Here's a post-script and single place to store information for the next Frankenfests:
From post #29 with expansion:
11:00 Speaker Refoaming - Bostown will lead this workshop. He will be refoaming some drivers from Urchinn's Snell speakers. Urchinn has gotten the materials and will make sure the drivers are removed from the speakers and are near room temperature. You can attend and learn or bring your own refoaming projects and do them with guidance.
The reason this workshop is early is because it takes time for the glue to set and dry and Bostown would like to demonstrate the finished speakers mid-afternoon.
This did happen, but late in the day, around 3:00. Bostown was later than he'd planned (new baby in the home), the place was very busy and we're just starting to get our (my) workshop coordination chops together. I did see quite a crowd around Jamal, and many happy speakers with new surrounds, and even watch truevis apply glue around the perimeter of a freshly scraped cone.
Thank you Jamal for your stewardship, your patience, your ability to multitask, you skill at teaching, and your guidance.
1:00 Record Grading Workshop - Stephanie Gaynor, Tom in RI and possibly Dmitry. See
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/sho...5&postcount=24
Would Peter's room in the back of his space be best for this because there's a lot of horizontal space on that big table? Would somewhere else be better?
This workshop did take place in Peter's boardroom with Steph Gaynor's planning and presentation and Tom in RI's supplementation. There were very positive comments and a lot of people now have more confidence in the consistency of their grading.
See this post:
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showpost.php?p=6544979&postcount=235
Ad-Hoc tech sessions:
Informal Tube Testing - by Al Wise.
This went off with Al set up in his usual place and many happy people having had their tubes assessed in Al's best "Antiques Roadshow" way.
Soldering - Al Wise has volunteered to bring a fancy soldering station and demonstrate soldering. I can help with both of these.
The box was there and was explained. I'd love to get my hands on one of those babies!. Temperature adaptive soldering? Amazing.
Multimeter use: w1jim. Bring a meter and any documentation you have and w1jim can go through it with you.
I don't know the status of this one. If there's no feedback, I'll put it in the "proposed workshops" for future fests section.
Stylus microscope: LexDM3 will have one.
Dan and w1jim love their magnification.
Dan came through as this post shows:
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showpost.php?p=6544982&postcount=236
Ad-Hoc listening sessions:
1. The Pass room - Gigbyt, Todd MacDona, BillyK and others actively assess Pass gear. Will move forward. Did not happen. Isolated listening area is a good likelihood for a future fest. Permission required to use the upstairs space.
2. DAC shootout - Some of us have DACs. I have an AudioQuest Dragonfly and can bring a laptop and a mini RCA to dual RCA male cable to run it into any preamp, integrated amp or receiver. Others have mentioned having DACs. Other than using a system in a listening space, what interfaces would we need?
This did not happen. There was a lot of activity and I did not have a chance to coordinate how to bring this together. I'll add it to the future workshops post.
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showpost.php?p=6512635&postcount=30