[News] Capitol Area Audiofest [Archive]

F1nut

01-17-2010, 03:19 AM

There is a new audio show in the MD, DC & N. VA area this June 11-13.

Polk Audio will be present and showing old and new within the Pinneburg Room, 2nd Floor.

Info: http://www.capitalaudiofest.com/

Welcome to the 2010 Capital Audiofest!

The date for this unique event is set for June 11-13, 2010 at the historic Glenview Mansion located on the grounds of the Rockville Civic Center, 5 minutes from downtown Rockville, MD, 10 miles north of Washington DC and 45 minutes from Baltimore, MD. The Glenview Mansion is a charming historic structure constructed in the 19th century and is surrounded by lovely parkland and well groomed grounds. The structure is well constructed with stone, brick, plaster, and old growth hardwoods and has high ceilings and wooden floors throughout. These qualities are near perfect for the reproduction of music and is already a favorite venue for local musical performances. We believe it to be an ideal setting to hold the first ever hi-fi audio show in the Washington DC Capital area. For more information on the room configurations, please view the on-line floor plan.

We plan to make this a casual fun-filled event for audiophiles, music lovers, collectors, hobbyists, DIYers, dealers and manufacturers and will have table space, booths and rooms available for use. Families will also enjoy the beautiful setting and great food. The event is expected to attract those interested in high quality vacuum tube and transistor audio equipment, analog and digital playback sources, buying and selling of LP records and CDs, and manufacturers of audio accessories. The event will be catered by quality food and beverage vendors and plan to have live musical performances on one or two evenings as well as an indoor audio swap meet on Sunday AM. We hope to provide something of interest to all music lovers and look forward to seeing you at this exciting event!

For any questions please contact capitalaudiofest@gmail.com or Gary Gill at 703-839-5684.

TroyD

01-17-2010, 05:38 AM

Cool...marking calendar...

BDT

hearingimpared

01-17-2010, 07:06 AM

Nice find Jess. That's only an hour and forty-five minutes from here. Looks like a good time.

mantis

01-17-2010, 07:21 AM

Looks interesting.

Knucklehead

01-17-2010, 09:00 AM

Thats about 3 hours from me, maybe a few days in DC sightseeing then the show?

MillerLiteScott

01-17-2010, 09:36 AM

I will save the date.

Cool find Jesse.

Face

01-17-2010, 09:42 AM

Depending on the exhibitors, I may take a ride.

dorokusai

01-18-2010, 08:54 PM

Norm Apter

01-19-2010, 01:30 AM

Yes, nice find indeed. I usually visit my family in VA in mid June so this might actually work out for this west coast Polkie.

bigaudiofanatic

01-19-2010, 10:16 AM

tempting.

Fireman32

01-19-2010, 10:20 AM

Only a 4 hour drive. Might have to make the trip.

nadams

01-19-2010, 11:35 AM

I wonder if they'd let me bring my SDA's and Adcom equipment :p

nadams

01-19-2010, 11:38 AM

I know Gary from DejaVu Audio and he bought a big pair of Magnepan from me a good while ago. He's a super nice guy and a real vintage audio veteran. The event looks to be top notch and you may just find your own dorokusai hosting a room...but that's just a rumor ;)

Sounds like it'd be a great event for Polk to send some LSi and high-power gear to. Maybe round up the LSi setup from my gathering?

http://www.king-nerd.com/dood/images/gallery/albums/cpa09/100_4745.sized.jpg

Ricardo

01-19-2010, 12:18 PM

you may just find your own dorokusai hosting a room...

I'll make sure I stay away from that one; will probably look something like this:

http://www.3dm3.com/forum/attachments/f187/17643d1234496290-3d-s-m-competition-13-torture-room-torture-chamber-733895.jpg

hearingimpared

01-19-2010, 03:05 PM

^^^lol!

hearingimpared

01-19-2010, 03:06 PM

Sounds like it'd be a great event for Polk to send some LSi and high-power gear to. Maybe round up the LSi setup from my gathering?

http://www.king-nerd.com/dood/images/gallery/albums/cpa09/100_4745.sized.jpg

Are you going to bring the spaghetti too?:D

nadams

01-20-2010, 09:11 PM

Sophisticated, it was not :p But then, I'm guessing the crew isn't going to look like this :

http://www.king-nerd.com/dood/images/gallery/albums/cpa09/100_4746.sized.jpg

Notice doro squatting down in the corner. I still haven't gotten the stains out of the carpet...

dorokusai

02-03-2010, 03:48 PM

Polk Audio and ole dorokusai WILL be at this engagement. It was confirmed today by Polk. Bring extra underwear bitches.

http://www.capitalaudiofest.com/

Grant Vandermye from www.myesound.com and Frank Dai from www.signalcable.com will be providing goodies and support for the gear. I love it when people love Polkies.

Face

02-03-2010, 05:23 PM

I can do either Saturday or Sunday.

hearingimpared

02-03-2010, 05:35 PM

Awesome!!! Is Grant coming down from Canada?

dorokusai

02-03-2010, 09:59 PM

Awesome!!! Is Grant coming down from Canada?

No, he's just sending some stuff. I'm promoting him in the room since I have 3 pairs of his stands, two of which are custom Polk stands.

hearingimpared

02-03-2010, 11:43 PM

No, he's just sending some stuff. I'm promoting him in the room since I have 3 pairs of his stands, two of which are custom Polk stands.

That is really cool of him!

superjunior

02-13-2010, 05:50 PM

lightman1

02-13-2010, 05:53 PM

That was just after I goosed Mark. They still smell like him to this day.

superjunior

02-13-2010, 06:26 PM

That was just after I goosed Mark. They still smell like him to this day.

LOL!! :p just found your number bro, walking out the door right now though, I'll give you a buzz before the weekend is up

Lasareath

02-14-2010, 04:25 AM

Damn, this looks cool but my Show off my new body Pool party is on the 12th!

hearingimpared

02-14-2010, 07:23 AM

Damn, this looks cool but my Show off my new body Pool party is on the 12th!

Are you going to make "pork rinds" out of the loose skin?:D If so I have a great recipe.;):p

Lasareath

02-14-2010, 04:44 PM

Are you going to make "pork rinds" out of the loose skin?:D If so I have a great recipe.;):p

Nope, I'm gonna stretch it out and run up and wrap it around unsuspecting people's heads!

hearingimpared

02-14-2010, 07:00 PM

Nope, I'm gonna stretch it out and run up and wrap it around unsuspecting people's heads!

OR you could wrap it around your own head like a turban and no-one will be the wiser.

amulford

02-20-2010, 12:33 PM

Nope, I'm gonna stretch it out and run up and wrap it around unsuspecting people's heads!

I did that at my Bris...

hearingimpared

02-20-2010, 12:37 PM

I did that at my Bris...

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: LMAO!!!

DarqueKnight

02-20-2010, 12:46 PM

There is a new audio show in the MD, DC & N. VA area this June 11-13.

Info: http://www.capitalaudiofest.com/

I'll attend, but only if they agree to have real live, face-to-face cable debates between believers and naysayers.

hearingimpared

02-20-2010, 12:48 PM

I'll attend, but only if they agree to have real live, face-to-face cable debates between believers and naysayers.

I'll bring my Greg Luzinki baseball bat!:eek::D

dorokusai

02-20-2010, 01:06 PM

I'll attend, but only if they agree to have real live, face-to-face cable debates between believers and naysayers.

That certainly won't be happening in Polk's room but knock yourself out.

DarqueKnight

02-20-2010, 02:05 PM

I'll bring my Greg Luzinki baseball bat!:eek::D

No need for bats. Just bring a bunch of those big thick power cables with the big thick connectors on the ends.;)

That certainly won't be happening in Polk's room but knock yourself out.

Polk Inc. isn't any fun anymore since the corporate takeover.:(

headrott

02-20-2010, 03:13 PM

I'll attend, but only if they agree to have real live, face-to-face cable debates between believers and naysayers.

That would rule!!!!!:D

dorokusai

02-20-2010, 04:10 PM

Polk Inc. isn't any fun anymore since the corporate takeover.:(

Why, what exactly has changed since I don't recall cable debates at any other sponsored event or simple get together that I've been at since 2003......how many have you attended again? If it's so awful, well....

hearingimpared

02-20-2010, 06:03 PM

I'll attend, but only if they agree to have real live, face-to-face cable debates between believers and naysayers.

I'll bring my Greg Luzinki baseball bat!:eek::D

No need for bats. Just bring a bunch of those big thick power cables with the big thick connectors on the ends.;)

Polk Inc. isn't any fun anymore since the corporate takeover.:(

Why, what exactly has changed since I don't recall cable debates at any other sponsored event or simple get together that I've been at since 2003......how many have you attended again? If it's so awful, well....

Mark, I think this is all in jest, I know I was kidding, I'm pretty sure Ray is too. There is no need to get defensive here Bro it's all in fun.

dorokusai

02-20-2010, 06:31 PM

I'm just asking as defensive is when I just ban people for calling me Francis.

I hear that comment more than once now and then....it doesn't slide off me that easily since a lot of people bust their asses to help Club Polk at the "new" Polk Audio. I guess it should simply end.

hearingimpared

02-20-2010, 07:18 PM

HuH! Mark, I have no idea what you are talking about. Forget I said anything, I was just trying to lighten things up. Sorry.

polrbehr

02-20-2010, 07:36 PM

for calling me Francis.

Psycho ;)

leroyjr1

02-20-2010, 08:06 PM

dorokusai

03-10-2010, 06:59 PM

Polk Audio will be present and showing old and new within the Pinneburg Room, 2nd Floor.

F1nut

05-05-2010, 11:40 PM

With just a little over a month away I thought I'd bump this one. There have been a lot of vendors added recently, take a look and make plans to be there.

dorokusai

05-16-2010, 01:44 AM

Grant Vandermye, MyeSound (www.myesound.com), is sending some spikes to give away and fabricating a one off "spike stand" for them all. He thought it sounded like a cool event and wanted to do something neat plus I'll have his versions of the original Polkstand and CRS/CRS+ stands onsite and in use.

The lineup so far consists of a MINTY pair of CRS+ and Monitor 10A for some vintage representation, RTiA9, DSW MicroPro 4000, LSi7, LSi9 and LSi15. The gear is still being worked out but I'll have my Adona (www.adonacorporation.com) rack, CTC BBQ amplifier and a full compliment of MIT cables hanging around. I'm still trying to work out what source and pre-amplifier we'll ultimately use.

Frank Dai is sending Signal Cable (www.signalcable.com) power cables down and we might have a pair of MIT Oracle speaker cables and/or interconnects, depending on the timing.

Thanks F1Nut for bumping this as I've been a bit lax...just busy with Polk and soliciting as much as possible. Len Shufelt and hopefully his son Kyle, both of Polk Audio fame, will be there as well.

F1nut

05-16-2010, 01:48 AM

and soliciting as much as possible.

You can get arrested for that.

dorokusai

05-16-2010, 02:10 AM

Well, I do what I have to do for this place sometimes.

MillerLiteScott

05-16-2010, 06:53 AM

Sounds good Mark.

I plan on going in between the other activities my social director has planned for me.

Scott

xj4094dg

05-16-2010, 05:08 PM

I'll be there. Looking forward to it. I have many friends/family in the DC/Maryland area.

I noticed Joseph Audio is going to be there. CAN'T WAIT!

dorokusai

05-21-2010, 12:33 AM

This is getting close....and the list of stuff even longer. I'm excited. If you're local, get off your butt and stop by...just look at the exhibitor list! We're probably moving into Gallery 1 since it's bigger and I've wrangled up more goodies to play with.

You could meet Len and Kyle Shufelt, Patrick Chrobak, Kenneth Swauger and Matt Polk....how cool is that?

F1nut

05-21-2010, 02:55 AM

I've already met them. What else ya got?

RuSsMaN

05-21-2010, 03:05 AM

Supporting Polk and new products? Done that?

F1nut

05-21-2010, 03:07 AM

Been there, done that and got the polo shirts to prove it. :D

Vette C6.r

05-23-2010, 10:11 PM

Pretty sure the brother and I are going.

dorokusai

05-24-2010, 08:09 PM

F1nut

05-24-2010, 08:54 PM

Way cool.

hearingimpared

05-24-2010, 09:00 PM

Just got some sweet support solidified from Mr. Joe Abrams(www.equusaudio.com), ahhhhh life is good. Joe rulez!

EDIT: We're getting a full compliment of MIT Magnum M1 series interconnects and speaker cables.

Way cool.

Do you know if he will be able to put in an appearance?

That would be even cooler. He is awesome to talk to and will spend mucho time with you just BSing about the products and how to make them work better in your rig.

dorokusai

05-24-2010, 09:00 PM

Jesse- How cool is that man? Hopefully , we'll add on to the list on MIT converts huh? :D

dorokusai

05-24-2010, 09:03 PM

Do you know if he will be able to put in an appearance?

That would be even cooler. He is awesome to talk to and will spend mucho time with you just BSing about the products and how to make them work better in your rig.

Nope, Joe is in AZ right now vacationing but Frank Dai from Signal Cable, whose supplying all the power cables, is planning on attending one of the event days.

hearingimpared

05-24-2010, 09:06 PM

Ah poop! I would have liked to have met him in person as I've spent many hours on the phone with him especially about MIT phono cables and how to get my S3's to sound their best butted together with my SME cable from the tone arm. He really is a great guy.

I'd like to meet Frank too, he's also spent some time on the phone with me just BSing about cables and 'Y' connectors.

dorokusai

05-24-2010, 09:12 PM

Both of them are very nice fellows....simply top notch, no bull, solid. Jesse turned me on to Joe Abrams many years ago....and Russman is who wrangled up the CP support(5% discount) and relationship with Frank Dai...again, many years ago.

hearingimpared

05-24-2010, 09:20 PM

Both of them are very nice fellows....simply top notch, no bull****, solid. Jesse turned me on to Joe Abrams many years ago....and Russman is who wrangled up the CP support(5% discount) and relationship with Frank Dai...again, many years ago.

Yep same here with both Jesse and Russ, however I'm pretty sure it was you who told me to call Frank about making me the 'Y' connectors so that I could biamp my 1.2Tls when you sold me the Parasound.

Joe gave me a tremendous discount on five pairs of MIT Shotgun S3s last year and Frank did me really good with some 'Y' connectors and a digital cable. You are correct about them being no BS guys they really tell it like it is even if it's about recommending another companies offering that might work better in one's rig.

Two stand up guys.

F1nut

05-24-2010, 09:32 PM

Jesse- How cool is that man? Hopefully , we'll add on to the list on MIT converts huh? :D

Without a doubt. Hear them and they will come.

dorokusai

05-24-2010, 09:37 PM

Are you in a Vince Lombardi mode Jesse? :D

hearingimpared

05-24-2010, 09:40 PM

Hahaha, according to the conversation we had today his is. He was wanting to hurt somebody earlier, I believe it was the two Volvo drivers he got stuck behind doing 10 miles under the speed limit! LOL!!!

dorokusai

05-24-2010, 09:44 PM

Well, if you live on the old people/ speed demon(Jesse) roads we do....you'd feel the same way. I applaud him in his hatred of them lol.

hearingimpared

05-24-2010, 09:51 PM

Well, if you live on the old people/ speed demon(Jesse) roads we do....you'd feel the same way. I applaud him in his hatred of them lol.

Hey man I got new for you when I see a Maryland tag on the back of a car here in Delaware I do everything in my power to get past them. They just love to camp out in the left lane and stay neck and neck with the car to their right . . . the worst is when they lag behind and there is an opening to get around them and they speed up to close the gap just as you are speeding up to go around them! UGH!;)

Chuck use to like to do that stuff to out of staters!:eek:

One day I went around an older lady with Maryland tags who was just hogging the left lane going 40 in a 50 MPH zone and I zing around her. She was so pist that I got around her that she followed me into the strip mall I was going to just to wave her cell phone at me like she was calling the police. WACKO personified!:D

I have no idea how you Maryland guys keep the road rage to a minimum.

dubradio

05-26-2010, 08:47 PM

Mark,
Al gave the A-ok to release me from the cubicicicicicle on the 11th, So i will be down there to aid in the chaos!!!

Face

05-29-2010, 10:18 PM

What day is everyone going?

dorokusai

05-29-2010, 10:36 PM

I'll be there from Thursday night thru Sunday. So you lucky folks have no choice but to actually interact with me at some point. If the haters can agree on a time, I'll make myself scarce for a couple hours :D

It appears to be a more Saturday or Sunday thing Face.

dubradio

05-29-2010, 11:31 PM

I will be down there friday/sat/sunday

reeltrouble1

05-31-2010, 09:59 AM

you guys have a wonderful time and be careful.

RT1

hearingimpared

05-31-2010, 10:09 AM

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

dorokusai

06-06-2010, 09:26 AM

Any local Polkies that don't have any Thursday evening plans are welcome to come down and help setup. I'll ensure you're fed and hydrated and you can get some behind the scenes looks at what's going on elsewhere in the building.

PM for my phone number if you're interested.

hearingimpared

06-06-2010, 12:49 PM

I'd like to but our car isn't running in the best condition right now.

If there are any Polkies coming down I 95 from the north I could use a ride, I'm only 7 minutes off it either Thursday night or the day of the Audiofest. I would love to help set up.

dorokusai

06-08-2010, 09:22 PM

I have enough help guys, all is well. F1Nut is shuttling and bringing his ears as well, personal friends Randy and Tom are helping out and Len Shufelt from Polk is coming down too.

We'll have everything fairly dialed in by midnight if not sooner....tweak a bit the next day. Len and I are raiding the warehouse and office area on Thursday for goodies and stuff we can steal until Monday. SSSSSsssssshhhhh don't tell anyone.

George Grand

06-08-2010, 11:29 PM

I got your back. I'll be in Brooklyn and Lindenhurst, L.I.

Anything at all comes up, give me a ring, I'm there.

dorokusai

06-09-2010, 05:59 AM

It would be a great time George, would love to see you and I'll take care of you personally. Let me be your concierge :)

hearingimpared

06-09-2010, 04:30 PM

Any of you Polkies North of Delaware going? I need a ride. I'm seven minutes off of I 95.

dorokusai

06-09-2010, 10:05 PM

Here's the lineup of gear:

Rack - Adona (http://www.adonacorporation.com/)
Amplifier - CTC BBQ & Ayre V5xe (http://www.ayre.com/v5xe.htm)
Pre-amplifier - Ayre K5xe (http://www.ayre.com/k5xe.htm)
CDP(SACD) - Ayre C5xe (http://www.ayre.com/c5xe.htm) & Sony SCD-777ES (http://www.stereophile.com/hirezplayers/346/)
Loudspeakers - Polk LSi15 (http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/lsi/index.php?s=lsi15), LSi9 (http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/lsi/index.php?s=lsi15#lsi9) , SDA CRS+ & Monitor 10
Audio Cables - MIT Magnum 1.3 Gen3 Speaker Cables (http://www.mitcables.com/available-online/magnum-m1.3-speaker-cable.html), Magnum 1.3 Gen3 Interconnects (http://www.mitcables.com/available-online/magnum-m1.3-interconnect.html)
Power Cables - Signal Cable (www.signalcable.com)

We have a large library of CD's and will be running a Wadia dock and a couple different upsampling DAC's for my iTouch. I'll post some pics and will most likely be streaming video. If you want to see the video, contact me offline.

TECHNOKID

06-09-2010, 11:04 PM

Any of you Polkies North of Delaware going? I need a ride. I'm seven minutes off of I 95.At yuour age, a little walking could do you some good ;):D:p... just kidding of course... NOT :p

TECHNOKID

06-09-2010, 11:09 PM

dorokusai

06-09-2010, 11:10 PM

High.

Lasareath

06-09-2010, 11:13 PM

You guys have a Great time, I'll be at home :(

MillerLiteScott

06-10-2010, 06:19 PM

Mark,

Are you going to have any subs?

dorokusai

06-11-2010, 12:41 AM

I have a DSW MicroPro 4000 but unfortunately I was under the impression I was getting a different pre-amp. It has no pre-outs and is an integrated amplifier. You wouldn't happen to have a pre-amp or something with pre-outs that I could borrow? I can't run the BBQ and am 100% Ayre for now.

Al ordered a different DAC than I was expecting so no upsampling my iTouch....ugh, just a lot of little things kinda went wrong but the room is up and running.

Call me in the AM.

RuSsMaN

06-11-2010, 01:42 AM

You won't need 'em in that room. I fully expect people to be asking you where the sub is, without one playing.

F1nut

06-11-2010, 01:43 AM

For anyone on the fence, get off of it. There's all kinds of really cool gear, besides Polk, at the show. I saw perhaps the smallest pair of tube mono block amps in the audio world.

dorokusai

06-11-2010, 02:23 AM

You won't need 'em in that room. I fully expect people to be asking you where the sub is, without one playing.

I agree. It would be too much bass. We have it out for display along with some vintage tweeters and some other stuff. I'll have some pics tomorrow afternoon for you Russ.

hearingimpared

06-11-2010, 02:37 AM

For anyone on the fence, get off of it. There's all kinds of really cool gear, besides Polk, at the show. I saw perhaps the smallest pair of tube mono block amps in the audio world.

Not on the fence. Have no means to get there! Dying to be there but not on a bicyle.

Any of you Polkies North of Delaware going? I need a ride. I'm seven minutes off of I 95.

Bueller . . . Bueller . . . Bueller . . .anyone . . . anyone. . . anyone?

dorokusai

06-11-2010, 02:50 AM

I got involved in the really early stages of this show and when we left tonight....UNREAL, it's a full blown, hardcore event man. Anyone worth hearing is here....no joke. I traded tshirts with Albert from Manley Labs and we're working with Grape Vine Audio(Local) to have him run the RTiA9 on his super cool gear.

There's a swap meet for gear on Sunday and a TON, TON, TON of vinyl here. The "modified" rig is the following:

Polk Audio LSi9 & LSi7
Polk Audio RTiA9
Ayre CX7e Evolution CDP & Sony SCD-777ES(Tomorrow)
Ayre AX7e Evolution Integrated Amplifier
MIT Cables
Signal Cable
Bright Star Audio Isolation
Adona Corporation Rack
Usher Audio Stands

We are setup by Polk Audio, Joe Abrams of Equus Audio & MIT Cables, my personal best friend/sherpa Randall and your well known Club Polk member F1Nut(Jesse). Not to mention Len Shufelt, Kyle Shufelt, Kim Jasper, Al Ballard, Shelia Edwards, Greg O'Rourke and others from Polk HQ that really pulled out all the stops to help me get this event solid.

Please give these guys a hand because I could not have completed setup tonight by myself.

hearingimpared

06-11-2010, 02:59 AM

I got involved in the really early stages of this show and when we left tonight....UNREAL, it's a full blown, hardcore event man. Anyone worth hearing is here....no joke.

There's a swap meet for gear on Sunday and a TON, TON, TON of vinyl here.

Oh boy, you know of any bus routes from Newark to DC?

TNRabbit

06-11-2010, 07:10 AM

Crap; this is SO close to me but I'm working all weekend....

helipilotdoug

06-11-2010, 09:00 AM

Wish I was up that way. This sounds like a wonderful show. Maybe there will be one in the Austin/San Antonio area some day.

engtaz

06-11-2010, 11:54 AM

I so wish I was there.

dorokusai

06-11-2010, 10:37 PM

It was an excellent day. We had a great flow of people....probably 100+ with a lot of sit downs and real demos. They weren't just stop n peek s all day. Met some old Polk lovers, talked about product, saw some Polkies, had some great demos and the LSi9 continues to shine.

MillerLiteScott brought down his Maverick tube pre-amp and we finally got some heavy duty amplification on the speakers from the CTC BBQ. It changed the whole soundstage and really took everything to another level. Top notch.

We had more than one person come back for second demos and they plan on coming back again when we get the SACD running tomorrow. The RTiA9 are burning in overnight to The Crystal Method and I was afraid they would be too bright....low and behold, a little tube coupled with a benchmark amplifier is all it took to tame them nice and tight.

We're excited to see how they are in the AM and start pushing some SACD thru them. The LSi9 will get back online but we have to let the RTiA do some showcase demos....let the speakers open up and breath.

I'll post some pics in a few minutes. EXCELLENT DAY!

Topper

06-11-2010, 10:57 PM

looking forward to them pix :)

dorokusai

06-11-2010, 11:14 PM

Actually Kyle has better pics, we'll post some from the fest and we should be streaming tomorrow as well. More information later.

Patrick is going to link the live stream to the homepage banner for the event....you rule man!

MillerLiteScott

06-11-2010, 11:22 PM

Just got back to my house from the Audiofest. Guys, this is a cool (sometimes hot with all the Class A amps) get together. Like others have said if you are on the fence get off and go.

Mark and Kyle did a great job in setting up a room. It looks like a real listening room and not a class room.

I had a great time with Jesse and Tony all day.

More thoughts tomorrow. It is way past my bed time.

Scott

F1nut

06-12-2010, 12:29 AM

Whew, what a day. So much gear, so little time.....it wore me out.

Mark did a great job putting this all together, kudos. Scott and Tony, two great guys, always a pleasure. It was nice to finally meet and hang out with Kyle.

Ok, to the meat......

The best, relaxed feel at home, room belonged to Polk Audio. The LSi 9's (dialed in by yours truly) sounded damn good too, which I think surprised a lot of folks. They really are a gem.

The best sound came from a pair of Manley Mahi tube mono blocks driving Joseph Audio Pulsar monitors. Amazing sound from such a small speaker.

Perhaps the most impressive looking piece of gear in shear size and faceplate design belonged to the MBL pre amp. That baby is a show stopper.

The wildest looking speakers was a toss up between the MBL's and GOTO Horns, although neither had a sound that I could live with.

The worst sound, by a large margin, were some sort of horn speaker that I never got close enough to learn their name....didn't even get fully into the room they were that bad.

Biggest disappointment, the Salk speaker room. I went in there multiple times and every time there were people talking, loudly....a very rude thing to do in a demo room.

Hottest babe....toss up between the demo girl for United Home Audio and the super cute, leggy girl, serving the BBQ.

LessisNevermore

06-12-2010, 01:05 AM

Thanks for the updates, keep 'em coming!

Damn, wish I was closer. Maybe next year..:(

Lasareath

06-12-2010, 01:28 AM

Any Pics?

Vette C6.r

06-12-2010, 01:33 AM

Wow. What a day.

Great venue. Great music. Great people. Great dinner. Great weather.

As I am sure you guys saw from the link the show is in a mansion. Nice location to have a show. The A/C was a little problematic at times. Like Scott stated- tons of class A heating the joint up.

Real top notch gear. I personally haven't heard a 6 figure system. My first.

Jess - Always a pleasure. Folks, we did get him to go out in the daytime. Hard to believe. Hopefully you made some friends at Manley. I have to agree with you that the Joseph Audio Pulsar bookselves were my favorite.

BTW I am going with the leggy BBQ girl.

Scott - Thanks for driving and not making it a 3rd deer crossing accident. Thanks also for letting me buy the beer. lol Sorry that I won all the give-aways. I too liked that small Jolida amp.

Mark - Glad you and Kyle could represent the Polk camp. The BBQ amp was slow cooking the LSi 9's in all the right ways. Really can't get over the low end on them. Classy room, nice setup. Thanks for the SWAG.

Kyle - I will remember to bring an oil pan when we go driving. With all the uber-high end stuff I think it was great to see you guys put all that work together for us "real" budget folks out there. I was great meeting you. Look forward to the tour.

All in all a great day. We made a complete day of it and took our time and enjoyed some great music. Great dinner as well.

You guys never told me what the girl in the other booth said ????

Mega tired. I'm out.

Vette C6.r

06-12-2010, 01:34 AM

Sal. Kyle took some, I'm sure he will post them.

Not sure if Mark's pic that Scott took will post. lol

MillerLiteScott

06-12-2010, 10:19 AM

After what Jesse and Tony wrote last night I don't have much more to add, other than I would throw my vote towards the United Home Audio girl because I favor brunettes but the blond was more fun to talk to.

Dog Fish Head Restaurant was very good, nice pick Mark.

Scott

Vette C6.r

06-12-2010, 05:24 PM

As an after-thought. I really like my SDA's more than I did before. I thought I would get my mind changed. Not so.

What a great speaker for such a value.

I grew a new apprication for my SDA's.

dorokusai

06-13-2010, 12:11 AM

Today was just incredible. We had 3x the amount of foot traffic we had yesterday and again....lots of sit down demos, not just peeking and leaving.

I'll chatter more later but saw Sandy Gross of Polk Audio fame and we talked about Golden Ear....also met one of my favorite loudspeaker designers THE Jeff Joseph of Joseph Audio....spoke with Elliot Nomensen, chief engineer at Synergistic Research about new products and got deep about the Galileo product they sell....had some wonderful Jameson Irish Whiskey with CEO and Chief Designer of Bel Canto PJ Zornosa.....man the tail was just freaking WAGGING today.

This tops ANY CES tradeshow for me....it was just super intimate, fun and these are the kinds of events you really get to talk to the people that move and shake the industry. Small venues rule!

MillerLiteScott

06-13-2010, 01:05 AM

2 Thumbs up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dorokusai

06-13-2010, 09:08 PM

A couple pics....finally over, offloading and packing stuff away, for shipment and admiring my swag. The days of endless goodies from events is way over.

We gave away the most stuff including cloth carry bags for anyone that bought vinyl and came to our room. Polk was all over the place and some of the vendors hated it...sorry bitches.

xj4094dg

06-13-2010, 11:20 PM

I got some of that swag today and had the pleasure meeting Mark and hearing some excellent gear. BIG thanks to Mark for the swag and playing some great music for me and my guests. The setup was awesome. Wanna sell that CTC amp? :)

The venue was beautiful but some of the rooms were a little too close together so you could sometimes hear more than one system (although I didn't notice that in the Polk room).

We started in the Polk room so my brother could listen to the LSi9's as he has never heard my LSi9's since they at home in California and he lives here in Maryland.

He was blown away at how great the 9's performed compared to the Joseph Audio gear for the money. The 9's were on sale for $625/pair and the Joseph speaks were 7K/pair (bookshelf) and 28K/pair (floor-standing Pearls). The Pearls were amazing! He could obviously hear the difference, but was still impressed by the value of the LSi9's.

Anyway, most of what has already been said in this thread was right on, I was disappointed the leggy blond was not present, but the United Audio babe was kinda hot and, in my case was fun to talk to.

It was a great way to hear alot of different gear in one day and begin and end the day listening to a set 9's. I have to say they sound great for the money. Very satisfied.

Well time for bed, 9:00 tee time in the morning with my brothers....

Life is sweet.

David.

dorokusai

06-14-2010, 12:27 AM

David - Sell it? lol...I want it on my funeral pyre as I'm pushed out to the sea :)

It was a pleasure to meet you and your guests. I hope the demos were good and flowed well. We had quite a few comments on the room feeling very comfortable compared to the others, even tho' it was usually a little warm inside. Our objective was to be just that...with a kicker of sounding good and hopefully changing some folks' perspective about Polk Audio.

You're welcome anytime on this end, hope to see you again. Please have a safe trip back home.

A HUGE thanks to MillerLiteScott for lending me his Maverick Audio pre-amp. The Ayre was very nice but a tiny bit of tube goodness was needed for the RTiA9's top end. It worked out perfectly. The demos, while still a bit forward were softer than they would be normally and we played them more than expected because of it. It's interesting to see the synergy between a 12K amplifier and a $200 pre-amp work so wonderfully....it most certainly happened. The Ayre pre-amp never got hooked up again. Thanks Scott!

This was the final room setup and everything we used:

Polk Audio LSi9 - Bookshelf Loudspeaker
Polk Audio RTiA9 - Floorstanding Loudspeaker
Adona Corporation - Audio Rack
CTC BBQ - Custom SS Amplifier
Ayre AX7e - Integrated SS Amplifier
Maverick Audio - Tube/SS Pre-Amp
Ayre CX7e - CD Player
MIT Magnum M1.3 - Speaker Cable & Interconnects
Usher Audio RWS-708 - Speaker Stands
MYE Sound - Speaker Spikes/Audio Rack Spikes
Signal Cable - Power Cords
PS Audio - Power Strip
Bright Star Audio - Isolation Equipment and Platforms
HRT Music Streamer + - Computer Interface for iTunes/Laptop
Auralex SonoFlat & SonoColumns- Room Treatments

mdaudioguy

06-14-2010, 09:12 PM

Sounds like a great weekend! I'm just a little bit jealous... but good to hear y'all enjoyed yourselves! :)

Face

06-15-2010, 01:31 AM

http://picasaweb.google.com/ctbarker32/CapitalAudiofest2010June1113?feat=directlink#

Topper

06-15-2010, 09:44 AM

great pix :)

vc69

06-15-2010, 10:34 AM

Thanks for the great pics Face. Sounds like a great time was had by all.

reeltrouble1

06-15-2010, 01:34 PM

David - Sell it? lol...I want it on my funeral pyre as I'm pushed out to the sea :)

You should know I have hired 10,000 vuvualeuaza's to blow from dawn to dusk to mark (pun) your passing.

looks like it was excellent for all who made it.

RT1--what no swag.........

dorokusai

06-15-2010, 02:15 PM

I have some other things for you Ted.

reeltrouble1

06-15-2010, 02:21 PM

excellent always did like that Adona, your the best.

RT1

dorokusai

06-15-2010, 02:59 PM

You should buy that rack, I need it out of the house.

gdb

06-15-2010, 06:26 PM

My thanks to Kyle and Mark for answering a bunch of my irritating newb questions and putting on an impressive demo of Polk LSi9s being driven by a very rare and valuable CTC BBQ amplifier at the CAS! Great Hospitality !:D Now I'm thinking my next amp will have to be a Parasound.

Fireman32

06-15-2010, 08:53 PM

Sounds like an awesome time. Too bad I could not make the trip up. Makes me look foward to PF in jersey even more.

dorokusai

06-15-2010, 10:24 PM

It was great to see you GBD and we had a great time while you were there! It was a welcome break from the same old questions we answered 1000 times before.... :D

mdaudioguy

06-16-2010, 10:23 PM

The "modified" rig is the following:

Polk Audio LSi9 & LSi7
Polk Audio RTiA9
Ayre CX7e Evolution CDP & Sony SCD-777ES(Tomorrow)
Ayre AX7e Evolution Integrated Amplifier
MIT Cables
Signal Cable
Bright Star Audio Isolation
Adona Corporation Rack
Usher Audio Stands

Wish I could have been there and the comments here haven't done anything to alleviate that feeling... One question - what do you mean by "modified"? I had been wondering if any of the LSis everyone is raving about had any crossover mods. :confused:

cnh

06-16-2010, 11:31 PM

Personally, I'd like to hear the LSis were stock LSis but that's OK. You guys sound like a bunch of kids in a candy shop.

I can tell you as an academic that I MUCH prefer those smaller conferences that we have yearly to the monster 1000s and 1000s from all over the Nation versions. They're GREAT....precisely because you get to hear and meet almost everyone, and the after hours of course!

Looks like some awesome sounds were being pumped out in that Polk room, which does, in fact look very much like a REAL room! Kudos to everyone there!

cnh

Topper

06-17-2010, 01:06 AM

yo DORO could you tell me your thoughts on that Maverick preamp. Hows the synergy with the RTiA and LSi series? You didnt by any chance get to try it with one of the TSi speakers did ya?

dorokusai

06-17-2010, 02:01 AM

Wish I could have been there and the comments here haven't done anything to alleviate that feeling... One question - what do you mean by "modified"? I had been wondering if any of the LSis everyone is raving about had any crossover mods. :confused:

Modified as in the new lineup. The loudspeakers were stock, just as they should be for a manufacturer show.

dorokusai

06-17-2010, 02:02 AM

yo DORO could you tell me your thoughts on that Maverick preamp. Hows the synergy with the RTiA and LSi series? You didnt by any chance get to try it with one of the TSi speakers did ya?

I was very impressed with the Maverick some time ago and wouldn't hesitate to use it again. It's a hi-fi bargain.

No, I did not connect any TSi loudspeakers. It's not my favorite line so I found no reason to use them.

F1nut

06-17-2010, 03:36 AM

Photos are up!

Click on the link below, then click on the date.

http://www.capitalaudiofest.com/

TECHNOKID

06-17-2010, 05:13 AM

Photos are up!

Click on the link below, then click on the date.

http://www.capitalaudiofest.com/Spiffy :cool: Makes me wish I could have been there. Lots of great gear!

cnh

06-17-2010, 06:39 AM

Lots of gear....nice crowd! Mark, good footwear--makes us New Englanders 'proud'!

cnh

george daniel

06-17-2010, 07:11 AM

Thanks for the link,, Mark,have you lost weight?;)

Seriously-- from just looking at the pic's,,I'm sure a great time was had--it appears that some thought went into the room setups,,gives me the mpression of a relaxed listening area that you can apparently "get into"
Good on ya'll.

Atmosphere,, that's it.

FTGV

06-17-2010, 07:53 AM

Seem's to be horn's in abundance but boy are they fugly.The Border Patrol tube amps look real nice.

hearingimpared

06-17-2010, 10:04 AM

Beautiful gear!!! Great pics! I saw a picture of the Polk room in Face's link; you guys did an awesome job and I'll bet the sound produced by the Polk speakers put some real surprise into the audio snobs.

Fred's right those horn are outright fugly.

Seeing all those boxes of vinyl made me weep.

I gotta get me a better, more reliable car; missing the mini-Polk meets of late and this one is puts a knot in my well rounded gut.