AK fest 2006 photos

[bolly]

nice!

[bolly]

more!

[bolly]

last two!

[Charivari]

Thanks for the pics, Bolly! Will the equipment be identified or will we have to wait until a more formalized gallery is put together? I'm kind of curious as to what some of the gear is including that box in the first photo painted in Ronald McDonald's color scheme.

- JP

[bolly]

welcome charivari, Someone will have to chime in as to the makes and models as I don't have a schmick what most of it is. :)

[macaltec]

I'm curious about the speakers in the second to the last pic. Where's all the people?

[yamahammer]

couldn't help myself bolly you started it !!!!!!!!(i saw the nose and eyes on that speaker ) great setup great room i'll take time to be there next year the pics so far are awsome thank bolly

[Jim Eck]

couldn't help myself bolly you started it !!!!!!!!(i saw the nose and eyes on that speaker ) great setup great room i'll take time to be there next year the pics so far are awsome thank bolly

Hey Yamahammer, it's great and worth the trip.

Jim

[Mark W.]

Thanks for the Taste Greg You Da Man!

[Parky50]

Thanks a bunch Greg !!!
Keep'em comming guy's... looks great !!! :thmbsp:

[dr*audio]

Thanks, Bolly, I'm enjoying it vicariously.

[bolly]

how could I forget these?

[bolly]

and these?

[ejfud]

Nice to get a feel of the Fest, thanks for the pictures. Wish I could be there.

Gary

[Urizen]

Thanks for all of the great pics, Bolly. :thmbsp:

Keep 'em coming guys!

[whell]

Nuts. Looks like a few rooms that I didn't get to. Love that Pioneer rack!

[junkaudio]

Next Year iwill be there
more pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kcollins4]

Incredible! Thanks, Bolly :thmbsp:

[wank]

If I remember right, the McDonald's amp was BlueCircle.
That was a nice sounding room. One-chair sweet spot though.
Lots o' tubes all around.

[wank]

how could I forget these?

The first of these was Retro stereo's pioneer setup: 4 spec 2s and three spec 1s. Very intimidating, and the most solid state room there.

The third is PunkerX's TT, amp, and speakers: the Ohm I's (I think) sounded amazing.

Don't know about the second.

[wank]

and these?

Well, I know now the pics don't show up in my quotes, but on this one (post 13) you have pic #1 of Mc room #1 with the MC252 power amp, the MCD 1000 cd transport, and unknown pre with the small speakers.

Pics 2-3 are Mc room #2 with the dual monobloc mc 275s and some other stuff powering the XRT28 using the digital music server as source.
Speechless, was I. Heard two Floyd songs from The Wall and all of Scheherezade. I think I had goosebumps the whole time.
Wow.

[cabinover]

Thanks for the pics, Bolly! Will the equipment be identified or will we have to wait until a more formalized gallery is put together? I'm kind of curious as to what some of the gear is including that box in the first photo painted in Ronald McDonald's color scheme.

- JP

I don't know for sure but I think that would be in the Venus Hi-Fi/Blue Circle room. The Obelisks kind of give it away as well as the pre in the corner.

[bolly]

more,

[fotno]

Thanks Bolly - Nice to get to see some of the action. Much appreciated!:thmbsp:

[dr*audio]

I haven't seen a Manley amp in a long time. What's the black thing on the bottom with the pretty green LED disply?

[bolly]

CRS warren, I think it was a tubed CDP, or something. :)

[TWantiques]

Thanks for the pics Bolly. Keep them coming guys.

Terry

[Drizzt]

Thanks for the pics, looks great :thmbsp:

[Zekeman]

Bolly...

...the glowing tube shot is purdy!

[crooner]

Thanks for the pics Bolly!

I'd love to see Negotiableterms' SX-1980, which was supposed to be paired with state-of-the-art NHT speakers... :thmbsp:

[snapshotjc]

Greg, thanks so much for sharing those photos; wish I could have been there though!!
Looks like there was plenty to see and do, as I'm sure everyone had a great time too !

[ProAc_Fan]

Greg I hope the picture of the Manley tube amp is suffering from barrel distortion because if not that is one crooked looking amplifier. :) BTW the more of your pics I see, the more I notice how much Rick missed photographing. :tears:

Mike

[bolly]

mike, that manley is a stingray, she's kinda shaped like one too.

[Mopic5]

My camera sucked the life out of the non-alch batteries offered in the lobby shop. But here are a few.
1- In a tube mood
2- My two-armed Lenco before hauling it off to the Fest parking lot where it could be viewed out of the back of my van - like a freak sideshow.
3- More than Manley-enough (Right Order?)
4- Almorro's clean tube intergrated
5- Andyman's homebrew record cleaner. Saw him demonstrate. Look just as effective as a VPI. Nice job Andy. Now where can I find one of those Ice Cream making motors?
6- Craig at NOSValves set-up with unpictured Klipch speakers. Nice sounding!

[crooner]

Who's shaped like that, EveAnna? :D

mike, that manley is a stingray, she's kinda shaped like one too.

http://www.stereotimes.com/images/HE%202002%20Eveanna%20Manley.jpg

[wiseguy]

what are the pink and blue high heels for?.. now i wonder what really goes on at the AK fest..:)
wiseguy

[luvvinvinyl]

The CDP with the cool green glow is a Lector, from VenusHiFi.

The high heels are from MaryLou's wardrobe. They were doing yeoman service as cable elevators. Go to the Blue Circle site, and you will see what happens when she leaves her shoes lying around. Too bad the pics got lost in the server crash. MaryLou was at last year's Fest!

The Stingray is somewhat 'delta'-shaped.

[Wardsweb]

There is a very good picture of the Stingray in the gallery

http://www.audiokarma.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2778&size=big

[Charivari]

The high heels are from MaryLou's wardrobe. They were doing yeoman service as cable elevators. Go to the Blue Circle site, and you will see what happens when she leaves her shoes lying around. Too bad the pics got lost in the server crash. MaryLou was at last year's Fest!

The AKFest 2005 pictures were saved from the crash with the rest of the gallery here (http://www.audiokarma.org/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=3024).

Thanks to the old gallery, I was able to answer my earlier question -- the amps on Tubino's Tannoys are deHavilland Aries 845Gs.

- JP

[PakProtector]

Bolly...

...the glowing tube shot is purdy!

hey-Hey!!!,
thanks Zekeman, I like the looks of it too. Smiles when I turned it on, and smiles when it plays. What more could you want?
cheers,
Douglas

[BrianB]

More nice photos - thanks, bolly!

Oh, and I can help identify what's in several of the photos. The first three pictures in the first post are from the Blue Circle room, showing several of Gilbert's recent creations (plus a Shahinian Obelisk in the first photo).

The last two pictures in the first post are from the Venus Hi-Fi room (my "homeroom" at the show). The equipment includes (1) a pair of System Audio SA-1750 loudspeakers, (2) a Manley Labs Stingray integrated amplifier, (3) a Blue Circle NSCS integrated amplifier, (4) a Lector CDP-6T tube CD player, and (5) a Yamamoto Sound Craft rack. Soundstring cables were used throughout...

And the second picture in the second post is a nice shot of the Zu Loudspeaker and Cable setup.

Cheers,
Brian

[BrianB]

The CDP with the cool green glow is a Lector, from VenusHiFi.

Yup, and Lector makes the best, most organic sounding CD players I've heard at any price!

[luvvinvinyl]

<sigh> It was VERY nice. Especially good for 'late-night' listening, and discovering new music. Thanks, again.

[luvvinvinyl]

JP, thanks for that info. I hadn't gone back to that gallery, to see that it had been restored.

Many thanks to those who resurrected Lazarus.