olson_jr
Lunatic Member
SMAC turns Ten!
I just noticed that Jeff has not posted anything about SMAC's tenth anniversary so I thought I would throw few words together. BTW I am a lowly introverted technologist, not a writer, so please forgive my bumbling wordsmith in advance.
Jeff started SMAC with a meet at his house in September of 2005. He once told me that he had no idea what kind of folks would show or what would actually happen, but he decided to take a chance, a big chance. We SMAC Boi's are so very fortunate that he took that chance.
I was not there in the beginning. I missed the early meets at Squidwards & I actually have no idea who Strawman is. I discovered SMAC via Jeff's post in Audiogon, sent him a note and was accepted into his group. The first meet I attended I was so very surprised meeting so many friendly folks that were so into music and audio. Before that meet I had thought I was pretty much the odd man out, as caring about music and sound was not very important in the lives of the friends I had at the time. I remember telling Jeff how strange it now felt for me to drive past other homes and realize that there were nice stereos and music nuts in those homes.
Some of the guys I met at that first meet have become my closest friends, attending concerts and hanging out in front of each others stereos since.
SMAC led to AudioKarma, which led to AK Fests, which led to concerts together at the Ark, which led to meeting at the Detroit Jazz Festivals, which led to Mini Meats, Lard in theYard, and to many of my FaceBook Friends.
Some of my fondest memories of SMAC center around the local AK festivals. The SMAC rooms at AKFs were always such a fun "Stone Soup" thing, trying to make the best of whatever was dragged over and plugged in. When we were not trying to decide what sounded best in the systems we were trying to impress each other with our vast musical knowledge. God, I miss those festivals!
Jesus, ten years! That is 120 meets, every month, sun, rain or heavy snow, one a month for ten years, without fail!
Anyway the tenth anniversary meet is at my house, in the first of Canton's subdivisions, or as we call it the holler, the country getto of Canton. The house ain't much to look at and the deck is rotten but I plan on sprucing it up next year, when I retire!
Sure would be nice to get some of the 'old SMAC guys' over to relive old times and maybe pose for a few pictures of you holding your home made amps.
I should have a system in the basement we can swap stuff in and out of pretty easily. Hopefully the day will sunny and I can set up something outside too.
Thanks to Jeff for keeping this together for ten long years.
Here is to another ten!
Thank you all my SMAC brothers!
I just noticed that Jeff has not posted anything about SMAC's tenth anniversary so I thought I would throw few words together. BTW I am a lowly introverted technologist, not a writer, so please forgive my bumbling wordsmith in advance.
Jeff started SMAC with a meet at his house in September of 2005. He once told me that he had no idea what kind of folks would show or what would actually happen, but he decided to take a chance, a big chance. We SMAC Boi's are so very fortunate that he took that chance.
I was not there in the beginning. I missed the early meets at Squidwards & I actually have no idea who Strawman is. I discovered SMAC via Jeff's post in Audiogon, sent him a note and was accepted into his group. The first meet I attended I was so very surprised meeting so many friendly folks that were so into music and audio. Before that meet I had thought I was pretty much the odd man out, as caring about music and sound was not very important in the lives of the friends I had at the time. I remember telling Jeff how strange it now felt for me to drive past other homes and realize that there were nice stereos and music nuts in those homes.
Some of the guys I met at that first meet have become my closest friends, attending concerts and hanging out in front of each others stereos since.
SMAC led to AudioKarma, which led to AK Fests, which led to concerts together at the Ark, which led to meeting at the Detroit Jazz Festivals, which led to Mini Meats, Lard in theYard, and to many of my FaceBook Friends.
Some of my fondest memories of SMAC center around the local AK festivals. The SMAC rooms at AKFs were always such a fun "Stone Soup" thing, trying to make the best of whatever was dragged over and plugged in. When we were not trying to decide what sounded best in the systems we were trying to impress each other with our vast musical knowledge. God, I miss those festivals!
Jesus, ten years! That is 120 meets, every month, sun, rain or heavy snow, one a month for ten years, without fail!
Anyway the tenth anniversary meet is at my house, in the first of Canton's subdivisions, or as we call it the holler, the country getto of Canton. The house ain't much to look at and the deck is rotten but I plan on sprucing it up next year, when I retire!
Sure would be nice to get some of the 'old SMAC guys' over to relive old times and maybe pose for a few pictures of you holding your home made amps.
I should have a system in the basement we can swap stuff in and out of pretty easily. Hopefully the day will sunny and I can set up something outside too.
Thanks to Jeff for keeping this together for ten long years.
Here is to another ten!
Thank you all my SMAC brothers!
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