What we'd like to do is all throw ideas up here for equipment configurations, musical selections and movies that we'd like to experience. Then, we can make a schedule that allows the most "coverage" of material and equipment everyone wants to see and hear.

Obviously, not all equipment choices will be possible, but between all of us, I think many examples of technologies can be represented. I can bring stock Paramours and a couple of solid state amps, obviously I can also bring some models of speakers. I'm not sure how big a load I'll take, but I have a lot of things I'd like to bring. I'd love to see others gear too, after all, this is sort of like a "show and tell" deal.

What has been suggested, and I think is a great idea, is that we setup specific systems for a period of time, and then have a scheduled playlist. For example, perhaps Saturday from 1:00pm to 4:00pm will be Paramours and tower two π's, and after receiving music and video requests, we can make a schedule of material too. Maybe we'll even have two rooms setup having different equipment and schedules for more variety and availability. Perhaps at 7:00pm, we'll have a movie and maybe another at 10:00pm, and for those movies, we can swap out to seven π's on Crown power. Or maybe a little Harman Kardon "store-bought" system or push-pull tubes would be nice for trying the home theater experience on gear like that.

So please make lists of music material, individual songs, whole records and bands you'd like to hear. Tell us what kinds of equipment you'd like to see and hear, and if you have equipment that you can "donate" for a particular time segment, we welcome participants. Any of you that would make your equipment and/or rooms available would be appreciated, we encourage this and would like to add your systems to the schedule.

Man, this is gonna be sooooo cool!

HAR!

How are most people handling the various systems and activities planned in their rooms?

It's pretty wide open, since guys bring lots of different gear. The trick is to put a sequence of combinations and sequences of changes together that will sound good, and be both informative and entertaining.

We might start out holding source, pre and speakers constant and run through a string of amps, then swap some tube on the amp we liked best, then run through a series of speakers. It's always time to change when the chatter level over-runs the music.

Flexible yet coherent - a tough combo!

You've got the personality/goals of the room "host", the gear on hand, and the personalities/goals of the "visitor" to meld together. Not simple, is it? I suspect it helps if everyone keeps firmly in mind that this should be BIG FUN!

Keep your ears and your mind open.

I have a few requests, and I'm sure I'll add more later. But for sure, I want to play Tool's version of "No Quarter". I'd also like to see at least one high-energy movie, perhaps two. Something like one of the Star Trek movies or Matrix or something like that. Those are things that I could really get into.

On the other side, I'd kinda like to play a song or two of Glenn Miller, particularly when we're running tubes. And, of course, a bit of Ludwig Van.

The London Symphony performed the "Immortal Beloved" soundtrack, and I particularly like the last one, "Symphony #9 in D minor" - "Ode to Joy" from that soundtrack. Probably the most moving song for me is "Symphony #7 in A major" and there are a couple of great piano-only pieces, "Fur Elise" being the most popular. So I'd like to hear some of those when we hook up the tubes, maybe on the transistors too.

(Put it here and it's easy to search for, anywhere else and it's lost forever.)

Don't forget some Genesis