• 05-28-2008, 01:35 AM
    Bernd
    Vaccum Tube State of the Art Conference.....
    .....(VSAC) 2008.

    For the tube fans amongst us.:thumbsup: I always got time for that sort of lunacy.

    http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatur...0082/vsac.html

    :21:
  • 05-28-2008, 02:25 AM
    Feanor
    What impressed me ...
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Bernd
    .....(VSAC) 2008.

    For the tube fans amongst us.:thumbsup: I always got time for that sort of lunacy.

    http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatur...0082/vsac.html

    :21:

    ... on first perusal is the preponderance of plumb, grey-haired or bald, middle-aged men. Guess I'd get along fine there.
  • 05-28-2008, 03:59 AM
    audio amateur
    I'd have to say I noticed the same thing:p
  • 05-28-2008, 04:01 AM
    bobsticks
    Yeah, not a target-rich environment...unless them asian gents brought their daughters.

    ...bet it sounds heavenly though.
  • 06-08-2008, 12:21 PM
    RGA
    I almost went to this - it's too bad because I wanted to listen to the Audio Note kits together. Though a lot of people liked their rooms quite a bit. Oh well next time.

    Here are two other reports
    http://www.theanalogdept.com/vsac08.htm

    This one is 6 moons but a different writer and different equipment heard http://sixmoons.com/industryfeatures...0083/vsac.html
  • 06-08-2008, 02:49 PM
    bobsticks
    1 Attachment(s)
    The "Experince Music System is clealy for bachelors and the disenfranchised, WAF Rating -12

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  • 06-08-2008, 05:05 PM
    Gab
    i wonder how it sounds, - as for tubes nothing very impressive in that audio fest :(
    Good idea to put the midrange closer to hears, but very looking bad in positionning, they look too high
  • 07-07-2008, 11:41 AM
    O'Shag
    Hiya lads
    Just got a rare 4-channel Messenger tube preamp with a tube power supply that looks like it has 300b tubes as well as other types - I have to check. Would like to get into 300b SET amps but they are just not powerful enough to drive The Maidstone (91db - 4ohm). The horns above probably sound great - but Bobsticks is right about them being impractical for most of us mere mortals.
  • 07-07-2008, 02:04 PM
    basite
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by O'Shag
    Hiya lads
    Just got a rare 4-channel Messenger tube preamp with a tube power supply that looks like it has 300b tubes as well as other types - I have to check. Would like to get into 300b SET amps but they are just not powerful enough to drive The Maidstone (91db - 4ohm). The horns above probably sound great - but Bobsticks is right about them being impractical for most of us mere mortals.


    you could try a secondary system too, something with higher sensitivity speakers...

    giving up the maidstones would be like, stupid. But limiting your audio experience because of the speakers is too, so a possible solution could be a good secondary system...

    Keep them spinning,
    Bert.
  • 07-07-2008, 02:22 PM
    JohnMichael
    [QUOTE=bobsticks]The "Experince Music System is clealy for bachelors and the disenfranchised, WAF Rating -12




    Unless they are bachelors with a flair for interior decorating.
  • 07-07-2008, 04:23 PM
    Ajani
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by JohnMichael
    Unless they are bachelors with a flair for interior decorating.

    lol... even when I was single, nothing that fugly would ever be in my living room... Seriously, how would I ever be able to bring a date home with that monstrosity in my place???
  • 07-07-2008, 05:16 PM
    O'Shag
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Ajani
    lol... even when I was single, nothing that fugly would ever be in my living room... Seriously, how would I ever be able to bring a date home with that monstrosity in my place???

    good point .... interesting with the velour seat cushions.