The Burning Amp 2011-Schedules & Info

[Variac]

This is a thread to get the logistics worked out for Burning Amp Festival 2011
which takes place October 1st, 2011. Any discussions, assignments and notifications regarding
this year's BAF should be in this thread.

I'll put up the available rooms in another post here.



General talk about Burning Amp Festival and how great it is should remain in the Main thread here:
The Burning Amp Festival- an Audio Happening

[Variac]

UPDATED September 26, 2011 ... Bring Your stuff even if you don't sign up here!

OK, info on the rooms available. There will be the Big Room plus FIVE demo rooms!

The Big Room: C260
This is the room we used for presentations last year. This year it will be used again for the presentations, but also be used for the Beer(!), the drawings for parts, headphone amp auditions, and manufacturer's tables. All these operations will be shut down during presentations.

1. Douglas Self Presentation
2. Nelson Pass Presentation
3. Linear Systems tables
4. Tasty Snacks courtesy of Audio Xpress & Elektor
5. Headphone Tables: amb: β22 amplifier, Sennheiser HD800, HD600, HD580 and PX100 headphones, laptop computer with music, Countzero: Cavalli EHHA hybrid headphone amp with AH! Njoe Tjoeb 4000 CD player
6. Amp Testing table - Harmonic Distortion tested by: testguy
7. Linear Audio BookMag table
8. Audio Xpress & Elektor table
9. Other manufacturer's tables
10. Raffle/Auction
11. Refreshments & Food


The Tesla Room: (26'x 34') Systems on each end of the room, which will alternate and swap in different components. This room is for more high powered, probably solid state amps with large multi-way loudspeakers.

One End:
Sources: CharlieLaub: Sony CDP-XA20ES, Zero Cool: Twisted Pear DAC, davygrvy: Several output stages for the TP DAC
Preamps: Janneman: PGA2320-based remote preamp, syyma: 12B4A grounded cathode preamp
Amplifiers: CharlieLaub: multi-amps, boywonder: 300B TubeLab SE and/or EL34 MM amps, Paul Pacini: PowerPhysics A154 Class-D amp
Loudspeakers: CharlieLaub: Three Way multi-amped Modular Loudspeakers & other speakers, davidespinosa: Three Way Linkwitz Pluto omnis & Linkwitz Thor subs w/MiniDSP 2x6 crossover (digital & analog inputs)

Other End:
Sources: 1audio: Auraliti PK100 file player, Doug Tuthill: Turntable, rjkdivin: source
Preamps:syyma: 6BQ7 cathode follower, Tom Holman: Apt Holman Preamp, rjkdivin: preamp
Amplifiers: TerryG: Spud amplifier sold by Hawthorne Audio, jblast: K-16LS Tube Amp, rjkdivin: Luxman M-02 amps (Pair)
Loudspeakers: TerryG: Hawthorne Audio SI, Hawthorne Audio Augies, Benchtester: Seas DXT with Zaph 14W mid-woofer, wrenchone:Tritrix


The Hertz Room: (26'x 34') Systems on each end of the room, which will alternate and swap in different components. This room is more for horn and high efficiency systems on one end, with appropriate amps. Vinyl emphasized. Siegfried Linkwitz Orion system by Wood Artistry on the other end

One End:
Sources: TBA
Preamps: TBA
Amplifiers: TBA
Loudspeakers: Linkwitz Orion by Wood Artistry

Other End:
Sources: berndt: Wonderful Vinyl Machine
Preamps: berndt: TBA
Amplifiers: berndt: Randall Amp, n-brock: First Watt F-3, KoHo: Single ended 45 amps,
Loudspeakers: berndt: Jazz Module Speakers, KoHo: Hedlund Field coil horns


The Pass Pub: (about 26' long with one end 32' wide other end about 13' wide) Will feature items brought by Nelson Pass, Clone components of Pass designs, and projects inspired by Pass designs. All of which which will alternated and swapped.

Components:
Sources: TBD
Preamps: Pass Labs
Amplifiers: Nelson Pass: Beast of a Thousand JFETS!, Various First Watt, wrenchone: Half Nelson + other amps
Loudspeakers: PassDIY: Slot Loaded Open Baffles


The DeForest Room: (15' x 26' ) Low power, and small speakers. One system with components swapped in.

Components:
Guitar amps! Waveborn: Tube Guitar Amps!, Guitar
Sources: 1audio: Auraliti PK100 file player, dtut: turntable
Preamps: slomatt: Bottlehead Foreplay Preamp, Tuthill Friend: Remote Preamp
Amplifiers: Dagerman: a couple of Tubelab amps, jblast: Wire Hell amp, wayne: El84 scrap parts amplifier
Loudspeakers: slomatt:Grand Pops loudspeakers, boywonder: Fostex 207e Half Changs

The Volta Room: (26'x 32') Systems on each end of the room, which will alternate and swap in different components. Medium power amps, tube or solid state, mostly digital sources, with larger loudspeakers.

One End:
Sources: zodiac: Possibly a Bryston BDP-1, amb: γ2 DAC, Gary B: Thorens Turntable & Pass Ono Phono Stage
Preamps: amb: α10 preamp, Gary B: FET 10e Threshold Preamp
Amplifiers: amb:β24 power amp, DHTriode push pull amp, rjkdivin: EL-84 based integrated tube amp
Loudspeakers: n-brock: NHT 2.1 Prototype, Gary B: Altec 755C full range drivers in boxes

Other End:
Sources: Zodiac: DEQX HDP3 powered by a Mac Mini, slomatt: Marantz DR 6000 CD rjkdivin: Source
Preamps: Variac: Yanigar SY Impasse, rjkdivin: Preamp
Amplifiers:Variac: 2 Balanced F-4 clones, dagerman: SSE with KT88
Loudspeakers: Variac: Basszilla speakers, benchtester: wave guide Scan-Speak driver speakers

I'm open to suggestions regarding these divisions. Feel free to post to request a room, listing what you'll bring, and/or to volunteer. I'll edit the posts into list of persons and equipment since I have editing powers..

We'll need lots of volunteers this year. One Marshall for each room minimum,preferably two, plus my posse who swarm over any problem and solve it.. and you get a red shirt! Please post again here even if you've already mentioned your availability and what you can bring.

VOLUNTEERS:

berndt
mlise
jblast
dagerman
boywonder
n-brock
magnoman

Mark
"Variac"

[berndt]

Mark, I'd be happy to go where you put me. Will bring the jazz module speakers and the Randall museum gear along with a tt.
I'll bring a running system. Would be nice to be able to show up a touch earlier for setup.
Best regards, Bill

[Wavebourn]

Mark. do you think there will be some interest in guitar amplifiers this year?

[wrenchone]

Looks like I'll have 2-3 items for the Pass Pub - more things to come.

[CharlieLaub]

I am planning on bringing a large, "modular" 3-way active loudspeaker that I am currently building. Judging from your descriptions of the various rooms, it looks like this would best fit in to the Tesla room.

Will reservations for spots in the room be formalized at some point???

-Charlie

[jblast]

Mark - I volunteered last year and would be happy to do so this year.
I'll bring my mosfet "wire hell " amp and a tube amp... the little K-16LS.
Let me know what I can do.

- jblast

[dagerman]

I have just started building amps and really don't have anything to bring other than my time to help with whatever you need help with (I am sure you don't need to look at another Tubelab SimpleSE...).
It would be great to be a part of it in some way or other, or just as a paying visitor; although I understand that's not really what this is all about.

Let me know if you need any help and what kind. I am local (OAK). Also, I don't see the event on the Fort Mason calendar for October 1st this year? Maybe it is a secret location.....? All links point to last year's info.

Anyway, that's my offer so I can get in on the fun. Just PM me.

Stefan

[Zero Cool]

Daveygravey and I are trying to whip something up. I have my Twisted Pear DAC set up running and Davey is working on several types of output stages that can be swapped in for sonic comparisons.

[Variac]

Originally Posted by Wavebourn

We have a bed in the home office, so one guest (or family) is welcome to stay during BAF.

This is a very generous offer, but I moved it to here because I want to keep the first posts about room assignments..