Zephyr Audio and Audio Crafters Guild Room.

Main Rig setup.

All speakers using Fostex drivers exclusively. Great craftsmanship, to say the least.

Main rack. I was so busy staring at the Audio Research Preamp, I forgot what was in the rest of the rack. There was an air suspension system (active), with tank and all for the table.

The model 'oneZ' (pronounced 'ones').

Three layer front baffle, baltic birch if I recall correctly. The top was finished in a nice matte blue. These little pups imaged like a BITCH.

Closeup of the Fostex 2-way. Bullet tweeter is passed VERY high, with a simple, absolute phase 6db slope.

Pi seven Corner Horns.

Unbeleivable fit and finish, and a sound to match.

True, 3-way horn using a 15", 10" and 1" compression driver - all Eminence.

Lots of great speakers to listen to, but I'd say these were 'best in show'.

Audio Tropics model 'Moebius' line amp. Separate power supply, but creatively mounted on a single chassis.

Audio Note!!!

Image amp

Audio Tropics 'The Musical Machine' amplifier.Triode 6V6, stunning.

Pi two

Summa Premium Loudspeakers by GedLee.

HUGE!!! The Stonehenge and these were the heavyweight matchup of the meet.

GedLee room, apparently my camera was as hung over as I was.

Brines Acoustics.

Fostex and Lowther, done RIGHT. A real treat to listen to, on my short list for sure.

You can get the stand mount version seen here AND the Peerless subwoofer, for $1100 and change - and that's a FACT JACK!!!

Damn wish I'd of been there. I'm very close by but I had to work all weekend. Didn't even notice this thread till Sunday night.

Would have Loved hearing some TubeGear, I never have. Someday perhaps :)

Stoet (?) Kit amp.

Fred Arrays!!!

Fred not only is a shockingly handsome man, but his woodworking is second to none. I might have to talk him into putting me on a payment book for these bad boys.

The new DK integrated everyone is raving about, and for good reason.

Tube front end, solid state muscle on the back end. Dual 6922/6DJ8, twin 700v power trannies for a dual mono setup, 50,000uF capacitance.

Eighty-Two pounds.

The meters on the front don't show power input, but rather INPUT line voltage - I thought that was a neat change.

Element Cable was featured in several rooms.

Fred Arrays, part duex.

Ella push-pull amp.

Sexy.

Stonehenge.

You could 'feel' the demo several rooms away. There is NO replacement, for displacement.

Fun speaker to listen to, a little bright on the top end for me - but nothing tubes might not solve.

I'll refrain from drinking until the pictures are done next time.

Quality components, nice to see someone keeping these vintage drivers alive and well, and brought up to date.

Iconic 164-8a.

Bass horns anyone?

30 watts of Altec solid-state power, never serviced.

Baby Quad's.

I wish I had spent more time listening to them. LOTS of potential.

Quicksilver monos.

Makes my pants go crazy.

Quicksilver tube line amp, and Vincent tube output CDP.

All together now....

This is the rig Element Cables setup for us to enjoy, and we did!

Might very well be the best $950 one could spend on a set of speakers. I'm NOT kidding.

Eminent Technology LFT-16 Planar Magnetic Hybrid.

45Hz - 20Khz
85db 1w / 1m
8ohm
23lbs each

Eastern Minimax tube phono, line, and integrated.

Dynamic Contrasts 'Just A Rack'. Coolest rack I've EVER seen.

AN Speakers, I didn't get to hear these before we left.

The stunning amps to power the speakers above.

Something to look forward to next year.

That's all for me folks.....enjoy.

Cheers,
Russ

I'm still wiping the puddle of drool from my keyboard.

Thanks for the pics !!

These pictures further prove that REAL wood and veneers is the only way to go. I, for one, will ONLY have speakers with that "REAL WOOD" look.

Terrific pics, Russ! Thanks :thmbsp:

homminah, homminah,homminah.....Be still my beating heart..I don't know much about audio stuff...not nearly as much as most of the rest of youse guys...But I do know this is some SERIOUS gear..and prolly costs more than a mere mortal like me could afford in 3 lifetimes...Like lookin' at a Duesenberg...70 yr old car, but even the most clueless would have to say that this was no go-to-work special...-Sandy G.

Great pictures Russ, thanks for sharing. It sure is nice to see the Iconic stuff finally out and in the flesh after SO long in the 'its coming, its coming' stage. Most of the promised crossovers are still not available but it's looking like pricing for these will be stratospheric anyway so I'll be pursuing DIY for my Altec projects.

As exciting as the prospect of some newly manufactured Bill Hanuschak drivers is to me, the one that most intrigues me is the 604 (sorry, 704) and it's really too bad it didn't demo so great at this show. If they are anything like the 604's I use, the prospect of listening to them in a temporary set-up in a live hotel room, using CD as source and SS (the horror!!!) at huge volume levels has my ears crying out in pain all the way from Toronto.

I hope I have the opportunity to hear these proper someday, I'd love to mount them in one of my cabinets and hear them at home.

Nice stuff! I dropped by for a couple of minutes. I didn't really like the format of setting up in different hotel rooms - it was kinda strange pokin' your head in people's hotel rooms. I looked for the AK members but, with no visible name tags, I resorted to using the "AK" call - you know, a loud abbrieviated "Ack Ack - Ack Ack". I was referred to the "Mars Attacks Role Playing Conference"!!!

Russman,

Great show pix! :banana:

I can't get the Audio Note page to load, though. :worried: