ShinOBIWAN said:
What is the actual venue then?, from the map it looks to be in Newbold?.
I live not far from Chesterfield 😀
Percieves
Shin
If you did have the Tarantism'ss's'ss anywhere near listenable is there any chance that the (obviously sold) Percieve's could be borrowed from their new owner, it would be good to hear a pair of speakers that generated such a huge thread and interest on this site?
I'm interested in coming but depends if my lil bro goes ahead with the wedding or not.
Nick.
Shin
If you did have the Tarantism'ss's'ss anywhere near listenable is there any chance that the (obviously sold) Percieve's could be borrowed from their new owner, it would be good to hear a pair of speakers that generated such a huge thread and interest on this site?
I'm interested in coming but depends if my lil bro goes ahead with the wedding or not.
Nick.
Re: Percieves
Ay'up Nick,
Might be a big ask to get the poor chap to shuttle them all the way back up here. I'll point him at this thread and see what happens. I agree it would be nice if they could make it though.
Grumpy_Git said:
Ay'up Nick,
Might be a big ask to get the poor chap to shuttle them all the way back up here. I'll point him at this thread and see what happens. I agree it would be nice if they could make it though.
Pinkmouse - excellent idea - I intend to be there.
Chesterfield - good choice (i.e. not far from me).
I guess we shall need to make a financial contribution, even if the venue is "free"? Did I miss something on that subject?
Having been involved in User Groups before now, I recommend not diluting the event's focus. Better to have a smaller number talking about the "right" things rather than being overrun with populist wierdos (wierd from our perspective, that is).
Andy
Chesterfield - good choice (i.e. not far from me).
I guess we shall need to make a financial contribution, even if the venue is "free"? Did I miss something on that subject?
Having been involved in User Groups before now, I recommend not diluting the event's focus. Better to have a smaller number talking about the "right" things rather than being overrun with populist wierdos (wierd from our perspective, that is).
Andy
Hi Al et al,
Sounds great, cept Shin lives about a million miles away from me. I'm one of those southern fairies who thinks anywhere past Birmingham is a voyage.
However, it would be nice to meet many of you, and I'm sure I could be lured if Shin promises to provide social lubricant in plentiful supply 😀
Sounds great, cept Shin lives about a million miles away from me. I'm one of those southern fairies who thinks anywhere past Birmingham is a voyage.
However, it would be nice to meet many of you, and I'm sure I could be lured if Shin promises to provide social lubricant in plentiful supply 😀
You're not alone. This frame of mind apparently translates well to shoes. Apparently buying them in a designer store with pretentious sales staff for £200 more is part of the required experience or something.SY said:
I can offer drawing up the program, and a dedicated webpage once details become clear, and then expand with post event material.pinkmouse said:
I can also bring measuring stuff, laptop, jig, mic and preamp. Perhaps the Orions as well since I know a few people would be interested in hearing them, and I could also bring some chip amp variations and FR monitors.
I think keeping it simple and informal is paramount. Any time around those summer months sounds ok. I vote SY doing a presentation - on wine.
Ahh yes, free beer is good beer. I certainly don't find it better at quadruple the price. 😉SimontY said:
pinkmouse said:
They might get a little more complicated, but I don't think it'd be too bad.
There are porters all over the university and cameras everywhere (even on the photocopiers). The electronics department (which has a ground floor designed to be opened for displays - e.g. fold away walls) and central hall are right in the centre of the university, there are a few hundred metres to the nearest public road - the public can't wander around the buildings like the can at some other places. So security shouldn't be much of an issue. The students seem to be extremely good in this respect as well.
Tailoring the programme would depend a lot on how things work out. The things people have mentioned so far have sounded pretty close to what I was talking about, giving a quick talk on some element of the design. It wouldn't even need to have this, I just figured it might be easier to present it to the university as a partially educational event to get some free space.
"Audio congress 2007, with speakers and demonstrations"
The university wouldn't deny it if it was just a meetup, but they'd be more likely to charge for rooms.
Needless to say, the university has some fearsomely accurate equipment which they may be willing to let us use with some persuasion.
Just wanted to let you know that I'd be willing to do all the work at this end to check or sort out these things if anyone is interested. It's of some degree of personal interest to me anyway, not just because I like audio either! I'm in the process of setting up a lab outside of the university's own for the students to work on things like valve amps for their instruments, so I think I could tie the two together with an audio congress as a kind of inspirational precursor.
Vikash said:
That whole thing works with drivers too, actually anything audio related for that matter.
Great idea.
We need speakers so if the Orions could make it then I think quite a few folks would be very interested in those, including me. Its very likely the best DIY kit out there and certainly the most widely acknowledged.
It would also be good if you could bring along the Greg Ball and ASKA 55N+ amps for a shoot out. I think Al is bringing the Krell KSA50mk2 Clone and I'll bring the NX150 Synergy's. You've also got a fair bit of experience with gainclones so maybe you could bring your favourite out of the few you've built. If all of those turn up then that would certainly get us off to a nice start. Would also be good if someone could bring a Class D and tube design too, I've got a single UcD700ST module which might be useful for a passive sub(if someone brings one) but its not much good for stereo listening.
Agreed, I've never done anything like this, so I think its best left in the hands of people like Al. 🙂
I've got a funny but rather disgusting story about just what red wine does to someone that doesn't treat it with the respect that it deserves. Unfortunately I can't repeat it otherwise I'd probably get sin binned.
You have to email me that story! I'll figure out a way to get it posted, if not here, then on a wine site with a link from here.
Guys, I may not be around much for the nest couple of weeks, but feel free to keep the discussion going. I will catch up when I can.
It would great to meet you guys, any chance this might happen in the first two weeks of May? I am on a trip visiting family then and this would provide a nice distraction.....
I can bring with me a Kookabura Pre amp and a Myref C for the chip amp room, speakers would be a "challange" what with bagagge allowancies!!
cheers M
I can bring with me a Kookabura Pre amp and a Myref C for the chip amp room, speakers would be a "challange" what with bagagge allowancies!!
cheers M
D1GGY said:
It would be great to see you, but I suspect that will be a bit soon for all the all the folks that have to finish projects first.
Could you not change the date you come over? 🙂
RAndyB said:
I'm trying to keep this free, as much as possible. Things may change, but at the moment it looks do-able. Obviously you will still have to pay for your own accommodation, food, beer, etc.
Shin, any chance of the venue photos?
I think it all pretty much starts with acceptance of the venue. Then we can pick a suitable date, ensure it's free and book it, and the rest becomes details to work around that.
V
I think it all pretty much starts with acceptance of the venue. Then we can pick a suitable date, ensure it's free and book it, and the rest becomes details to work around that.
V
Vikash said:
No probs Vik, will get it sorted ASAP. Did try late yesterday but the site was down.
OK here are the photo's. Sorry not the best quality as I was in hurry. They're also a little dark because I took them in the evening and night closes in fairly early this time of year.
Front of building:
Rear of building with enterance into lounge:
Main hall looking at the front entrance:
Main hall looking from the front entrance:
Smaller hall (not a very good shot this one, its actually much larger than it looks in this photo.)
Lounge shots(room is an L-shape)
Part of the kitchen:
Food prep area or whatever it is.
Thats it really, I didn't think it would be wise to take photo's of the toilets 😀 As I said its basic but functional, we'd have the building to ourselves and its free. We can secure the building overnight with an alarm/close curtains so its no problem leaving our stuff there, although its done so at our own risk of course but I've never known there be any trouble there.
Front of building:
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
Rear of building with enterance into lounge:
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
Main hall looking at the front entrance:
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
Main hall looking from the front entrance:
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
Smaller hall (not a very good shot this one, its actually much larger than it looks in this photo.)
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
Lounge shots(room is an L-shape)
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
Part of the kitchen:
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
Food prep area or whatever it is.
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
Thats it really, I didn't think it would be wise to take photo's of the toilets 😀 As I said its basic but functional, we'd have the building to ourselves and its free. We can secure the building overnight with an alarm/close curtains so its no problem leaving our stuff there, although its done so at our own risk of course but I've never known there be any trouble there.
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