Get Together June 4th

catastrofe · « **on:** 29 May 2011, 01:04 am »

Sorry for the short notice, but I'm hosting a little GTG next Saturday the 4th. Hours will be 1PM - 5PM. Steve Sammet from SAS Audio Labs will be attending for some of the time (I have his B11A preamp).

Please drop me a PM if you can make it so I can provide details.

Thanks,

Bob

MerRev · « **Reply #1 on:** 30 May 2011, 01:09 am »

hi Bob,

I keep forgetting to ask the wife but please pencil me in for now. Looking forward to drooling over the Soundscape's and hearing everything.

Chris

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #2 on:** 30 May 2011, 01:16 am »

I work every other Saturday. The fourth is one of them.

Have fun guys, take pictures for me.

Bob

thunderbrick · « **Reply #3 on:** 30 May 2011, 02:34 am »

Wish I could. Will be on the road for work.

daves · « **Reply #4 on:** 30 May 2011, 04:37 pm »

Bob, I should be able to make it.
Dave

sturgus · « **Reply #5 on:** 30 May 2011, 09:47 pm »

If I can get off work a few hours early I will be there.
Sturgus

kentj1948 · « **Reply #6 on:** 31 May 2011, 05:11 pm »

I would like to come by. Let me know where it is.

Kentj

bpape · « **Reply #7 on:** 31 May 2011, 05:13 pm »

Put me down as a doubtful but maybe. Wife has been travelling a lot and the only day she's home for a couple weeks.

Bryan

Vapor Audio · « **Reply #8 on:** 31 May 2011, 05:18 pm »

I asked Bob if I could bring a pair of my Cirrus by to compare a different implementation of the RAAL, in a smaller form factor ... he said sure. So I'll be there and we can swap whenever people want. His Soundscapes are the star of the show though.

Steve · « **Reply #9 on:** 1 Jun 2011, 11:51 pm »

Hello Gents,

It will be nice to meet all of you and listen to Bob's new system. I will be meeting up with opnly bafld and so he will also be attending. Sounds like an enjoyable afternoon is awaiting us all.

Cheers.

Steve

Scott F. · « **Reply #10 on:** 2 Jun 2011, 12:56 am »

Unfortunately I won't be able to make it. We're laying and grouting tile all weekend.

wedweb · « **Reply #11 on:** 2 Jun 2011, 11:17 pm »

I won't be making it either. I will be vending at Busch Stadium.

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #12 on:** 2 Jun 2011, 11:51 pm »

HEY BEER MAN !!!!!!

vhiner · « **Reply #13 on:** 3 Jun 2011, 06:09 am »

Wish I could make it, but we've got a family get together.

I was hoping to hear the Salk's again! Everyone's in for a treat.

catastrofe · « **Reply #14 on:** 3 Jun 2011, 10:35 am »

Hey guys, just checked this thread. I think everyone that's coming has my address. PM me if you don't. See you tomorrow.

Vapor Audio · « **Reply #15 on:** 4 Jun 2011, 05:10 pm »

Hey Bob, loading up the Cirrus right now ... will be there shortly. I'll also bring my external hard drive in case you do computer audio.

catastrofe · « **Reply #16 on:** 5 Jun 2011, 01:11 am »

A big thanks to all the Gassers that trekked over today; Steve, Lin, Bernie, Mark, Ken, Kent, Dave, Chris, Leo, Pete, and Ryan. I think I got everyone....

It was great spending time with you. Turns out the dropouts with the MSB were due to a sub-par USB cable.

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #17 on:** 5 Jun 2011, 01:15 am »

Lin came?

Steve · « **Reply #18 on:** 5 Jun 2011, 02:39 am »

I want to thank Bob very much for being such a gracious host to us. A real pleasure to meet you Bob. It was also a real pleasure to meet all the nice folks who attended, and the system was really good. I especially liked the drums from Salk demo CD, and Peter Frampton's little piece. Nice dynamics, accurate timbre, soundstaging etc. The songs were layered very nicely.

Ryan from Vapor Audio setup his "Cirrus" speakers and after the speaker connections "broke in" and I readjusted the impedance matching "bass" control on the 11A, his speakers were also very nice, crisp, detailed and soundstage was impressive as well. Nice job Ryan.

Much thanks to Bob again for hosting and for Ryan bringing his "Cirrus" speakers.

Yes, Linny met me in Springfield and rode down with me.

Cheers.

Steve Sammet
SAS Audio Labs

MerRev · « **Reply #19 on:** 5 Jun 2011, 10:26 pm »

Thanks for hosting a get together Bob.

First off, it was treat to see a pair of hi gloss Salk speakers in person- absolutely beautiful, they didn't disappoint.
The big Soundscape's could really pump it out- & , really cleanly I might add. I don't know what the dimensions of your room are but remember walking in thinking it was a tad small for such a big speaker. More narrow at the front but midway thru the room it opens up at least another 3' wider. After I acclimated I was so surprised just how well the Soundscapes performed on bass. They have the ability to go plenty deep but I couldn't believe they were not overripe in your room. That's quite a testament to Jim, Dennis and Jeff B. for applying a great technique- I had to read about it today am pulling this from Jim's site:

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We discussed the situation with our friend Jeff Bagby and he designed a woofer section utilizing dual, horizontally-opposed passive drivers (read about it here). This was the perfect solution - extremely extended response with absolutely no port noise. And since the passives were side-firing and on opposing sides, their motion canceled out any vibrations. What’s more, they perform well closer to the wall than typical rear-ported speakers.

Also, I want to mention Ryan's effort as his Cirrus speakers offered a different take on implementing a RAAL tweeter. They were quite nice too and I think a good number of us were impressed when we played a drum song from Jim's demo cd. Man, I would love to have a copy of that one but would insist on being in control of the volume if anyone was over.

-Merrev