Hi, Vertewax. Sorry we missed you yesterday. We had a small, but enjoyable, informal gathering of just three of us. Several people who had wanted to come were unable to do so for one reason or another.
If you like, please e-mail me directly through Audiogon with your direct e-mail address, your name and your home telephone number (no cell phones, please), and I'll get more details to you.
As you can tell, nothing formal is established at this point -- we're just in the process of exchanging information amongst each other to find where we may have some common interests to get together. Thanks for your offer to host a meeting. I'm willing to do the same, so I'm sure we will have several of us interested in getting together again sometime in the next few weeks.
Best regards, Rushton |
I've just registered with HarmonicDiscord board and will be posting some additional information there once I receive my registration key. Did not know that a Philadelphia forum existed. Thank you, Suits_me, for trying to create some additional exposure here for that forum.
I live in the suburbs just west of Philadephia -- moved here about a year ago -- and would be interested in meeting some folks who share a passion for audio. My interests are focused on 2-channel reproduction with vinyl as my preferred source. I've been part of the audio lunatic fringe for over 30 years and I've always enjoyed getting to know others nearby who are similarly addicted. "Clubs" may come and go, but being able to get together informally with others to share music and systems and experiences is something I always value. |
Invitation...
Those in the Philadelphia area who have some interest in getting together informally to share some music, listen to some different equipment or listen to one another's systems, are encouraged to post here and to send an e-mail to one of us already posting here.
To get things kicked off, I have extended an open invitation to my house for Sunday afternoon, January 5, from 2:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m. So far, we have interest from two people. (Two others have other commitments but would like to come when we schedule another date -- which we will.)
If you're interested in coming over to share some music and listen to one user's system (mine), please send me an e-mail through Audiogon with your direct e-mail address, your name and your home telephone number (no cell phones, please). I'll get call you with directions.
Please DO NOT post your phone number or address in this public area. |
I’m glad to find some other people in the Philadelphia area who share my interest in good audio reproduction. And I look forward to the opportunity to get together to share some music, sound systems and experiences.
A little bit about me: I've been on the "lunatic fringe" of our shared passion for 30 years. My system is geared to vinyl playback, and I'm addicted to tube electronics because good tube gear always sounds to me most natural and true to the harmonic overtones of acoustic music. Did I say I prefer acoustic music? Yes, 98% of my listening is to acoustic music -- primarily classical (from ancient music to contemporary), with a good dose of folk, blues and Celtic. But I do also enjoy a sojourn with rock, even if my musical awareness may be somewhat dated and represented by Pink Floyd, Queen, Janis Joplin, Moody Blues, Rough Trade, Dire Straits, et al. My dedication to vinyl for my personal listening is evident by the record collection... With over 4,000 LPs and less than 50 CDs, I think you might get the picture. Also, I'm committed to the school of "high quality, minimal conveniences" in my equipment -- no remote control, no linestage, no tone controls or signal processing -- turntable direct-in to dual mono phonostage, direct to mono amps.
Did I say I like tube equipment? Hmmm, tube phonostage, all tube power supplies, all tube amplifiers. Does it sound warm, rich, sweet?? Nope, not a bit. The wonderful old Marantz 9 tube amps I lived with and loved for many many years sounded warm and sweetly euphonic. But contemporary high quality tube equipment has none of that classic euphonic signature -- just incredibly quick with wonderful ability to recreate the full shadings of harmonic overtones that, for me, the best solid-state gear just never manages to match. But, of course, system synergy is ultimately what counts -- its never just the individual components, it's all about the interaction and balancing of those components to create a system.
So, these are my biases based on my years of enjoying this shared passion of ours. We all have our own based on our musical and listening priorities. I look forward to getting to know some of you who live in or near the Philadelphia area and who share my love of well reproduced music. |
Invitation - Choose a date...
Once again I offer an invitation to my house for those in the Philadelphia area who have an interest in getting together to share some music, listen to some different equipment and get to know one another. I am getting my record collection unpacked, so the vinyl selection here will be significantly more extensive this visit. Also, I encourage anyone coming to bring some of their favorite music to share.
I thought the best way to do this would be to propose some alternative dates and allow thread participants to express their preferences. So, please post your preference for a date or time from among the following alternatives, or contact me directly off-thread, and I will try to determine what the consensus appears to be and post the final date.
Saturday, January 25, either morning or afternoon
Sunday, January 26, either morning or afternoon
Saturday, February 1, either morning or afternoon
Sunday, February 2, either morning or afternoon
Saturday, February 8, either morning or afternoon
Sunday, February 9, either morning or afternoon
(Regrettably, weeknights do not work well for me.)
Please DO NOT post your phone number or address in this public area.
Best regards, Rushton |
Sunday, February 9 in the afternoon appears to be the consensus for a meeting date and time. Given that, let us schedule this next meeting on that Sunday afternoon from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Thanks to each of you who have posted here. I've additionally heard from a number of people who contacted me directly to express their interest and preference, so the full conversation has not been reflected in the thread. To those of you who posted, I believe I have responded directly to each of you. If I missed you, I apologize.
I hope those of you who have not yet posted an introduction here will do so!
If you are able to come on February 9 and need directions to my house, please contact me directly and include your full name and home telephone number in your e-mail. To manage these in-home invitational meetings, we are trying to do a bit of verification through a reverse telephone lookup the first time around -- hopefully this will not discomfort anyone.
I hope you will be able to join us, and I look forward to meeting each of you.
Best regards, |
To all who have recently posted here, Welcome! There are probably another 6-8 people who have not posted a message here but who have contacted me or Hugh directly. It's a pleasure to see this amount of interest in the Philadelphia area.
If you have not already done so, consider posting a little bit about your audio interests, your listening priorities, music you like, what brought you to this hobby, etc., so that we can each learn a bit about each other. (But remember that this is the Web... So be thoughtful about what you disclose and certainly do not post your phone number or address in this space.)
Regarding the invitation to my house on February 9, if everyone to whom I've sent directions comes we are close to the listening room's capacity. If you have an interest in joining us on the 9th, email me through Audiogon with your full name and home telephone (no cell phones please). If I can reverse lookup your telephone number to verify your home address, I'll be in touch with you with directions as long as we still have space.
Regards to all, |
My thanks to all who were able to come this past Sunday. It was a true pleasure to meet each of you in person, and I was delighted to be able to host such a collegial group of music and audio lovers! Your many kind comments about your time here are appreciated. I look forward to hearing how the group might like to proceed.
Best regards to all, |
Welcome, Barney. There is no geographic limit as far as I am concerned. If you would like to join any of our activities, you will be very welcome! Generally speaking, when another group activity is scheduled, one of us will announce it here in the Audiogon forum. If you have more questions, please feel free to e-mail me directly.
Best regards, |
Imasyko, I've sent you an email offlist with some additional information. Thanks for your interest!
For others in the area, our next meeting is an open house at the retail store of one of our members, Quest for Sound, 2307-R Bristol Pk, Bensalem PA 19020, on Sunday, September 18, beginning at noon and continuing to 5 PM. Several manufacturers will be on hand demonstrating equipment in various rooms. Please feel free to join us if the date works for you.
Other activities are scheduled through the fall.
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Dan, I look forward to taking you up on your invitation to host an audio gathering at your house on Sunday, September 28. Thank you! I'd love to hear the Wolcott amps.
Thanks for posting my invitation for Sunday, November 9.
Best regards, |
Dan, thank you for hosting the meeting at your house today. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the visit and your excellent hospitality!
For those who were able to come, it was nice to re-connect with you and to share updates on what we've been doing. All in all, this was a very enjoyable afternoon of good music and even better fellowship.
I look forward to having everyone join us at my house Sunday, November 9. For those whose email address I have, I will be sending driving directions later in October. If I don't have your email address, please contact me.
Best regards, |
Invitation... Our next gathering is Sunday, November 9, from 2:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m. at my house. If you live in the Philadelphia area, and would like to meet some other folks who also enjoy good music reproduction, we'd love to have you join us. The focus of this meeting will be sharing some great music while exploring what one vinylholic's playback system can do with those old-fashioned 12" disks.
If you've not already attended one of our meetings and would like to join us on the 9th, please send me an e-mail through Audiogon with your full name and home telephone number (no cell phones, please). I'll call you with directions. |
Rick, we currently meet roughly every other month in the home of one member or another. While most of us live in the greater Philadelphia area, we have some members living further away. In fact, our next meeting is being hosted by a member in the Lancaster area in mid-March, and our last meeting in January was in New Jersey.
Our group is very informal. Generally, folks enjoy the opportunity to get together every other month or so to share conversation, listen to some music and, perhaps, hear someone else's music system. Mostly, we seem to just enjoy getting together with others who enjoy this crazy hobby of ours and for whom talking about audio and music is not a strange foreign language!
Love to have you join us. If you will contact me directly via Audiogon, I'll be happy to get in touch with you with more details. Please include your direct email address and home phone number.
Regards, |
Two activities coming up: regular bi-monthly meeting this Sunday, July 18; group trip to Red Trumpet in York, PA, at the end of July. If you're anywhere in the area and have an interest in participating with us, drop me a note. . |
The next gathering of the Philadelphia Area Audio Group is coming up on Saturday, February 18. If you're interested in more information, please contact me through Audiogon. For more information about PAAG.... |
Hi Dan,
Sunday, September 26 is spoken for. Steve and Joe T. have arranged a demo at a dealer's location with Granite electronics and Von Schwiekert speakers. I don't know if trying to do two demos in rapid succession will be good for the group, we'd need to pose the question on the mailing list.
Remember that you can go to the PAAG web site on Yahoo Groups to see the email archive and see the discussion about this demo date and the recent group trip to Red Trumpet. For the Granite/von S. demo, see Steve's emails on 7/21 and 7/27.
Rush |
Hi Glenn,
We'd be delighted to have you join us. I think you will find us a congenial group of folks who enjoy music, audio and visiting with each other. I'll send you a direct email with more information about the group and our next gathering.
Best regards,
Rush
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Our next meeting is September 26: an Audio Demo with Doug Hoglund, owner and designer of Granite Audio electronics http://www.graniteaudio.com/, and Rusty Taub, national sales manager for Von Schweikert Audio http://www.vonschweikert.com. Doug will have full set of his very well designed Granite tube electonics driving Von Scheikert VR-4JR speakers in one room. Andy will have the new Von Schweikert DB-99's in another room being driven by a full line of Consonance tube gear, including the Cyber 211 SET monoblocks. Both CD and vinyl will be playable. If you would like to get acquainted with the Philadelphia Area Audio Group, post a reply here and a member of the group will contact you with more informantion. . |
Craig, thanks for your interest. I've sent you an email via Audiogon with more information.
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Saturday, November 6: Many of us will be converging on Overture's open house at noon on this Saturday. If you'd like to make connection with the group, please ask around. You're bound to bump into one or another of us!
Saturday, November 20: Group trip to Red Trumpet in York, who are hosting us once again. Talk about kids in the candy store! Thank you, Red Trumpet.
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Hi Drew, thanks for your interest. I've sent you an email with more information.
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Hi Mark, thanks for your interest. I've sent you an email with more information. |
Our next gathering is Saturday, January 15th. We will be gathering at my house to spin some vinyl and enjoy some good conversation. If you live in or near the Philadelphia area and would like to join us, send me a private email with your name and telephone number.
Cheers! |
Our next gathering is Saturday, March 19, from 2-5 p.m. in the Norristown area just west of Philadelphia. If you'd like to join us or would like more information, send me a private email with your full name name and telephone number and I'll be happy to get in touch with you.
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Our next gathering is Saturday, May 21 at a member's home west of Philadelphia. If you'd like to join us or would like more information, send me a private email with your full name name and telephone number and I'll be happy to get in touch with you.
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Sorry for the broken link in the post above. Use this link to get to the PAAG web site for upcoming events, more details and contact information. . |
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