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2011 RMAF Analog Reports + Meet and Greet

2011 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest Analog Reports + Meet and Greet

The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest is quickly approaching. Just like last year, I’m planning to use this thread to capture anticipated analog related information about the show as well as impressions.

The past four years of RMAF visits have been fun, entertaining, and rewarding. I go to the show for many reasons but mostly to meet other music lovers/audiophiles and industry professionals. The diversity of music, equipment, and personalities are very interesting to me. A link to last year's comments can be found here: 2010 RMAF Comments

There should be quite a few interesting things going on at this year’s RMAF. If you haven’t attended the show, you should seriously consider going. I’ll post a few things I anticipate seeing at this year's RMAF in the tread reply below.

I’ve also found out that AudiogoN member Cello has set up a meet and greet on Friday night @ Garcia's Restaurant located across the street from the Marriot. More details to follow. The past three meet and greets in 2008, 2009 and 2010 have been very enjoyable. I expect the same from this one as well.

Please feel free to post your attendance plans now and your analog experiences after the show.

In the previous years, it has been suggested that we put our AudiogoN Monikers in the field below our names on the RMAF badges. I think this is a great idea to continue into this year.

I'm looking forward to meeting many of you at the show,
Dre
dre_j

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In the Galibier room (Suite 1130):

Turntable - Galibier Stelvio-II
Tonearm - Durand Talea-II
Tonearm - Artisan Audio Capriccio
Cartridges - Dynavector XV1s, Myajima Mono

Line Stage - by Serious Stereo (Passive Attenuator)
Line Stage - by Quicksilver Audio
Phono Stages - by Sonus Veritas and Herron Audio
Amplifiers - Serious Stereo 2A3
Speakers - Daedalus Audio Ulysses

Cabling by Discovery and Kaplan Cable
Power Conditioning by Kaplan Cable

Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier
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Thanks Andre,

As we noted offline ... no "shootouts" this year. It's proven to be an exercise in cat herding ;-)

The Saturday night get together in our room will be more of an opportunity for an informal get together. Bring your weird tunes ;-)

Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier
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Hi Pcostsa

I'm looking forward to seeing you again. Yes, I've come to realize that informal after hours affairs in the room are a whole lot more fun for all of us, and in the end, are more informative for everyone. I'd love open up the room on Friday evening (after the meet and greet) as well as Saturday evening this year.

We'll see how the room is "behaving" - whether on Friday night, I need to run the same drill that 90% of exhibitors do on Friday nights (revisit the setup).

The pressure in these more informal gatherings is off, and folks can bring all kinds of strange music that has a tendency to chase some audiophiles out of the room during regular show hours. This gives everyone an opportunity to challenge a system in ways you can't do in "controlled" demos. Watch for this (controlled demos) as you walk the floors of the show.

I might even let jazzdoc play a "Scissor Sisters" record. Of course, I might have to "retaliate" with some vintage live Quicksilver Messenger Service, or live Little Feat.

On a more "normal" side of things, remind me to tell you the circumstances under which I met Dre_J, some 5 years ago in one of our Saturday night free-for-alls. This story of what happened, immediately after the last piano chord was struck on Bill Henderson's "Send in the Clowns" still warms my heart, all these years later. Hint - it involves an ultra low-body fat Jim Hagerman (at his triathlete best), not used to the effects of beer at altitude ;-)

This could be the year I finally make it to the meet and greet. The plan is (always is), to have the room dialed in and not have to make any changes on Friday night. We'll see how that one goes ;-)

Those of you who have been to more than one show, know all too well, that rooms sound mediocre on Friday, and their best on Sunday, just in time to break everything down and pack it up.

Three day attendees - use Friday to scout out the possibilities. Return later in the weekend several times to rooms on your short list. Don't give up on these guys. Getting systems to behave at a show is a real bear - even for experienced exhibitors.

For more "quality time" in rooms, start at the top floor of each tower and work your way down. The "herd" starts at the bottom and works their way up.

Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier (suite 1130)
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