Pictures & Report: '06 Vancouver Island diyFEST

[planet10]

a grainy close-up of Chris' stealth Foreplay (in the guise of a late 70s Japanese SS pre-amp, and Jason's DAC which, essentially, features a 6DJ8 foreplay analog section... Jason -- how much is that DAC worth?

 

[vinylkid58]

and Jeff & Pattie listening -- you can see that Jeff got a touch of sun -- most of the listening happened in the outside "listening rooms"

I always look like I've had too much sun, or too many pops.

Jeff

 

[pinkmouse]

Looking at that lot, it would seem that it's illegal to build a speaker with any more than one driver in Canada!

 

[planet10]

Looking at that lot, it would seem that it's illegal to build a speaker with any more than one driver in Canada!

In actual fact there were 2 2-ways at the Fest (and a few that didn't see the light of day)... the Silver Iris only look like 1 driver...

Full Ranges & small tube amps did rule the day thou...

 

[planet10]

The RonHorn Austin A126

 

[Frank McCrea]

Hello,

I just made a post over at Hawthorne Audio with regards to the Silver Iris's playing in one of the outdoor systems.

http://www.hawthorneaudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=289

If any of those who attended wished to make comments I'm sure it would be appreciated by Darrel and Diana.

Cheers, Frank

 

[Brent Welke]

Good times

Thanks Dave and Ruth for the good time. An event I always look forward to. Good thing it snuck up on me or I would have spent a week preparing for it

 

[jleaman]

a grainy close-up of Chris' stealth Foreplay (in the guise of a late 70s Japanese SS pre-amp, and Jason's DAC which, essentially, features a 6DJ8 foreplay analog section... Jason -- how much is that DAC worth?

800$ as it is. Chassis alone was 225cdn

 

[planet10]

Downstairs was this Rega, Bottlehead 300Bs, Foreplay III, Seduction & Bent audio TVC...

 

[planet10]

The HK CD player with variable out, straight into the miniA started the day out downsairs

The ELL80 spud amp didn't get any play

 

[chrisb]

mea culpa maties:

Chatting with Dave (capt'n of the good ship Planet10) this afternoon, it looks like I misremembered hearing the Visaton B200s this weekend - what we were listening to was the little Korean "Sounds of Music" full rangers that he received as a sample quite some time ago.

They still floated my little man in the boat more than the other 2 open baffle systems.

What I maintain to remember correctly in the sensory perspective, if not the temporal, was a brief comparison some time back of the SI15 and the B200 - same results.

 

[planet10]

with the fresh out of the box neophones the little chinese PP EL84 amp worked better (seen here in the dark about 11 PM). After Bob 7 Frank left with the main system, we hooked up the Toob-i-fied Technics tuner with Magnum DynaLab dipole antenna and pulled in some really good blues from KPLU in Tacoma (many miles away)

dave

 

[chrisb]

Looking at that lot, it would seem that it's illegal to build a speaker with any more than one driver in Canada!

Well, not against the laws of Queen and country, but after listening to many a fine FR (some even not of our own construction), just sort of unnecessary

 

[chrisb]

with the fresh out of the box neophones the little chinese PP EL84 amp worked better (seen here in the dark about 11 PM). After Bob 7 Frank left with the main system, we hooked up the Toob-i-fied Technics tuner with Magnum DynaLab dipole antenna and pulled in some really good blues from KPLU in Tacoma (many miles away)

dave

you missed some pretty fine a capella and geetar picking around 11:30 - the programming was particularly tasty that evening



note: "Toob-i-fied" is a registered trademark of Gregg the Geek (Classic Valve Design) and damn but does it sound fine - and looks specially cool on a unit that allows for sidelighting of the glass/plastic panel with blue LEDs

 

[planet10]

speaking of blue LEDs*... here is a bigger pic of the little Chinese PP EL84 (and Jesse taking the picture reflected in the glass). The normal size Jol;da CD player gives some size reference.

*(there are blue LEDs under the driver tubes)

 

[SY]

What that needs is some red LEDs shining up under the output tubes.

Man, I have to make this event next year.

 

[3-LockBox]

Looks like I missed a good one

I had familial obligations but as I peered into the cloudless sky I though to myself, "today is a good day to drink some beer and listen to some odd looking speakers". And it looks like I was right. I hope to get another shot at it next year.

Looks like it was a blast.

BTW: I look much younger than many of you.

 

[planet10]

What that needs is some red LEDs shining up under the output tubes.

The Scott is scheduled to try on some LEDs at some point... we just got the diyAudio valve CCS working under the LTP (thanx Gregg). This is currently running resistor-strapped triode Class A.

[Man, I have to make this event next year.

You do...

dave

 

[planet10]

The Sounds of Music (Korean cast basket alnico 7" FR OB driver) was (at least my) the ceam of the OB speakers -- largely due to the better midrange integrity over the Silver Iris (it is an uphill battle getting a 15" to get to 3.5k)

 

[planet10]

and a close up -- they come without dust-caps, we had the phase plugs made.