toxcrusadr
Omelette au Fromage
As long as you have a deck and a garden hose, I'm up for it. 
KC Area AK get together - June 2
- Thread starter kurtgo
- Start date
I'm bringing tater salad.....from Costco
toxcrusadr
Omelette au Fromage
Packing up here. Severe storms just missed to the north and south, which is good because I don't wanna do a Doc Brown
and that would be too much wattage for the experiment!
and that would be too much wattage for the experiment!
Good time today. Thanks again Kurt!
Wish I could've stayed longer.
Wish I could've stayed longer.
Splatter Pak
High-End Scrounger
Thank you Kurt for a great meet!And we have photos of Tox's "Science Experiment." It sounded very good until somebody cranked it too hard and a voice coil rubbed...
toxcrusadr
Omelette au Fromage
Jokes on you, there IS no good side on that!The Epic Atlantic Oracle Triple Stack was a bit of a disappointment IMO. Those speakers have plenty of bass normally, but once you get em off the floor like that you lose so much bass reinforcement that the whole balance changed. The smaller pair on top sounded better by themselves down on the floor than all three stacked up. Not to mention the comb filtering.
toxcrusadr
Omelette au Fromage
Anyway it was educational and we had a great time. Thanks to our hosts , food bringers, and pie makers.
toxcrusadr
Omelette au Fromage
Also a special thanks to Kurt for sharing his musical journey and a darn sweet stereo! Your enthusiasm for sharing anything and everything you've found out, without the smallest hint of audio snobbery, is what AK is all about. If you decide you need some 'musical' speakers to complement those 'detailed' Genesis 5.2, call me up. LOL
It was great having everyone over and the help was very gracious and welcome. Glad that a few 1st time meeting AK'rs came out. I have way too much food left and of course the pecan pie was to die for - according to my wife. Thanks Barbara. Here's another photo of Tox's EATS as he so appropriately and fondly called his experiment. And his butt again. I don't know what's up with that.
And the DAC shootout, in my opinion, was a success. It further confirmed by thoughts about the TEAC 501 Dac - it's just hohum. So much for the raving reviews. I know other "attached" equipment has a lot to do with it as well, but - the Musical Fidelity 25.3? sounded good and then with a wider soundstage when BigElCat switched something on - the Maverick Audio D2 from Guy Ornes was just as good and I had a Grant Fidelity Tube Dac 11 that we finished up with and it did well.
There was a ton of knowledge being bandied about and a lot of helpful hands. BigElCat just dove in and hooked up about every connection we had. And of course Guy - thanks for the tunes, again.
Tox is right - the 2 small ones sounded better than the 6 in total. He went right after hooking up the 3 amps into 2 preamps so that was interesting.
Thanks everyone for making it fun and successful.
And the DAC shootout, in my opinion, was a success. It further confirmed by thoughts about the TEAC 501 Dac - it's just hohum. So much for the raving reviews. I know other "attached" equipment has a lot to do with it as well, but - the Musical Fidelity 25.3? sounded good and then with a wider soundstage when BigElCat switched something on - the Maverick Audio D2 from Guy Ornes was just as good and I had a Grant Fidelity Tube Dac 11 that we finished up with and it did well.
There was a ton of knowledge being bandied about and a lot of helpful hands. BigElCat just dove in and hooked up about every connection we had. And of course Guy - thanks for the tunes, again.
Tox is right - the 2 small ones sounded better than the 6 in total. He went right after hooking up the 3 amps into 2 preamps so that was interesting.
Thanks everyone for making it fun and successful.
noisefreq
Super Member
It was so nice to hang with good people that enjoy talking about what I love.
Truly enjoyed meeting all you guys.
Kurtgo, thanks again to you and Merriam for hosting. You have a beautiful home.
2020, thank you for giving my lonely Dual orphan a home.
It was pretty funny when everyone started pulling out their phones and showing pictures of their favorite gear. These boxes are like our children in some ways.
Looking forward to the next meet!
Truly enjoyed meeting all you guys.
Kurtgo, thanks again to you and Merriam for hosting. You have a beautiful home.
2020, thank you for giving my lonely Dual orphan a home.
It was pretty funny when everyone started pulling out their phones and showing pictures of their favorite gear. These boxes are like our children in some ways.
Looking forward to the next meet!
