Oregon Audiophiles...

Hey, all! This is to remind fellow Oregonians that the Portland Audio Club is still meeting monthly. We would love to have you with us! The PAC is a great place to trade stories with other audiophiles, to get to know people, and to hear a variety of audio systems.

I would have posted earlier but am more active on other Forums and just saw this thread now.

Here’s the link to the Portland Audio Club. There, you can check out our past and upcoming meetings. Every meeting includes some time for general discussion.

We have members with very elaborate systems and members with very simple systems. I have heard many of them, and some are truly excellent.

We started via Meetup long before I became organizer, and I am glad we did. Meetup is the social network that doesn’t sell or trade your personal information. Instead, organizers pay for the service.

OK! Enough said! I hope to meet you at one of our events.

Mike P.
P.S. I can’t change my username, but obviously, I am not in NC any more -- I’m in Portland, Oregon.

Eric, Yes! (We definitely have both.)  --Mike

Let me say one more thing about the Portland Audio Club. The philosophies I try to keep to as organizer are (1) let's get to know -- and learn from -- one another, (2) everyone's system sounds good to them, (3) what is "best" (in audio as in music) depends on your tastes and priorities, and (4) we're in it for the music. Those ideas are not a hard sell at PAC, which means to me that we have a great group of members.
So if you're looking for "shoot-outs", we're not the club for you. If you want to share your love of music and audio with others, and possibly make some friends, we are!

Eric, Have you tried Belmont Station on SE Stark Street around 45th? They have many, many brands.

This is, again, to invite any and all Oregon audiophiles to check out the Portland Audio Club, an all-volunteer club with emphasis on all kinds of audio gear and all kinds of music.

We meet monthly, with varied programs.

Hello James,

I look forward to seeing you next month. Thanks for your interest!

Mike

Hi Dave:

Sorry to hear that Meetup didn’t work for you. I believe you need to open a Meetup account before you can join any Meetup group. Maybe you did that.

Meetup is, in my opinion, the most benign of social networks. The organizers pay for Meetup’s services, and Meetup does not, to my knowledge, collect information, spy on users, or sell information on them.

Sometimes Meetup servers are not working right and that can cause problems. Beyond that, I can only urge you to try again, and if that doesn’t work, try emailing Meetup tech support.

I hope you succeed -- we sure enjoy having new members.

Mike

Dave,  I look forward to meeting you when you can make it.  --Mike

I don't know of meetings in Central OR, but maybe it's time for audionuts there to start something.

I haven't done this for 9 months, so I hope it won't be considered spamming to repeat it for 2020.

Fellow Oregonians:  the Portland Audio Club meets monthly. We would love to have you with us! The PAC is a great place to trade stories with other audiophiles, to get to know people, and to hear a variety of audio systems.

Here’s the link to the Portland Audio Club. There, you can check out our past and upcoming meetings. Every meeting includes time for general discussion.

We have members with very elaborate systems and some with very simple systems. I have heard many of them, and I am amazed at the variety of systems that can produce engaging music.

We started via Meetup long before I became organizer, and I am glad we did. Meetup is the social network that doesn’t sell or trade your personal information. Instead, organizers pay for the service (and we recoup that through our nominal dues of $12/yr.

This year we have some great programs, including a couple of nights of tune-sharing, a demonstration of building a network streamer, and a presentation by Art Noxon of ASC.

OK! Enough said! I hope to meet you at one of our events.

Mike

P.S. Audiogon doesn't let you change username, but obviously, I am not in NC any more -- I’m in Portland, Oregon.