Strange days, indeed. Most peculiar, momma.

http://wigwamjones.com/audiokarma_fest_2007

Enjoy, and tell Grumpy not to hit me. Dude hits *hard*.

Very cool write up, Thanks! :)


Carl

Excellent Wiggy, thanks for sharing! :yes:

Think you might have missed yr calling in life, Me Olde Sonne...You're a jim-dandy writer...Better'n an awful lot of 'em out there who THINK they are...

very cooL wigwam jones!! :thmbsp:

Great report!
Would love to have been there!

thanks wig.i waited allnight for some pics.

great job wiggy!!!!!!

Great humorous write-up! Glad you got to be there and glad you shared with the great unwashed peons that couldn't!

Great writeup and pics. Sounds like a good time was had by all. Will have to be there in 2008.

Thanks, guys. I already got an email from one of the participants. He called me a 'lying crapweasel,' which is meant affectionately, I think. It is nice to make friends.

Great write and wonderufl pics! Thanks for posting and looks like everyone had a great time.

Strange days, indeed. Most peculiar, momma.

http://wigwamjones.com/audiokarma_fest_2007

Enjoy, and tell Grumpy not to hit me. Dude hits *hard*.

Thanks for the great write-up, I bet your a heck of a song writer!:thmbsp:

Thanks for the post i gotta go next year can,t believe all that vinyl sitting there and equipment i,ve never seen

Great write up and great photos. Thanks!

Fine write-up & pics Wiggy (you don't mind if I call you Wiggy do you?). I think there's something wrong with your website though, it was really hard to scroll past the first picture. :D

Very nice Wigwam! Thank you very much for sharing the photos and write-up. Now I know what I missed! :D

it was really hard to scroll past the first picture. :D

I had a system lag while on there too......just to let ya know...

Thanks for sharing the experience. I almost felt like I was there.

Rick

MOST COOL DUDE Thanks

now a simple question but one I have been wondering about.

They must pull the beds from the listening rooms RIGHT?

Cause in none of the photo's have I seen a bed.

SO where do they put all the beds???????????

MOST COOL DUDE Thanks

now a simple question but one I have been wondering about.

They must pull the beds from the listening rooms RIGHT?

Cause in none of the photo's have I seen a bed.

SO where do they put all the beds???????????

Good for keeping your eye on the ball.

I knew I should just have skipped reading this. It just makes me feel worse about not being able to make it this year.

Great, thanks! I hope I can to do it some year!

SO where do they put all the beds???????????

You're not going to believe this, but they were in a couple of dumpsters out back. I'm serious. I'll bet they timed this to coincide with 'new mattress day' in the hotel. I should have gotten a photo.

Man...that photo of the Manley Stingray...nice--what a great lookin' amp...darn that tentoze :D

I had a system lag while on there too......just to let ya know... Of all the pictures in that blog, I can only remember the first one: All of a sudden the rest of them really didn't seem to matter anymore. Is that what they call ADD?:scratch2:

Thanks for sharing!

Regards,

You're not going to believe this, but they were in a couple of dumpsters out back. I'm serious. I'll bet they timed this to coincide with 'new mattress day' in the hotel. I should have gotten a photo.


That's way to funny

That's way to funny

I just hope they didn't charge AK for removing the mattresses, seeing as they were apparently going to do it anyway.

Ya done good. Nice job.

Nice writing and pics.

Thanks!:thmbsp:

Definately the finest Fest I have been to! Great group of people, wonderful, plentiful, diverse systems and fun to boot. Thanks to you wigwam and all of the others who participated, planned, or attended, the whole thing was synergy:thmbsp: . I am not sure I can fit everything back into my house, but I will try!

Terry:music:

Thank You!

Nice Job Wig, it was nice to have met you.And yes folks he's just as cute in person as he is in his avatar....




David

Wiggy, there's one set of pics I don't recognize!!

How in the hell did I miss one room??? I was in every room there, at least twice!

Wiggy, there's one set of pics I don't recognize!!

How in the hell did I miss one room??? I was in every room there, at least twice!

Perhaps I went in through Platform Nine and Three Quarters?

As always, a pleasure and a delight to read your delectable scribbles.

You seem to push that pencil, and the words come out nicely.

A nice read indeed!

Great writeup and great photos!

That first shot is Jennifer, Grumpy's daughter, also known as the finest ticket-seller in all of audio. The average attendee was unable to say "no"... or anything coherent.

I had a great time, met a bunch of great people, and am really looking forward to next year.

Special thanks to Dave, Nancy, Ernie, and Linda for a fantastic job, and thanks to RichPA for 5 hours of switching DACs!

Killer write up Wiggy! You need a new JOB my friend!

Awesome pic's and writing, way to cool there buddy!

Great job Wiggy! You need to find a magazine to write for, or they need to find you. Thanks for the kind words, and also for the fine pictures. I was a total dope and forgot to take any pictures myself! Having too much fun, I guess.

Mark

Good job, really captures the flavor of the event. :thmbsp:

Damn, I missed that Bose demo Wiggy!!!

Great job with the pics and prose; sorry I didn't get any time to hang with you Saturday. I saw you, but then you were gone; must have been that call.........:dammit:

You're a credit to the City of Galesburg. Excellent job, sir. :thmbsp:

Next year for sure...!

great write-up wigwam..... great pictures also...

..The pic of the hotel had one of the upper-floor windows open...Was that the room where they were "roof-testing" Bose, Soundesign & Yorx stuff ? <grin>

Damn, I missed that Bose demo Wiggy!!!

Great job with the pics and prose; sorry I didn't get any time to hang with you Saturday. I saw you, but then you were gone; must have been that call.........:dammit:

I got called in to work - a support call from a customer. I'm on call 24x7, but I don't usually get called on weekends. I worked until 11:30 p.m., then went to bed. Woke up at 2 a.m. when my roommate's friends came rolling in drunk. Seems they had gotten into a fight outside a RO bar, one of them had his head split open, blood ever where. They were very drunk and screaming and yelling at each other. Kept me up until 5 a.m. Went to bed, got up at 8:30 a.m. Sunday when the customer called back with more problems. What a weekend. To say I was ticked off would be putting it mildly. This is what happens when you rent a room in a house with others.

Ahh, your blog just made my bookmarked top-20 (but there's only 13 in it so far...).

You are now alongside Jalopy Junktown, Coop's Positive Ape, HooptyRides, JesseGersten.com, Maakies, Head Injury Theater, Still life With Cranston richie, AudioKarma, another berloved audiosite, The Great Motorcycle Pizza Tour, Retrocrush, and Craigslist.

I will visit often to partake in your posted delights...

What a write-up! Sorry we did not connect as it was great to meet so many friends face-to-face. The organizers did one fantastic job and their good humour in the face of a hectic two days deserves plaudits from all sides. Those Ninja elevators were something else, no bells, they sneak up on you and are gone before you can blink.

Rob

Thanks, Wig, great pics and writeup. Looks like you got a couple of the Great DAC Shootout :)

Thanks for the vicarious rendition of the fest for those, such as myself, who could not make the trek. That was a fun read, and the photos tell their own stories.

Hey, I just realized that that first picture is in my room, when she was coming around to sell the last of the fifty-fifty tickets. I shoulda bought more!

How are the prices at the AK fest? I gotta get me some of those LP's those things are calling me and so are those receivers... I think I am going to start drinking and chasing strange women... :yikes:

I just couldn't take seeing RaymondLeggs' name anymore everytime I come to this section.
That is all.

And I for one thank you for that. It gave me cause to go back and read Wiggy's write up again. Which is very entertaining. I especially love the part about the "Sansui Drop" and "Bose Tune Up".:lmao:

Also reading it over again puts me in the mindset to make more of an effort to get my ass to AKFest08.:thmbsp:

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