Mid Atlantic meet
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castlesteve
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Either day will be fine with me. Let's try to make a decision this weekend
I am fine with either day as well. Let's provisionally go with Sunday so that Dave can come. And John, it will be great to see you again. Please bring your BHead DAC in case Dave can't come.
I will be bringing my 6C33C amp, my version of Roscoe's speakers with a PLLXO and hopefully a line array with the $1 Parts Express speakers from over 10 years ago. Hopefully it will all fit in.
ray
I will be bringing my 6C33C amp, my version of Roscoe's speakers with a PLLXO and hopefully a line array with the $1 Parts Express speakers from over 10 years ago. Hopefully it will all fit in.
ray
castlesteve
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2wo said:
Sunday it is. However It looks like I'll just be hosting as I haven't managed to complete any of my projects this time. My wife is still struggling with her illness and work has been hugely demanding. I'll try to get something done tomorrow but no promises. We will need a linestage and amp as mine are down for the count at present. Starting at 9.00 ish as usual. See you all there
2wo
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I am bringing my Bottle Head DAC but my music server is not portable. If someone has a laptop or something with tunes on it. Otherwise I will bring a CD player and SPDIF cable, I have no optical.
I was hoping to have the latest version of my 300B amps ready but I seem to have blown a 3 legged fuse or two. I can bring the SR-45. If more power is needed I have an F5...John
I was hoping to have the latest version of my 300B amps ready but I seem to have blown a 3 legged fuse or two. I can bring the SR-45. If more power is needed I have an F5...John
I will bring my netbook with JRiver loaded on it. I will also bring my ODAC, PLLXO, 6C33C amp, my version of Roscoe's speakers and a line arrray if I can fit them in. We should be able to substitute the B'head DAC for the ODAC.
If anybody wants to bring their music, put it on a usb stick. Jriver can be used to control the volume.
John, I forgot that Steve is starting the meet earlier these days. Could we meet at 8 am instead of 9 am. If I don't hear from you, I will still presume 9 am.
ray
If anybody wants to bring their music, put it on a usb stick. Jriver can be used to control the volume.
John, I forgot that Steve is starting the meet earlier these days. Could we meet at 8 am instead of 9 am. If I don't hear from you, I will still presume 9 am.
ray
dbishopbliss
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What good timing... I haven't checked the board in months and I happen to be free tomorrow morning. I'll bring a recording I made of my daughter's high school wind ensemble. I will bring the raw files and those that have some compression and EQ for comparison.
Looking forward to see everyone again. The time just goes by so quickly.
I will bring the commercial remote pre-amp that I brought last time. I will bring some vintage speakers as well as the Climax. I will also bring the DAC. Depending on what space is left in the car, I can see what else will fit. I maybe able to bring some headphones and amps if anyone is interested and if I have any room left in the car.
I will bring the commercial remote pre-amp that I brought last time. I will bring some vintage speakers as well as the Climax. I will also bring the DAC. Depending on what space is left in the car, I can see what else will fit. I maybe able to bring some headphones and amps if anyone is interested and if I have any room left in the car.
It was a very interesting meet and thanks again to Steve for hosting. The big surprise was the foam speakers driven by Dayton exciters.
http://bottlenecksaudio.blogspot.com/2015/06/bottleneck-meet-may-2015.html
We will try to hold our next meet in early October.
ray
http://bottlenecksaudio.blogspot.com/2015/06/bottleneck-meet-may-2015.html
We will try to hold our next meet in early October.
ray
2wo
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It was fun, sorry about the DAC, It wasn't till we tried it that I remembered that the manual has procedures to load the driver to Windows and of course I didn't bring it with me, it is plug and play on my server.
Ray's fine 6C33 amp did all the heavy lifting and drove anything thrown at it with finesse. My 300B amps did not make it and if they had it may have been the straw that broke the Cooper's back
Thanks to Steve for hosting and Ray for driving...John
Ray's fine 6C33 amp did all the heavy lifting and drove anything thrown at it with finesse. My 300B amps did not make it and if they had it may have been the straw that broke the Cooper's back
Thanks to Steve for hosting and Ray for driving...John
dbishopbliss
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Paul has made it to one of our meets... no pressure.Doc B. said:
Paul Joppa
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And it was a LOT of fun - great group of people, too! Reminded me of the old VALVE days - amazing that's actually like 20 years ago.
dbishopbliss
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I'm glad things worked out and I was able to come for a couple of hours. Nice to see everyone again. I'm sorry I missed the foam panels... now I'm interested to try them out. Thanks for indulging me and listening to my daughter's high school wind ensemble - at least they are one of the top high school bands in the state. 
As I mentioned, I only listened to the recordings on my headphones so listening with real speakers in a big room highlighted the differences in the mic placement. Next I got to figure out the "mastering" process. The recordings were so quiet that we had to turn up the pre-amp all the way. Perhaps we are so used to the "loudness wars" that anything that doesn't have a lot of compression sounds too quiet.
As I mentioned, I only listened to the recordings on my headphones so listening with real speakers in a big room highlighted the differences in the mic placement. Next I got to figure out the "mastering" process. The recordings were so quiet that we had to turn up the pre-amp all the way. Perhaps we are so used to the "loudness wars" that anything that doesn't have a lot of compression sounds too quiet.
