Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th

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Berndt

Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« on: 2 Jul 2008, 12:40 am »
Hosted by Peter Truce, a friend from our Randall Museum preamp class.
Attendance limited to 10, RSVP required.
Duke LeGuene of Audio Kinesis will be on hand to answer any questions about his Jazz Modules, which we will be listening to.  http://www.audiokinesis.com/
Preamp from Spread Spectrum Technologies, the Ambrosia. http://www.ampzilla2000.com/index.html#Ambrosia
I'll bring my Jolida Music Envoys for amplification. http://www.jolida.com/catalogue/models/Envoy.shtml
Source will be Jim (formerly ribbonspeakers.net) TRL modded sony cd player.
If I get a chance to finish Peters plinth for the Empire 209 we will have some analog as well.
Look forward to this event.

Sonny

Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #1 on: 2 Jul 2008, 01:06 am »
i am in, pls :thumb:

Berndt

Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #2 on: 2 Jul 2008, 02:16 am »

Berndt

Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #3 on: 2 Jul 2008, 02:50 am »
empire 208, my mistake. :duh:

TheChairGuy

Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #4 on: 2 Jul 2008, 05:04 am »
wow - quite nearby - if I'm around (right now I am) I'd love to be there.

Cool - meeting Duke and hearing the Jazz Modules will be great.

Will Jim (the artist formerly known as ribbonspeakers) be there?

What town in Marin, Bill?

John

Berndt

Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #5 on: 3 Jul 2008, 12:29 am »
San Rafeal

Jim is going to be ther as well.
Peter is a brilliant host I look forward to it! :thumb:

Don_S

Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #6 on: 3 Jul 2008, 01:20 am »
Please add me to the terrible ten.

Thanks,  Don

Berndt

Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #7 on: 7 Jul 2008, 03:34 am »
Please add me to the terrible ten.

Thanks,  Don
Will do.
I'll be speaking with peter tommorrow and have a better picture of the set up, total...
Bill

chrismercurio

Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #8 on: 8 Jul 2008, 09:30 pm »
I want to come.


Berndt

Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #9 on: 8 Jul 2008, 09:58 pm »
more the merrier, up to 10 attendies.
I believe you make 3.
Regards , Bill

Berndt

Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #10 on: 8 Jul 2008, 09:59 pm »
cross link to Dukes circle, FWIW.
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=57537.new#new
XO, bill

Berndt

Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #11 on: 19 Jul 2008, 02:00 am »
Last call for our Marin gig.
Sonny, be nice to hear your bent?
just for an A/B with the spread spectrum?
Thanks in advance, Bill

Sonny

Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #12 on: 22 Jul 2008, 11:08 pm »
Last call for our Marin gig.
Sonny, be nice to hear your bent?
just for an A/B with the spread spectrum?
Thanks in advance, Bill

I can bring it...
please give me the details...i'll bring an i/c for sure too! :duh:

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Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #13 on: 23 Jul 2008, 02:39 am »
Hope it is OK to repost this from Duke's circle a few doors over...
Preamps are controversial; I thought they were unnecessary & may decrease performance till a reference preamp was experienced in a familiar system.  James Bongiorno’s Spread Spectrum Technology “Ambrosia” is ...$7500 w/ separate MC & MM stages.  Among many other accomplishments JB conceived the full dual-differential full-complementary amplifier topology employed in most modern high-end power amps.  Remarkably, the Ambrosia has remote, transparent-in-use bass/treble w/ four turnover poles each.  (For comparison sake, more popular preamps auditioned are the $15k Krell EVO & $17k VTL TL-7.5 Mk I.) 

...www.TubeResearchLabs.com did the all-solid-state upgrade to the Sony CDP.  It compared well vs. the $18k Meitner two-box CDP.  TRL:
Have done design work on MRI machines
Performed final troubleshooting for Intel’s Pentium IV chip
Designed output transformers for TRL’s $100k+ tube amps; TRL’s rejected transformer prototypes were later employed by a major tube amp company in their $40k “Reference” amps...

Bill’s Jolida Music Envoy tube monoblocs are the proverbial iron-fist-in-a-velvet glove: 200W; IIRC the humongous output tube is a radio transmitter.  The machined aluminum chassis are blistering beauties; I’d love two please.     

Duke’s AudioKinesis Jazz Modules are my favorite floorstanding loudspeakers; sounded great at Bill’s place & at Duke’s in Idaho.  The sweet spot is huge & dynamics give them a rare live sound at all levels.  Persons desiring to experience the best of the high-end simply must hear these.  Duke is the last to admit this but he is a rare individual: gracious, good-natured, accommodating & generous to a fault (really: both of the sum total two times I owed Duke money I paid more than the amount billed).  Duke’s fantastic $9k/pr Dream Maker made the TAS 2008 Editor’s Choice list.  First southern Idaho brings us “Napolean Dynamite” now waveguided high-sensitivity high-end loudspeakers!  Whoodathunk?!   
 
The same system was a rare treat at Bill’s house a few weeks ago; I’ve seen Peter’s room & it looks like a winner.  We are very fortunate Peter has opened his home for this event. 

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Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #14 on: 24 Jul 2008, 06:08 pm »
Hello,

If there's still room, I'd love to join you on Sunday in Marin. I'm in Berkeley. Let me know.

Mark

chrismercurio

Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #15 on: 24 Jul 2008, 09:35 pm »
Unfortunately I need to bow out.

Best,

Chris

Berndt

Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #16 on: 25 Jul 2008, 02:15 am »
Hello,

If there's still room, I'd love to join you on Sunday in Marin. I'm in Berkeley. Let me know.

Mark
sounds great mark, I'll pm you the directions.

Berndt

Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #17 on: 25 Jul 2008, 02:16 am »
BTW, it will be starting around 12 and going 'til 4~5.
Regards, Bill

Sonny

Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #18 on: 25 Jul 2008, 03:08 am »
Hello,

If there's still room, I'd love to join you on Sunday in Marin. I'm in Berkeley. Let me know.

Mark
sounds great mark, I'll pm you the directions.
Mark, I am in Emeryville, want to carpool?
If so, pm me.

Tuan


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Re: Norcal shindig in Marin July 27th
« Reply #19 on: 25 Jul 2008, 10:00 pm »
Hey Guys,

If there's room for one more, I'd like to come.  Kate's headed off to Seattle so I'll be solo.

Please let me know.

K