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Marvey:
Ethan and Warren did a great job on this one. 180 people showed up. I think 90 were walk-ins (non HF members.) Room conditions were not too bad (depended on which room.) Heavy carpeting. Tiled ceilings. Met a lot of the regulars and some new people too.

First up is Frank Cooter's creations. I keep telling him to bring the radioactive blue toobs. But no go because he's afraid of what mercury might do to him. Maybe purple Xenon tubes next time?

Marvey:
Here is a DIY 300B amp. Really made for speakers (original design intent). This sounded awesome. Even orthos sounded good from them (typically a bad match with toob amps.) I just think orthos just need a ton of power.

Marvey:
Here are some of Eddie Current's sources. A TT, an EC Phono Pre, an old Moth DAC (Denon transport stacked on top of it.)

I overheard one HF'er say to another: "You gotta hear the EC TT setup from the Super 7. Really smooth!"

Yup. I've got a ton of vinyl, some virgin, sitting in my garage. I'll figure out what to do with it one of these days.

Marvey:
Here's Rina at the Schiit table.

Schiit really did not need to bring anything. Their stuff is ubiquitous. With all honesty, I sincerely hope they do so well that they all end up driving Ferraris or restored classic cars with huge gas guzzling motors (whatever tickles their fancy.) They certainly deserve it for bringing good audio at reasonable prices for reasonable people (before audiophile insanity hits them.)

I had already heard Bifrost 2 and Asgard 2 at THE SHOW earlier this year. The sound quality of that combo is strikingly close to the Gungir/Mjolnir - the "sound" is along the same lines. The Asgard 2 sounds very different from the Asgard 1.

Marvey:
Here's the EC Electra. I don't think it's $3500 any more. Actually, I don't even think it's still $4000. Getting more expensive.

You guys can read all about it here or on the other site. Just a different sound (very much the EC house sound) compared to what had been around (BHSE, KGSS/HV, Woo, RSA.)

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