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Northwest GTG for Angel City Audio (Melody and Onix importers) - January 29th

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skeeter99

In celebration of Hugh's new company's, Angel City Audio, new Trinity (LCR combo) I am hosting a GTG at my house in Monroe, WA - JANUARY 29th, 2011 at 12:00 noon. This will go till probably 4-5:00 and we will have refreshments, food, and some beer and wine. This is going to be a pretty informal event and is going to be set up with people able to come and go as they please but would like to some all group listening at a couple points throughout the afternoon. Hugh will be here in full effect to talk about the company and the speakers so it will be a great chance to meet and great with The Man himself :) I really think we're going to have a lot of fun though!

Here is a pic of some of the gear that may or may not be there ;) (the speakers definitely and we're working on the rest of the gear):



We are going to have two different setups going in different rooms:
Main Living Room - 2 Channel
Trinity L&R
Strata Mini's
Possibly another set or two for rotation
Melody Integrateds - MK88 and possibly the AN300B!!
Onix XCD-50

Theater Room
Trinity LCR
MFW-15's X 2
Onkyo 805
Oppo 83SE for Blu-Ray and 2-channel playback via the analog outputs on the Oppo
Toshiba HD-A30 for HD-DVD
Panasonic PT-AX100U Projector (720p) and DIY 97" Screen

EVENT SCHEDULE
The plan is to start around noon and do 2-channel listening in both the upstairs dedicated 2-channel room as well as downstairs in the movie room. Since the setups will be so drastically different it will give people a chance to listen to what the Trinity can do in a dedicated space as well as a more conventional "family room" type of atmosphere. This will help keep the noise levels down so that critical listening can be done in both locations.

Around 2:00 we're going to stop both setups, gather and grab food and if its nice, possibly go out side for some fresh air :) This will also be the time where Hugh will get a chance to talk to us about Angel City Audio as well as the Trinity and how they are positioning themselves in the marketplace with their own line of speakers as well as the Onix and Melody offerings. I think it will help people get a true understanding of what is behind the company and where it is going. Nhan (one of the dealers) will be on hand as well to help answer questions (hope that's ok Nhan that I volunteer you!).

After lunch and talking, we'll resume 2-channel listening upstairs but will put the full force of the Trinity on display downstairs in the media room.

Plan on finishing roughly around 4:00 but if there's a few stragglers still kicking around, we won't kick you our right away :)

If anyone has suggestions of what they'd like to hear or see please let me know. Also, be sure to bring your own listening/viewing material if its something you really want to hear. I have quite a bit of music/dvd's but not nearly eclectic enough to satisfy all tastes. Plus, everyone has their favorites they like to demo with :)

Since my house isn't all that big we are going to keep this as a relatively small event with 15 people max. I am going to keep this post as the master list (I will have the same post on other forums) so please PM me if you are going to come and what your email address is. I will then email everyone a week before the event with my address.

Attendees:
Scott  (skeeter99)
Lisa  (my wife)
Hugh  (Hugh)
Jack Day (dad)
John (father in law)
Shawn (ShawnMC)
Randy (TechFan) - maybe
Nahn (PhenomeNhan)
Kurt (Drunkonjack) - maybe
Kris Deering - maybe
Will (Sir.Byrd) - AudioKarma
Will's Father
Dave Williams (Spalls) - AudioKarma
Beatcoaster - Mike
Jeff (jephdood) - maybe
mca - Mike - maybe

Looking forward to seeing you all!

Scott
« Last Edit: 12 Jan 2011, 04:57 am by skeeter99 »

skeeter99

Bump for updated date. We had to move the date and its further away so hopefully more people can make it now  :thumb:

skeeter99

A little bump as we get a little over 2 months from the event! I'm in negotiations right now with another surprise vendor for the event and I think a lot of people would love to see their products. Don't want to spill the beans though :)

Hope to see some more people come. Either PM me or reply on this thread if you might come. As stated in the first post I've got the main thread over at CHT and am keeping the "official" list over there.

Thanks!

Scott

skeeter99

Just wanted to link to a post in another thread on some of the comparisons we'll be able to do:

POST #86
Quote from: Hugh;65092
You rang? :)

I had heard both and in my opinion, I will not go back to the Mini stock version.

We got to try our Trinity Center with your Mini next month Scott.

POST #87
Quote from: skeeter99;65094
Oh definitely! We'll be able to do that pretty easily. I'm gonna have it set up so we can demo between my stock Mini's and the Trinity L/R off your Melody MK88 :) We'll also be able to try the Trinity Center against my X-Voce too. It'll be fun :rock:

skeeter99

Updated the first post with more gear and a current attendees list  :thumb:

JohnR

You could (if you wanted) add this to the AC calendar - use "Link to Calendar" link at bottom of page.

skeeter99

You could (if you wanted) add this to the AC calendar - use "Link to Calendar" link at bottom of page.

Didn't even know about that! LOL! Added to the calendar  :green:

skeeter99

Roughly 3 weeks till the event. Woo Hoo!

HAL

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Scott,
Wow!  You got DoJ on the list!  :o

Hope you all have fun!  It was a very good sounding setup at RMAF2010!   :thumb:

mca

I live in Kirkland and would love to attend, schedule permitting.

skeeter99

Scott,
Wow!  You got DoJ on the list!  :o

Hope you all have fun!  It was a very good sounding setup at RMAF2010!   :thumb:

Yeah! I haven't heard if he got his ticket yet, though so we'll see. I was gonna email everyone tomorrow with details.

It should be a lot of fun!

Scott

skeeter99

I live in Kirkland and would love to attend, schedule permitting.

You got it! PM me your email addy and I'll add you to the distribution list  :thumb:

Scott

skeeter99

Email just sent to everyone who has given me their email address. There are some of you that have said you want to come but didn't give me your address. Please PM me your email addy and I'll send the detailed email to you.

Looking forward to seeing you all in a few weeks!

Thanks!

Scott

Beatcoaster

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My latest set of "franken-omnis" are almost complete and I will be bringing them as well - gonna be a fun GTG guys!

skeeter99

My latest set of "franken-omnis" are almost complete and I will be bringing them as well - gonna be a fun GTG guys!

I love it!! It's gonna be a fun day!!

Scott

Beatcoaster

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Here they are - breaking them in for the next two weeks!

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=87374.20

Mudslide

It looks like I'm going to have to copyright that Northwest GTG label.   :lol:  J/K.

Have a good time, Scott.  These things are tons of work but also can be tons o' fun.  Sorry I can't make it.

Much good cheer.

Mud

arthurs

Sure sorry I'll miss this, looks like a great group for a GTG and a lot of fun will be had by all.  Happy listening folks - please post pictures!  ($20 bounty for a picture of Hugh sleeping)

skeeter99

It looks like I'm going to have to copyright that Northwest GTG label.   :lol:  J/K.

Have a good time, Scott.  These things are tons of work but also can be tons o' fun.  Sorry I can't make it.

Much good cheer.

Mud

Umm ... nope, its mine. MUAHAHAHA!!  :lol:

They are A LOT of work but it should really be a blast. We're gonna have a full house that's for sure!

Scott

skeeter99

Sure sorry I'll miss this, looks like a great group for a GTG and a lot of fun will be had by all.  Happy listening folks - please post pictures!  ($20 bounty for a picture of Hugh sleeping)

That would have been sweet if you came! We're actually going to have quite a few "travelers" coming from out of town.

I'll work on the pictures, see if I can get one of Hugh afterward when we're all just hangin out. Maybe then ...

Scott