Thanks Carl, that is wise advice. It is easy to overbook, then it's a shame if heavy gear does not get airtime.
I am curious to hear if my Cullen modded DAC stands up to other DACs in the group. So RichardS is bringing his Northstar DAC, Shane is bringing Oracle, and Steve is bringing his stock version of the same DAC as mine. Carl, if you are curious how the TubeDAC fits in, please bring it. The Altmann will soon be for sale, so if anyone wants to hear that they may.
mdconnelly, can you bring the Oracle transport? It will nice to have a reference transport for the comparison, and to hear the Oracle stack together once again.
RichardS is bringing a very special digital cable, Harmonic Tech Cyberlight Photon. That should make some interesting conversation. Mike, please bring your analysis plus digital (aka big yellow), or Carl, or whoever owns that thing now, I can never remember. Shane might bring a JPS digi. I don't have a high end digital cable so it will be interesting to see how my cheapo stands up to the best. That should cover us for the digital source.
Carl Shane and Steve please bring your SC3 RCA interconnects. Can someone please bring one set of balanced XLR JPS interconnects too, if anyone has any, for direct connecting DACs to amp in balanced mode. (mac and AR only)
Carl please bring the C220 so we can do remote control source switching. Sam Tellig is reviewing it next month and will slobber all over it as usual. Too bad he can't hear it as God intended. And yes, please bring the MC402 too. It will be great to compare a couple amps to the Spectron while it is here. I love the Spectron sound, but it is intense and a little quirky, so it might not be best choice for the meet. It will great for Sol to hear a variety of world class amps compared to his i60 which is nearing completion of voicing.
It's a lot of stuff, but I know we can get through it if we don't linger when we don't likey. I think we will swap and compare, make note of our favorites, build a concensus system by 7pm, then relax and listen after that with minor swapping, like we usually do. Starting early helps get a lot more done. We are doing pot luck, so my shopping and cooking is eliminated, so I can relax and enjoy.
The grill and oven are available if needed.
Rick Craig may bring speakers too. His latest stuff with RAAL tweeters is awesome. So that is plenty enough to listen to for the day.
I have the FG panels airing out in the garage with an ozone generator. I will lay them out in the sun tomorrow. Hopefully the smell will die down by Friday so I can bring them inside. But they will need more airing before being covered. It looks like a yellowish exterior spray, it stops mold.
Thanks everyone! I think we have about 13 people now.
Rich