Seattle, WA
Hello, I'm a hi-fi enthusiast especially with SET tube amps and turntables, wondering if there's enough similar folks in Capitol Hill, Ballard, or other cool neighborhoods of Seattle proper to start a little club? Like a rotating meetup at people's houses to hear the latest audio setup. Email coolcucumber@gmail.com if interested. |
I just wanted to bring to the attention of Seattle and other Northwest audiophiles, and PNWAS members that the Seattle Wind Symphony plays a concert Saturday, 7 PM, February 23, 2013 at the Fist Free Methodist Church auditorium. The church is located on the North side of Queen Anne Hill. It is acoustically quite good and used by several groups for concerts and recording. The Seattle Wind Symphony is comprised of approx. 60 players, including a full complement of woodwinds, brass, percussion, string bass, harp and piano. Many are music teachers in the region, and about half of the personnel hold graduate degrees in music. I posted here as the band plays the same kind of literature as the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Cleveland Winds, etc., whose recordings are often treasured by audiophiles. This program includes "Incantation and Dance" by John Barnes Chance, "Suite of Old American Dances" by Robert Russell Bennett, "Enigma Variations" by Sir Edward Elgar, Percy Grainger's "Molly on the Shore", "Fantasia for Alto Saxophone" by Claude T. Smith and other pieces. [As done by Mercury and Telarc, the concerts are recorded using a minimalist miking/audiophile approach-three spaced omnidirectional microphones, (Neumann TLM 50) and a Nagra VI digital recorder at 96/24.] Hope you'll join us for the concert and support the SWS! For more info (and sound clips) please see their website: http://www.seattlewindsymphony.org/ Thanks! Phillip Chance, M.D., M.A. |
April 11th, Thursday, at 7:30pm - First Sound Audio Don't miss our April meeting when we'll be joined by Emmanuel Go of First Sound Audio (Renton, WA), to demonstrate his fantastic line of handmade tube preamplifiers. Emmanuel is renowned for his attention to detail in his products and he'll discuss some of his philosophies and approaches to design and building. We'll have two Fist Sound models on hand as well as Emmanuel's Berning OTL (output-transformer-less) tube amplifier (and possibly a solid state amplifier), all connected to the club's Genesis 7.2 speakers. Guests are welcome! http://www.audiosociety.org http://www.audiosociety.org |
After the fantastic success of last year's "Live vs. Recorded" meeting we decided to make this an annual June event for the Audio Society. It's hard to beat the energy and excitement that goes along with a live performance and recording and playing back the performance is our way of putting our own audiophile spin on the evening. This year we have two musical artists you won't want to miss. We're fortunate to have partnered with the Seattle Opera to find soprano Kimberly Giordano. Kimberly appeared most recently at the Seattle Opera as Suor Osmina in Suor Angelica. She also joined the Seattle Mariners last summer on Safeco Field to perform the National Anthem. In addition, we have Seattle violin soloist Marie' Rossano. Marie has appeared as a soloist with the Seattle Symphony and is also the winner of the 2012 Classical KING FM Young Artist Award. She'll be performing at the Juliard School before our event and with the Salt Lake Symphony after. Phillip Chance, recording engineer for the Seattle Woodwind Symphony, will join us to record the performances of these two amazing women. This event is open to the public and the Audio Society will provide food and drinks. For the information of our guests, the event will start at 7:30pm, on Thursday, June 13th and will be held in the upper level of the Mercer Island Congregational Church on 4545 Island Crest Way. Please RSVP to the Club email address: pacificnorthwestaudiosociety@gmail.com http://www.audiosociety.org (Visit the club website for details) http://www.seattleopera.org http://www.kimberlygiordano.com http://www.marierossano.com |
