Cincinnati, OH, any audiophiles?

Call me "johnny-come-lately" but I have stumbled onto this thread and would like to be included in any get-togethers. And depending on the number of enthusiasts, I would be willing to host tunes at my place. Maximum occupancy is limited of coarse, I'm sure we are all aware of that. I live 20 minutes south-east of Cinci. and welcome locals for "home cooked" food and fine music.

Tom,
Thanks for putting those JBL's out there for us before listing them. That is a great idea, I am always more interested in local sales to avoid shipping issues. Also a good opportunity to meet new 'philes and hear other systems. In the future, I may use the same approach.

I do not see any response to Mike's get together last Sunday so I will . . . I sure enjoyed the conversation and music, and the eats were fantastic. And I did get some ideas for room treatment like Mike suggested. I have a friend who is enbarking on DIY treatments and I now have some better suggestions for him. Thanks again Mike.

Marc, count me in when you nail down a time. Your system pics look good, nice job.

Scot from New Richmond

Mark,
Thanks for hosting tunes. Great sound and impressive set-up.

Greg (Hallhill4),
Welcome to the madness. Does your family encourage you to hang out with others with the same interests or are they going to regreat it? If it's like my place, as long as I don't spend money they are all happy. So I am usually in the dog house.

Scot

Well, I guess I will leave my flash drive at home. But I am in anyway. Thank you Andres, for the invitation. Just let me know when.

Harvey, great user name, how appropriate :)

Tom, great rave. Your system sounds fantastic. You have done a great job matching components. I would love to hear an A/B with the AR interconnects some time.

Sincerely,
Scot

I was up there about a week ago as well. The Sashas paired with the McIntosh gear was pretty remarkable. A couple of friends have remarked that the Mac gear should not be underestimated. Also the cut of music they picked was well recorded and had some influence on me.

The Sophias with the Naim gear was another story. But in my opinion is was more the room than the gear. One could ponder if the gear is a good match but I noticed the room was exceptionally live and no system would do well in that environment.

It is me again,

I could use some help with my Thorens TD-145 table/Rega RB300 arm . . . it has a Doug Olsen designed plinth and I have hard wired Cardas tonearm cable to the rca's recently. Now I can not get it to track properly. I would like to have it professionally set-up using my Benz Ace cartridge because apperently I can not do it on my own:) I am concerned that re-wiring the arm has messed something up. It worked fine (before my upgrade!) with the stock DIN cable from Rega.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Scot

I went.

Some of the good was from Merlin. Their set-up was well balanced, some of the best bass notes at the show. He was using some sort of little stereo tube amp. I suspect it had something to do with their sound as well. I discovered GR Research... their room with Dodd electronics was tremendous. They were using their Super-V, open-baffle speakers including servo-driven subs. They were spacious, huge full range sound with no bloom or fatigue. And being a panel guy, Roger Sander's electrostats and electronics were pretty damn good. It looks like he nose what he's doing!

There were some unmentionables. Mostly room acoustics I suspect. Considering the coin some of the top shelf gear was asking, it better have been the room!!

I went.

Some of the good was from Merlin. Their set-up was well balanced, some of the best bass notes at the show. He was using some sort of little stereo tube amp. I suspect it had something to do with their sound as well. I discovered GR Research... their room with Dodd electronics was tremendous. They were using their Super-V, open-baffle speakers including servo-driven subs. They were spacious, huge full range sound with no bloom or fatigue. And being a panel guy, Roger Sander's electrostats and electronics were pretty damn good. It looks like he nose what he's doing!

There were some unmentionables. Mostly room acoustics I suspect. Considering the coin some of the top shelf gear was asking, it better have been the room!!