w/ Duke's impedance matching gizmo) it sounds like they were separated at birth.

I just added a line-level input to my $150 General Electric "Stereo Classic", and would be thrilled to pit it in a death-match against an Atma-Sphere S30

Canyoneagle · « **Reply #49 on:** 11 Jun 2008, 01:23 pm »

So.....
It looks like June 21/22 might work for everyone?

James Romeyn · « **Reply #50 on:** 11 Jun 2008, 06:27 pm »

Michael et all
My preference is any date post-July 4 that fits Duke's schedule; as much as I'd LOVE to be alone unsupervised w/ Duke's speakers for several nights (ahem...cough, cough....stop leering at me), I'd even more prefer Duke being here for us all to share his wisdom & cheery disposition during our meeting.

Canyoneagle · « **Reply #51 on:** 11 Jun 2008, 06:33 pm »

I totally agree!
I'm free after July 4th weekend until the 3rd week of August.

jon_010101 · « **Reply #52 on:** 11 Jun 2008, 10:51 pm »

I'm definitely available July 4th weekend, then gone that week until first week of Aug ~4th.

James Romeyn · « **Reply #53 on:** 14 Jun 2008, 04:23 am »

Quote from: Duke on 10 Jun 2008, 06:48 pm

I will be making a speaker-delivery trip to Indiana in early July, but I'm not sure of the dates yet. If I find out there's a conflict I'll let ro7939 know as soon as possible, but worst-case scenario I can bring a pair of speakers to him ahead of time so he has them for the meeting.

Duke

Let's set a date as soon as Duke confirms his early July commitments. We'll look for Duke's posting here if he'd be so kind.

Duke · « **Reply #54 on:** 14 Jun 2008, 05:54 am »

I can do the weekend of June 21st or 29th, but don't yet know my early July schedule.

I'll work on getting that information as soon as I can.

Duke

James Romeyn · « **Reply #55 on:** 16 Jun 2008, 07:47 pm »

In case we don't meet earlier, I'm unavailable Saturday/Sunday August 2-3.

Had the great pleasure to hear Duke's Jazz Modules again last Wednesday at member Berndt's place. The more I hear Duke's speakers the deeper must I dig for reasons not to snatch a pair. May well have the world's largest sweet spot the way Bill has them setup (extreme toe-in/tilted back). Even in the neighboring dining room way back/off to the side produced a clear, smooth well-integrated soundfield. The $100k YG Acoustics floorstanders were also very good in this regard but their ballroom was 10x larger so comparisons are difficult...besides costing 25x as much!!! We employed the TRL-modded/Sony 900 CDP, SST Ambrosia preamp & Bill's sweet looking/sounding Jolida Music Envoy 200W tube monos. Sound was among the most satisfying I've heard.

I have every reason Duke's speakers will sound at least as good at my place. If they do it should be fun.

Can't help but think the Dream Makers properly set up in a larger than average space must kick butt. Both models worthy of the very best components.

Anyone considering a cost-no-object preamp must hear the Ambrosia ($7500 line/phono, $5500 line only). It at least equals several audio performance benchmarks established by Bongiorno during his stellar forty year audio carreer (I'm not a fan of every SST product). He invented the balanced symmetrical circuit of virtually every high-end power amp. I place the Ambrosia at least equal to more well-known fine-sounding preamps auditioned such as the $17,500 VTL 7.5, $15k Krell Evo & $5k-ish ModWright 36.5 Balanced. It would be enlightening to A-B w/ the ModWright having the latest upgrades bringing it up to $8500 (again, the Ambrosia line-only is $5500 & includes remote: balance, bass/treble w/ switchable poles & two high-quality headphone outputs).

Canyoneagle · « **Reply #56 on:** 16 Jun 2008, 08:07 pm »

What about everyone's availability on the June 21/22 or 28/29 weekends?

I'm available both days on both weekends.

Duke · « **Reply #57 on:** 16 Jun 2008, 08:15 pm »

I wouldn't be able to make it all the way to Salt Lake on the 21st but I could do so on the 22nd.

I could do either day the following weekend, 28/29th.

By the way, THANKS ro7939!!

Duke

James Romeyn · « **Reply #58 on:** 17 Jun 2008, 12:22 am »

Do I have to visit your homes to beg for a date after July 4 when my subs will (hopefully) be up?

I would much prefer to have the subs (described in the signature link) up & running. A unique combination of features are planned for these subs.

Otherwise my poh wittle mini-monitors "self-esteem" may suffer irreperable harm next to Duke's pumped up man-sized boxes. Isn't that CHILD ABUSE? I don't think that's permissable...

Wife will put on English High Tea, sandwhiches, fruit, deserts, champagne, etc (beer can be added).

Canyoneagle · « **Reply #59 on:** 18 Jun 2008, 01:31 pm »

So it looks like the 3 near-term dates are the 22nd (THIS weekend

), the 28th or the 29th.

I'm available for any of those. How 'bout the others?