March meeting of the Austin Audio Society will be hosted by Joshua Miles of JWM Acoustics on Saturday, March 4, starting at noon
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Jafant we meet about once a month or every other month when someone offers to have people over. Nothing formal. The next event will be at Whetstone Audio on April 2nd 2016 when Brian will host John DeVore of DeVore fidelity and Mike Pranka US distributor for Dynavector and Well Tempered turntables. See the Whetstone blog. After the event a bunch of us plan to have dinner in Austin. |
There is functioning audiophile group in Austin these days! It’s called 5one2 Audio. Main means of communication is via a Facebook page by the same name. Take a look here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1039705246057734/ |
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jwmacoustics1 posts12-10-2015 11:29amWell this is nice. We will be opening another manufacturing shop in Austin soon and can't wait to meet some of the locals! Yeah! Joshua, you met some of us already at the 2015 LSAF. We had a room on the 2nd floor, and visited your room on several occasions. When you're ready send us a note on our FB page 5one2 audio. All the best on your new facility! |
Hello guys, I change my system again, now I have a 5 channel and a 2 channel system together, Turntable hooked up to A tube phono & tube preamp back to the Anthem Statement P5 all NOS tubes. TTWeights Eliminator turntable, 10" Eliminator arm with a Shelter 7000 and AQ Leopard tone arm cable going into a Rouge Audio Ares Phono all NOS Telefunken tubes then going into a Rouge Audio 99 Super Magnum with NOS RCA Red Base tubes. Still have all 5 Aerials Acoustics and all AQ cables. |
As someone who has personally hosted twelve get-togethers of various iterations for audio or HT groups over the last 11 years and organized or planned 4 more that were hosted by various local dealers. At all of these attendance has varied from 15-30 people every time, so there are plenty of interested parties in Austin. Thus getting attendance is not the problem. If you plan an event that is going to be lively, engaging, with good gear, good music, and most importantly great food and wine, beer and, liquor. And you announce the date far enough out in advance, folks will come. To make promotion easy, I maintain a database of every audiophile that I meet or hear about, or run across while surfing a forum. It has about 60 names plus all of the local dealers or distributors on it. I would guess that list, could easily add another 60 names, if it was more comprehensive. I also have an HT enthusiast database of another 40 plus names, this one is not very up to date, as I don't really keep up with HT anymore. So again, attendance is not the problem, as I have discovered "if you build it, they will come." The problem is a lack of people willing to host groups of that size, especially with many of the invited people being complete strangers to them. When we were actively trying to schedule big group meetings for the Austin Audiophile Club, there was only myself and one other that consistently stepped up to host, and eventually are systems matured and so there wasn't as much new pieces coming in, and we also discovered it costs alot to buy booze and food for 20 on average. Now a lot of people are much more willing to host smaller soirees for 6 or less people, people that they have met, be-friended or vetted in some way. As well as the fact that this amount of people can actually fit in most listening rooms. So it's easier on the host, it can be scheduled in a shorter timeframe, and there is greater piece of mind. So in comclusion, anyone that ever wants to promote something feel free to contact me, as I am happy to share my database(s), as long as you promise to use the list for audio get togethers only. No politics, no religion, no business sales calls, etc. I can also tell you from my experience, that aiming for anymore than one large get-together per quarter is folly. And even that can be pushing it. Personally, when or if I start putting something together on a regular basis, my target would be a Spring meet and a Fall meet at most. So that's my 2 cents, posting on this or any other forum and saying your willing to attend is not going to get anything done. Obviously your interested in attending, because your a junkie that surfs high-end forums and has $10K, $30K, $100K or $250K invested into your system. Instead one should think of a get together like any other party. What's the theme? What's the schedule? What comparisons if any are going to be done? What piece of gear will be highlighted? Or maybe its just some great new music you've picked up? What is the specialty drink going to be? How much booze do I need? What good food am I going to cook or have cattered? Can I pull in a maufacturer, dealer, or distributor to add panache? In person or just hook me up with a demo unit? Those are things that have been addressed at the best meets I have organized or attended. And frankly if they aren't then it is just a bunch of tire-kicking going on that gets old quickly. |
So, there are folks who might still wish to try an Austin Audio Club after all. Mr. Miller, u sound familiar, have we met? Give me an email at ponies502000@yahoo.com to continue the discussion off Agon. I too am open for more meets w/good music and audio folks. I was highly active in the group prior to its disappearance. System is Martin Logan SL3 loudspeakers (today), McCormack DNA225 power amp, Custom tube preamp by Diety, various sources of vinyl and music server. |
Hello All , my name is matt miller , I have a Rega p3/24 with a Prima Luna prologue 3 tube pre into a Mcintosh MC352 solid state Amp 350W. I'm Driving a pair of Dynaudio contour 3.0's (86db) with a REL B2 sub. I also have a Mcd201 for super audio/cd's. I'm really thinking about changing it up for a Pair of Prima Luna Tube mono block amps 70W per channel, and maybe a more sensitive speaker like a Martin logan Advantage (93db). Not sure about this tho. Would like to hear some thoughts on this . thanks Matt |
Morning Pete, Sounds very nice indeed! I would LOVE to give those Aerial's a listen, we need to get together soon. Not sure how we can get in touch as I don't think they'll allow us to post emails but I'll give it a try; you can contact me at; John@koolcables.com Hope to hear from you soon, have a great weekend! John |
Edge22 Yes, the meet is scheduled for May 14th at Casa Tejas, 1001 Green Downs, RR, TX at 4 PM. TejasRichard is our host and is cooking at his place and a few of us are bringing the extras to compliment this. The meet is focused on DAC's. Several folks from Audiokarma and Agon will attend and bring a DAC or two for the shootout. Go to: http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=361944 Later, Eponies54 |
The first meeting of the Hillcountry Audio Club was a blast. We had about a dozen folks there, crammed into the Audio Systems listening rooms and having fun. We listened to the Big Maggies driven by some gargantuan amp whose name escapes me at the moment. We also listened to Audio Systems owner Mark Lyons' "baby system;" amazing what under $1000 dollars will buy you these days. ("Friends don't let friends buy stereos at Best Buy.") :-) The Club now has a rudimentary web site. See http://web.me.com/rebbi for more info and pics. Next meeting is May 14th! |
I am really glad that this is happening and I am going to do my best to attend! I had tried last fall to get another meeting together. I had visited another, very high-end audio shop in Austin (that shall remain nameless) and they were NOT interested in hosting such a meeting. I then got busy with work and personal matters and just couldn't follow through. I have a spreadsheet of names of Austin audio folks who were really into the idea of meeting, and I will pass this information along to them, too! Good deal! |
Audio_builder - It's the *Live* Music Capitol of the World. There's a big group all right, we just never seem to be in the same place at the same time. I went over to someone's home a couple of weekends ago that I know from another (speaker-specific) forum, just 3 of us total. We listened for about 5 hours and had a great time. We plan to do another later in March at the other guy's house - I'll post then to see if anyone's interested (after I ask the other guy if it's OK, of course). |
Hello Pmc, You would think that in such great city like Austin, The music capital of the world there would be a big audio group. Unfortunately there seems to be a lot of people interested in audio but no urge to meet. You are welcome to come over for a listen. 2 channel only though. Cant afford the other 3.1 :-) |