The 3-bedroom tract house my parents bought in Cupertino California (now home to Apple and ebay) in 1959 for $12,000 has risen in value to.....a lot. The house across the street sold last year for $1.4 million. Too bad my dad sold ours in '66!
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bdp24 ... Has the prices of home really gone up ... or has the value of money gone down? To the Oregonians posting here: I lived in the Salem area for a year, then retreated back to California. Question: How do you keep your audio gear from rusting? I discovered why the state capital of Oregon is Salem. Its because people in Oregon don't drive their cars ... they salem. |
Thought I commented on here before, guess not or I can’t seem to find it. I don’t really know any other Audiophiles at all. Not a single stereo store or activity what so ever out here. I’m in the Columbia Gorge, a little over an hour from Portland going East. I get a little skeptical about meeting other audiophiles though. When I’d hang out in the stores in Portland I came across some the weirdest, oddest people around. Like borderline autistic or something. Maybe that’s just Portland though ha. However the shop owners were audiophiles and always pretty dang cool. Cindy and Gary from the Audio Gallery in Lake Oswego is where I was first introduced to Hi end Stereo. A shame about Gary and the store closing. And would regularly stop into Echo Audio. Sometimes Freds sound of Music. Seen a few Audiophile stores come and go in the Portland Area. |
I'm about to find out about Portland, as I'm moving across the river from it in a week, to Vancouver Washington. I've visited Portland a lot, and know there are a few shops still open. Of those I've been in Echo only, and realize being in Southern California with it's rich (I don't mean in the financial sense, but that too!) audiophile community for so long has really spoiled me! |
Kacz and bdp24 I suggest joining the Portland Audio Club on Meetups. There are a lot of members but only about 35 are would I would say are active and at most meetup get togethers only about 15 attend. I sure there are some odd members but I have also met some wonderful Audiophiles who love music and discussing system components both at Meetup the vents and also at listening sessions I have held at my home for my friends. |
Yeah I'll check it out too gjrad. Should be able to get together with them once in a while when I'm in town. I'd love to come over to your place aldcoll. To far away for me though. Hopefully you'll find a nice group to take you up on it. |
I started a group on Facebook called "north west audiophiles marketplace" hoping to meat others in the north west to listen, buy, sale, trade, and discuss equipment! I usually have pretty cool stuff to check out or trade and it's so hard in the Boise Idah area to find people with equipment I want to try! I usually have to purchase the gear and pay enormous shipping sight unseen! I'm Willing to drive anyware in the NW to check stuff out or purchase! Hoping to make it easier to get my hands on gear! Check out the group! North west audiophiles marketplace - it's on Facebook |
Hello all, Out here in Central Oregon, Crooked River Ranch to be exact. Been a music lover since a young age and audio equipment aficionado since 1976. Enjoy many genres of music. Currently have Thiel CS2's, Hafler 9180, Rotel pre, older Philips CD80 (sounds good to me!). Standby speakers: original Dan D'Agostino satellitle/sub circa 1978. Bryston power amp and Rega turntable years ago. 5 sound systems total....yup got the bug. Anyone else out here, say Bend? Redmond? Enjoy the music! |
Hi, We're not quite an audio club, but we manufacture audio products in Oregon...TubeTraps right here in Eugene since 1984. We have a great loaner program for any audio club, contact us. love to come to a meeting and make demo presentations Art Noxon 800 272 8823 www.acousticsciences.com |
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. |
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! |
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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. |
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 |
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. |
Hey kids, Coming around again; would there be any "audiophiles" here in southern Oregon? Still wishing to connect to fellow like-minded types. Stereo would be; Monster HTPS 2000 (?) power conditioner VTL poweramp and preamp Manley Chinook phonostage ClearAudio Performance DC turntable w/Tracer tonearm/Kiseki Purple Heart cart Vandersteen 2Ce Signature II loudspeakers/SVS Micro 3000 subs AudioQuest interconnects w/DIY silver loudspeaker cables. C'mon guys, we know you're "out there". Cheers, Cody |
This is an invitation to attend SpeakerFest 2022 Saturday August 27th 10am-4pm At the Fountain Hills Community Center near Phoenix. AZAVCLUB.com for details. Two new speaker models will be debuting there. One from Falcon Acoustics and another from LSA. Dennis Murphy of Philharmonic and Leo of Orchard Audio will present their products. About 20 different models to experience for $10 admission. DEAL!! |