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Re: LSAF 2012 [message #72521 is a reply to message #72519]

Thu, 03 May 2012 20:40

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Lovely to see you again my friends
Walk along with me to the next bend

Lone Star Audiofest 2012 starts now!

Exhibitors:

101 - Legacy Audio
102 - GR Research
204 - Stereo Clarity
206 - Affirm Audio
207 - Emia
208 - Manzanita Audio Systems
211 - Oddwatt Audio
214 - Soundfield Audio
215 - PhenomeNhan A/V
220 - Black Hole Audio
221 - Pi Speakers
223 - High Fidelity Cables
225 - Brines Acoustics
228 - Crescendo Audio
229 - Brad Baker Audio
232 - VanZyl Audio
305 - Apex HiFi
312 - Seijin Audio
313 - Fred Thompson Audio
316 - Smith & Larson
321 - Raven Audio
327 - Element Cable
330 - Polk Audio

Be sure and fill out an attendence sheet in one of the rooms. Present it to the host of the room to be entered in the raffle. We will gather them up at the end of the day Saturday, and use them for a random drawing. There are several prizes being offered, so lots of people will be going home with cool stuff!

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Re: LSAF 2012 [message #72522 is a reply to message #72519]

Thu, 03 May 2012 20:49

Wayne Parham
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russman wrote on Thu, 03 May 2012 19:36

Wayne, I have 3 sets of interconns from Black Cat, and pair of RT series Polk bookies for raffle, did we ever decided how to do this, are we just going live in the lobby, drop your name in the hat, and we draw in 10 minutes?

Excellent, Russ. I think the attendees are in for a real treat this year. Lots of goodies.

I brough a pair of two Pi tower kits and three ART T-Shirts to raffle too.

Last I heard about the raffle is what you saw in the emails yesterday. Steven is going to hand out some cards, we should encourage guests to fill them out and return them to the room host so they can be entered in the drawing.

russman wrote on Thu, 03 May 2012 19:36

I see the 'judging' etc has become more formal on other boards, which is fine, I thought we were doing a simple ballot for attendees to write down their fav room, to be announced at Sunday breakfast with the exhibitors?

Well, I don't know about all that. I just know Raven Audio donated some trophies and they and Stereo Clarity sort of championed a "Best of Show" event. Don't know how it's gonna be judged.

I'm just here playing some tunes, checking out Bruce's amps. I agreed to demo with his gear this year. So I'm just messing around having some fun.

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Re: LSAF 2012 [message #72526 is a reply to message #72521]

Fri, 04 May 2012 01:28

Seijinaudio
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Registered: April 2012
Location: Austin

Esquire

I will be in room 312

Best Regards.

Joshua Masongsong - Owner

801-837-0111 Main / 801-803-2757 Cell / jmasongsong@seijinaudio.com Email / www.seijinaudio.com

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Re: LSAF 2012 [message #72528 is a reply to message #72526]

Fri, 04 May 2012 03:16

Wayne Parham
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I stayed up way too late getting setup. So I'm sleeping in tomorrow. But here's what I brought this year:

http://lonestaraudiofest.com/2012/Photos/DSC_0001.JPG

You'll notice the four π mains flanked by three π subs. Not surprising there. But what's new is I'm not running my usual amplification. This year, I'm using Oddwatt amps. That's what those two monoblocks are on the bottom shelf. I also have the remote control RDAC "passive preamp" mentioned at the beginning of this thread. It's the box up top with the "005" on the display.

This is another one of Bruce's Oddwatt creations. He built a prototype passive preamp based on my remote processor chip. The numeric display is his way of providing visual feedback on the volume setting. You can do it with a bar graph or any number of ways, or not provide a visual indicator at all. But any way you package it, I like it because it's just one single (wiperless) part between the source and the amp. No mechanical contact via potentiometer getting in the way.

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Re: LSAF 2012 [message #72529 is a reply to message #69582]

Fri, 04 May 2012 12:26

willamp
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Registered: April 2012
Location: Austin

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Hi All,
I'm driving up from Austin and should be there tomorrow afternoon. I have a passive-pre I would like to compare with anyone elses pre-amp (passive or otherwise) if someone is interested in taking the time. I would value any expert opinions I might be able to get. You may know it as the Bent Audio TAP-X. They're not sold anymore but I bought the parts from John Chapman and put one together. I really like the sound of it but have never been able to compare it to anything other than the pre's I have owned. If you're not familiar, it offers remote controlled souce switching, volume and balance control. Volume control is via transformers from Dave Slagle. If no one's interested that's OK too. The fest looks like a good time.

Cheers
Phil

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Re: LSAF 2012 [message #72548 is a reply to message #69582]

Sat, 05 May 2012 22:55

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Man, this was an excellent show. I thought last year's show was awesome, but this one was even better. I almost hope the show will stop growing, because I think it's just right.

And now for the photos:

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